~~NOTOC~~ {{:people:ukrop-profile.jpg?400&nolink|Martin Ukrop}} \_ "Not everything that can be counted counts. Not everything that counts can be counted." (William Bruce Cameron) {{fa>envelope}}\_[[mailto:mukrop@mail.muni.cz|mukrop@mail.muni.cz]]\\ {{fa>list-ul}}\_[[https://scholar.google.cz/citations?user=gNXi-CYAAAAJ|Scholar]]\_\_\_ {{https://orcid.org/sites/default/files/images/orcid_16x16.png?nolink|ORCID}}\_\_[[http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8110-8926|ORCID]]\_\_\_ {{fa>code-fork}}\_[[https://github.com/mukrop|GitHub]]\\ {{fa>linkedin}}\_[[https://www.linkedin.com/in/mukrop|LinkedIn]]\_\_\_{{fa>building}}\_Office A402, FI MU\\ ====== RNDr. Martin Ukrop ====== **Security researcher** and **Ph.D. candidate** at the [[https://crocs.fi.muni.cz/| Centre for Research on Cryptography and Security]] at [[https://muni.cz | Masaryk University]] in Brno, Czech Republic. "I want help developers create more usable security APIs to lower software exploitation." ==== My research ==== My current research is about making security usable for IT professionals (developers, system administrators and such) that lack a specialized training in computer security. I focus on cryptographic interfaces (both programmable and command-line) of developer tools and software libraries. Currently, the emphasis is placed on X.509-capable libraries, such as OpenSSL, GnuTLS and NSS, paying special attention to the process of certificate creation and validation. Before coming to usable security I was interested in randomness testing and helped develop the [[https://github.com/crocs-muni/eacirc|EACirc project]], the automatic problem solver based on circuit-like representation and genetic programming. I'm a Ph.D. candidate supervised by Vashek Matyas. My research efforts are supported by [[http://research.redhat.com/|Red Hat Czech]] and co-supervised by Nikos Mavrogiannopoulos. Furthermore, we cooperate with psychologists from [[http://irtis.fss.muni.cz/|IRTIS]]. ==== Teaching and supervision ==== I see deep meaning and responsibility in teaching and have been tutoring seminars and lecturing a few courses for more than 5 years. I participate in some security courses ([[https://is.muni.cz/predmet/fi/PA193|Secure coding principles and practices]] and [[https://is.muni.cz/predmet/fi/PV181|Laboratory of security and applied cryptography]]) as well as courses on functional programming (Haskell) ([[https://is.muni.cz/predmet/fi/IB015|Non-Imperative Programming]] and [[https://is.muni.cz/predmet/fi/IB016|Seminar on Functional Programming]]). I have supervised multiple bachelor theses in the fields of computer security, functional programming and programming education. More importantly, I am much engaged in the local community of student teachers called **Teaching lab** aiming to improve the courses and skills of teachers at the faculty and elsewhere. We run a course for student starting to teach ([[https://is.muni.cz/predmet/fi/DUCIT|Teaching Lab course]]). We've designed a [[https://github.com/mukrop/teachers-reflective-diary|Teacher's reflective diary]] to help teachers improve their skills by reflection. ~~CLEARFIX~~ ==== Other activities ==== I'm an avid member of the the organization for experiential learning called [[https://www.instruktori.cz/|Instruktoři Brno]] aiming to inspire people, broaden their experience and lead them to self-improvement. I co-organize(d) multiple activities bringing enthusiasm for informatics natural sciences to secondary-school students. This includes the online programming puzzle hunt [[https://interlos.fi.muni.cz/|InterLoS]] or the multidosciplinary event [[https://intersob.math.muni.cz/|InterSoB]]. These activities are covered by the [[https://zverinec.fi.muni.cz/|Friends of the nordic animals association]] (a student club at the Faculty of Informatics, Masaryk University). ===== My publications ===== {{section>publications:authors:martin-ukrop&noheader&fullpage}} /* DevConf 2018 bio Security researcher and Ph.D. candidate at the Centre for Research on Cryptography and Security at Masaryk University, Czech Republic. My research efforts are also supported by Red Hat Czech. I aim to make security usable for IT professionals that lack a specialized training in computer security. I focus on cryptographic interfaces (both programmable and command-line) of developer tools and software libraries. Previously interested in randomness testing and helped develop the EACirc project, the automatic problem solver based on circuit-like representation and genetic programming. Passionate about teaching and experiential learning, actively organizing educational events in the community "Instruktoři Brno". Ceaselessly fascinated by the world. */ /* RSA-CT 2018 bio Researcher trying to make security usable for all, previously interested in randomness analysis. Passionate about teaching and experiential learning. Ceaselessly fascinated by the world. */ /* DevConf 2020 bio Passionate about usable security, user experience, teaching and experiential learning. Actively organizing educational events in the community "Instruktoři Brno". Ceaselessly fascinated by the world. */ /* Red Hat research day 2020 bio A Ph.D. candidate at the Centre for Research on Cryptography and Security at Masaryk University focusing on usable security from the developers' viewpoint. Engaged in the teacher-training initiative at the faculty, passionate about experiential learning. Actively organizing educational events in the community "Instruktoři Brno". Ceaselessly fascinated by the world. */