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Postdoctoral Research<br />
<strong>Benjamin</strong> E. <strong>Johnson</strong><br />
Revision Date: October 21, 2011<br />
Citizenship: United States <strong>of</strong> America<br />
http://people.ischool.berkeley.edu/∼johnsonb/<br />
benjamin@math.berkeley.edu<br />
(510) 717-2365<br />
• Postdoctoral Scholar at the <strong>School</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Information</strong>, <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> California, Berkeley, with John Chuang<br />
– January 1, 2011 - May 31, 2011<br />
– November 1, 2009 - January 31, 2010<br />
• Postdoctoral Researcher at Cylab, Carnegie Mellon <strong>University</strong>, with Nicolas Christin<br />
– September 1, 2010 - December 31, 2010<br />
– February 1, 2010 - June 30, 2010<br />
– January 1, 2009 - June 30, 2009<br />
Postdoctoral Teaching<br />
• Lecturer in Summer Sessions: <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> California, Berkeley, Mathematics Department<br />
– Summers 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011<br />
• Lecturer: <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> California, Berkeley, Mathematics Department<br />
– July 1, 2011 - June 30, 2012<br />
Education<br />
• Ph.D. Logic and the Methodology <strong>of</strong> Science, May 2008; <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> California, Berkeley<br />
– Dissertation Title: Upper and Lower Bounds for Recursive Fourier Sampling<br />
• M.S. Mathematics, May 2001; Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA<br />
– Masters Presentation Title: How to Reverse-Engineer a Search Engine<br />
• B.S. Mathematics, May 1999; Liberty <strong>University</strong>, Lynchburg, VA<br />
– Summa Cum Laude, Student-Athlete, Secondary <strong>School</strong> Teaching License, Computer Science Specialization,<br />
Religion Minor, Honors Program<br />
Publications<br />
• <strong>Benjamin</strong> <strong>Johnson</strong>, Rainer Böhme, and Jens Grossklags (2011) Security Games with Market Insurance,<br />
To appear in: Proceedings <strong>of</strong> the 2nd Conference on Decision and Game Theory for Security (GameSec<br />
2011), November 14-15, 2011, College Park, Maryland.<br />
• <strong>Benjamin</strong> <strong>Johnson</strong>, Jens Grossklags, Nicolas Christin, and John Chuang (2011) Nash Equilibria for<br />
Weakest Target Security Games with Heterogeneous Agents, in: Proceedings <strong>of</strong> the 2nd International<br />
ICST Conference on Game Theory for Networks (GamNets 2011), April 16-18, 2011, Shanghai, China.<br />
• <strong>Benjamin</strong> <strong>Johnson</strong>, Jens Grossklags, Nicolas Christin, and John Chuang (2010) Uncertainty in Interdependent<br />
Security Games, in: Proceedings <strong>of</strong> the 1st Conference on Decision and Game Theory for<br />
Security (Gamesec 2010), November 22-23, 2010, Berlin, Germany.
