Ariel Szekely
- Ph.D. Student of Computer Science at MIT
- Advisor: Frans Kaashoek
- email: arielck at mit dot edu
- interests: Operating systems, Security, Privacy, Virtualization, Heterogeneous Hardware, Concurrency
- cv: [pdf]
Bio
I'm currently a second year Computer Science Ph.D. student in the PDOS group at MIT, supported by an MIT Lemelson Presidential Fellowship. I like to build efficient hardware-accelerated systems with strong security and privacy guarantees. I'm especially interested in exploring the security implications of emerging heterogeneous hardware and using it to improve the energy efficiency of real-world privacy-preserving systems.
Previously, I was an undergraduate student in the Turing Scholars Honors Program at the University of Texas at Austin. During my time there, I was fortunate to do some work on GPU timing side-channels and accelerator virtualization for OS kernels under the superb guidance of Emmett Witchel and Christopher J Rossbach.
Outside of research I'm an avid soccer player, a jazz pianist, and a proud Mexican immigrant. If you want to kick a ball around, jam, or make some guacamole, send me an email!
Selected Publications
Telekine: Secure Computing with Cloud GPUs
[pdf]
Tyler Hunt,
Zhipeng Jia,
Vance Miller,
Ariel Szekely,
Yige Hu,
Christopher J. Rossbach,
Emmett Witchel.
NSDI 2020
Awards
- MIT Lemelson Presidential Fellowship (2020)
- MIT EECS Departmental Fellowship (2020)
- Dean's Honored Graduate, UT Austin College of Natural Sciences (2020)
- Research Distinction, UT Austin College of Natural Sciences (2020)
- NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Honorable Mention (2020)
- Computing Research Association Outstanding Undergraduate Researcher Honorable Mention (2020)
- National Science Foundation Research Experience for Undergraduates (2019)
- UT Unrestricted Endowed Presidential Scholarship (2019)
- UT College of Natural Sciences College Scholar (2018,2019,2020)
- Louis E. Rosier Memorial Scholarship (2018)
- UT College of Natural Sciences Freshman Scholarship (2016)
- National Merit Scholarship (2016)
Service
- SOSP 2021 Artifact Evaluation Committee
- MIT Graduate Application Assistance Program (2020, 2021)
- MIT AI Undergraduate Mentorship Program (2020)
Teaching Experience (TA)
| Institution | Semester | Course Title | Course Number |
|---|---|---|---|
| UT Austin | Spring 2020 | Introduction to CS Research (Honors) | cs178h |
| UT Austin | Spring 2020 | Concurrency (Honors) | cs378h |
| UT Austin | Spring 2019 | Introduction to CS Research (Honors) | cs178h |