I am a recent MS Computer Science graduate from the University of Colorado Boulder where I worked under the supervision of Professor Tamara Lehman in the Computer Architecture research group. I am broadly interested in computer systems and applications of security and privacy.
I am currently employed as a researcher across two appointments:
During my MS, my research focus was on systematically identifying potential transient execution vulnerabilities in the gem5 simulator. The paper version of my thesis was presented at the International Conference on Parallel Architectures and Compilation Techniques (PACT) 2023.
Before my MS, I also completed my BS in Computer Science at CU where my research was on using Recurrent Neural Networks for transient execution attack detection.
SpecCheck: A Tool for Systematic Identification of Vulnerable Transient Execution in gem5.
PACT 2023
Zack McKevitt, Ashutosh Trivedi, Tamara Lehman
Deep Learning Techniques for Automatic Transient Execution Attack Detection.
BS Thesis
Zack McKevitt
Automatic Transient Execution Attack Detection.
Workshop on Hardware and Architectural Support for Security and Privacy (MICRO 2021)
Zack McKevitt, Ashutosh Trivedi, Tamara Lehman