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• <strong>Benjamin</strong> <strong>Johnson</strong>, Jens Grossklags, Nicolas Christin, and John Chuang (2010) Are Security Experts<br />
Useful? Bayesian Nash Equilibria for Network Security Games with Limited <strong>Information</strong>, in: Proceedings<br />
<strong>of</strong> the 15th European Symposium on Research in Computer Security (ESORICS), September 20-22,<br />
2010, Athens, Greece, pp. 588-606. (Paper acceptance rate: 20.8%)<br />
• <strong>Benjamin</strong> <strong>Johnson</strong> (2010) The Polynomial Degree <strong>of</strong> Recursive Fourier Sampling, The 5 th Annual Conference<br />
on Theory <strong>of</strong> Quantum Computation, Communication and Cryptography (TQC), April 13-15,<br />
2010, Leeds, UK. To appear in LNCS 6519.<br />
• Jens Grossklags, <strong>Benjamin</strong> <strong>Johnson</strong> and Nicolas Christin (2010) The Price <strong>of</strong> Uncertainty in Security<br />
Games, in: T. Moore, D. Pym, and C. Ioannidis (Eds.), ”Economics <strong>of</strong> <strong>Information</strong> Security and Privacy”,<br />
Springer Verlag, pp. 183-210. ISBN: 978-3-540-77886-8. Lead article. An earlier extended<br />
version was presented at the Eighth Workshop on the Economics <strong>of</strong> <strong>Information</strong> Security (WEIS 2009),<br />
London, UK, June 24-25, 2009.<br />
• Jens Grossklags, <strong>Benjamin</strong> <strong>Johnson</strong> and Nicolas Christin (2010) When <strong>Information</strong> Improves <strong>Information</strong><br />
Security, in: Proceedings <strong>of</strong> the Fourteenth International Conference Financial Cryptography and<br />
Data Security (FC’10), January 25-28, 2010, Tenerife, Spain. Published in: Radu Sion (Ed.), Lecture<br />
Notes in Computer Science (LNCS), No. 6052, Springer Verlag, 2010, pp. 416-423 (paper acceptance<br />
rate: 26%). Extended version available as CyLab Technical Report, CMU, No. CMU-CyLab-09-004.<br />
• Jens Grossklags and <strong>Benjamin</strong> <strong>Johnson</strong> (2009) Uncertainty in the Weakest-link security game, in: Proceedings<br />
<strong>of</strong> the International Conference on Game Theory for Networks (GameNets 2009), May 13-15,<br />
2009, Istanbul, Turkey, pp. 673-682. Proceedings published by IEEE. ISBN: 978-1-4244-4176-1.<br />
• <strong>Benjamin</strong> <strong>Johnson</strong> (2008). Upper and Lower Bounds for Recursive Fourier Sampling, Ph.D. Thesis,<br />
<strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> California, Berkeley, May 2008.<br />
• Paul Laskowski, <strong>Benjamin</strong> <strong>Johnson</strong>, and John Chuang (2008). User-Directed Routing: From Theory<br />
towards Practice, NetEcon08, August 22, 2008, Seattle, Washington, USA.<br />
Talks<br />
• ”Nash Equilibria for Weakest Target Security Games with Heterogeneous Agents” GameNets 2011,<br />
April 17, 2011, Shanghai, China.<br />
• ”Uncertainty in Interdependent Security Games” Gamesec 2010, November 23, 2010, Berlin, Germany.<br />
• ”Are Security Experts Useful: Bayesian Nash Equilibria for Network Security Games with Limited<br />
<strong>Information</strong>” ESORICS 2010, September 22, 2010, Athens, Greece. (also presented at: <strong>Information</strong><br />
Sciences and Technology Seminar, November 3, 2010, Penn State <strong>University</strong>; and at TRUST Autumn<br />
2010 Conference, November 11, 2010, Stanford <strong>University</strong>.)<br />
• ”The Polynomial Degree <strong>of</strong> Recursive Fourier Sampling” TQC 2010, April 15, 2010, Leeds, UK<br />
• ”Uncertainty in the Weakest Link Security Game” GameNets 2009, May 15, 2009, Istanbul, Turkey<br />
• ”The Price <strong>of</strong> Uncertainty in Security Games” Cylab student seminar, Carnegie Mellon <strong>University</strong>,<br />
March 27, 2009<br />
