Hello! My name is Grigoris Ntousakis, born and raised in Chania, Crete. I am an incoming
Computer Science PhD student at Brown University, where I will be conducting research under the guidance
of Professor Nikos Vasilakis and Vasileios Kemerlis.
My research interests include computer security, programming languages, dynamic program analysis, and techniques
for improving software development workflows.
Interests. Dynamic Analysis, Static Analysis, Security, Programming Languages
Interests. Dynamic Analysis, Static Analysis, Security, Programming Languages
Publications
- BinWrap: Hybrid Protection Against Native Node.js Add-ons [pdf] [code] [blog] George Christou, Grigoris Ntousakis, Eric Lahtinen, Sotiris Ioannidis, Vasileios P. Kemerlis, and Nikos Vasilakis 18th ACM Asia Conference on Computer and Communications Security (ASIA CCS 2023) ★ Received Distinguished Paper Award ★
- HoneyChart: Automated Honeypot Management Over Kubernetes [pdf] [code] George Kokolakis, Grigoris Ntousakis, Irodotos Karatsoris, Spiros Antonatos, Manos Athanatos, and Sotiris Ioannidis 3rd International Workshop on Cyber-Physical Security for Critical Infrastructures Protection (CPS4CIP 2022)
- A Systematic Analysis of the Event-Stream Incident [pdf] [code] Iosif Arvanitis, Grigoris Ntousakis, Sotiris Ioannidis, and Nikos Vasilakis ACM 15th European Workshop on Systems Security (EuroSec 2022)
- Preventing Dynamic Library Compromise on Node.js via RWX-Based Privilege Reduction [pdf] [code] [arxiv] Nikos Vasilakis, Cristian-Alexandru Staicu, Grigoris Ntousakis, Konstantinos Kallas, Ben Karel, André DeHon, and Michael Pradel ACM Conference on Computer and Communications Security (CCS 2021)
- Efficient Module-Level Dynamic Analysis for Dynamic Languages with Module Recontextualization [pdf] [code] Nikos Vasilakis, Grigoris Ntousakis, Veit Heller, and Martin Rinard 29th ACM Joint European Software Engineering Conference & Symposium on the Foundations of Software Engineering (ESEC/FSE 2021) ★ Received Distinguished Paper Award ★
Demos/Tutorials
- Detecting Third-Party Library Problems with Combined Program Analysis [pdf] Grigoris Ntousakis, Sotiris Ioannidis, and Nikos Vasilakis ACM Conference on Computer and Communications Security (CCS 2021)
- Library-Oriented Dynamic Analysis with Lya Nikos Vasilakis, and Grigoris Ntousakis ACM 25th International Conference on Functional Programming (ICFP 2020)
Awards
- Distinguished Paper Award July 2023 - ASIA CCS 2023
- UniWA CTF - 1st Place July 2022 - University of West Attica
- Distinguished Paper Award August 2021 - ESEC/FSE 2021
- Pancretan Scholarship of Excellence December 2020 - Pancretan Endowment Fund