CS Grad Student wins Symantec Fellowship

Computer Science doctoral candidate Marco Cova, a member of the
department’s Computer Security Group, is one of only three recipients
nationwide of the prestigious Symantec Research Labs Graduate
Fellowship. His research tackles the important problem of malicious
Web code, which targets web browsers. Cova invented a unique approach
to analyze Web code and detect malicious code that behaves abnormally
in order to exploit client vulnerabilities—for example, as part of a
drive-by-download attack.

He and the other fellows will receive full one-year fellowships
covering 100 percent of tuition and fees, along with competitive
stipends to fund ongoing research in their respective areas of
expertise. Past recipients of the graduate fellowship program have
made substantial contributions to Symantec’s market-leading products,
prestigious industry groups, and the academic community.

For more information, please check out: http://www.symantec.com/about/
careers/college/fellowship.jsp