• ”Upper and Lower Bounds for Recursive Fourier Sampling” Ph.D. Thesis Defense, May 9, 2008<br />
• ”Quantum Complexity Theory and Recursive Fourier Sampling” U. C. Berkeley Student Logic Colloquium,<br />
December 7, 2007<br />
• ”An Introduction to Quantum Computing”, U. C. Berkeley Student Logic Colloquium, May 1, 2006<br />
• ”How to Reverse-Engineer a Search Engine”, Master’s Presentation, Virginia Tech, May 2001<br />
Teaching<br />
• Lecturer in Summer Sessions, U.C. Berkeley Department <strong>of</strong> Mathematics, Summers 2008, 2009, 2010,<br />
2011<br />
– Taught as the primary instructor the following two courses:
∗ Numerical Analysis (Math 128A, Summers 2009, 2010 & 2011)<br />
∗ Applied Calculus (Math 16A, Summer 2008)<br />
• Graduate Student Instructor, U.C. Berkeley Department <strong>of</strong> Mathematics, Fall 2002 - Spring 2008<br />
– Taught as the primary instructor the following seven courses:<br />
∗ Linear Algebra (Math 110, Summer 2007)<br />
∗ Introduction to Analysis (Math 104, Summer 2006)<br />
∗ Math Teaching Workshop (Math 300, Spring 2006)<br />
· A graduate course, required by all first year graduate student instructors<br />
∗ Introduction to Abstract Algebra (Math 113, Summer 2005)<br />
∗ Transition to Upper Division Mathematics (Math 74, Summer 2004, Fall 2004, Spring<br />
2005)<br />
· Developed a curriculum and lecture notes for this course<br />
∗ Precalculus (Math 32, Fall 2003, Spring 2004)<br />
· Lectured for a class <strong>of</strong> over 150 students in an auditorium<br />
∗ Calculus (Math 1A, Summer 2003)<br />
– Assisted in teaching the following two courses:<br />
∗ Calculus (Math 1A, Fall 2002, Spring 2003)<br />
∗ Math Teaching Workshop Videotaper (Math 300, Fall 2005)<br />
– Outstanding GSI Award received in 2004 from the U. C. Berkeley Mathematics Department<br />
– Consistently received high teaching evaluation scores from students.<br />
• Graduate Teaching Assistant, Virginia Tech, Department <strong>of</strong> Mathematics, Fall 1999 - Spring 2001<br />
– Taught Calculus, as the primary instructor (Math 1016, Fall 2000, Spring 2001)<br />
– Answered students’ math questions at the Virginia Tech Math Emporium (Fall 1999, Spring 2000)<br />
– Consistently received high teaching evaluation scores from students<br />
• Student Teacher, Amherst High <strong>School</strong>, Amherst, VA, Spring 1999<br />
– Taught Algebra I, Trigonometry, and Math Analysis<br />
Leadership<br />
• President <strong>of</strong> the National Association <strong>of</strong> Intercollegiate Gymnastics Clubs (NAIGC), 2005 - current<br />
• Boys gymnastics coach, Golden Bear Gymnastics, Berkeley, CA, August 2001- October 2008, also<br />
August 2009 - January 2010<br />
• President <strong>of</strong> the Cal Gymnastics Club, 2002-2007<br />
• Kiteboarding Instructor, Boardsports <strong>School</strong>, Alameda, CA, summers 2007 - 2010<br />
• Event Director for the 2006 NAIGC National Gymnastics Championships<br />
• President <strong>of</strong> the Virginia Tech Gymnastics Club, 2000-2001<br />
Honors and Awards<br />
• Most Outstanding Sport Club Officer, Department <strong>of</strong> Recreational Sports, U.C. Berkeley, 2005-2006<br />
• Outstanding GSI Award, U.C. Berkeley, 2003-2004<br />
• Leadership Award, from the Department <strong>of</strong> Recreational Sports, Virginia Tech, 2000<br />
• Partial Football Scholarship, earned as a walk-on, Liberty <strong>University</strong> Football Team, Fall 1996<br />
• National Merit Semifinalist, 1994<br />
Technical Employment<br />
• Computer GSI, U.C. Berkeley Department <strong>of</strong> Mathematics, Fall 2006 - Spring 2007<br />
• S<strong>of</strong>tware Developer, Virginia Tech, summer 2000 and summer 2001<br />
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Other Activities<br />
• Gymnastics, Kiteboarding, Snowboarding, Surfing, Rock Climbing, Hiking, Camping, Caving, Travel