Jasmine D. Bowers

About Me

I am Dr. Jasmine Bowers, a graduate of the University of Florida where I earned a Ph.D. in computer science under the advisement of Patrick Traynor. I earned a B.S. in mathematics and B.S. in computer science from Fort Valley State University and an M.S. in computer science from North Carolina A & T State University.

News

On July 15, 2020, I passed my dissertation defense!
On October 14, 2019, I passed my dissertation proposal!
In 2019, I was selected as an NCWIT North Florida & Southeast Georgia Affiliate Award for Aspirations in Computing winner.
In 2019, my paper "Characterizing Security and Privacy Practices in Emerging Digital Credit Applications" was accepted.
In 2018, I joined the Electronic Privacy Information Center as a summer PhDX Fellow.
In 2018, I presented a poster at the FICS Research Annual Conference.
In 2017, I presented research at the USENIX Thirteenth Symposium on Usable Privacy and Security. [audio]
In 2017, I presented a poster at the FICS Research Annual Conference.
In 2017, I was recognized by Colors of STEM.
In 2017, I was recognized by The Grad Spark.
In 2017, I received a travel grant to attend the Black Women in Computing Conference.
In 2017, I was recognized by the Hackbright Academy as a black female leader in tech to watch.
In 2016, I was named a C200 Scholar Award finalist.
In 2016, I was awarded a Facebook travel scholarship to attend the 2016 Women in Cyber Security conference. I was also awarded a travel scholarship to attend the 2017 conference.
In 2016, I presented a poster at the FICS Research Annual Conference.
In 2016, I received a travel grant to attend the National Society of Blacks in Computing Conference.
In 2015, I was selected to speak at the 2015 INTech one-day tech camp for girls.
In 2015, I completed my third summer at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory as a Cyber Defenders intern. [article] [article]
In 2015, I was recognized by the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Summer Student Spotlight and the UF Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering.
In 2015, I became a GEM Fellowship Scholar.
In 2014, I received a travel scholarship to attend the Team for Research in Ubiquitous Secure Technology (TRUST) Women's Institute in Summer Enrichment (WISE). I also received a travel scholarship in 2015.
In 2014, I was recognized in FVSU President Ivelaw Lloyd Griffin's Investiture Address.
In 2014, I was recognized by the Atlanta Black Star.
In 2014, I was recognized by the The Root as a 2014 Young Futurist.
In 2014, I was recognized by the FVSU Review Alumni Spotlight.
In 2014, I received a student award to attend the NSF Cybersecurity Summit. [.pdf]
In 2014, I was selected to serve as an alumni panelist at the 2014 FVSU Research Day Conference. [.pdf]
In 2013, I was awarded a Google travel scholarship to attend the 2013 National Society of Blacks in Engineers (NSBE) Convention. I was also selected as a 2013 NSBE Northrup Grumman Scholar.
In 2013, I presented a Birds-of-a-Feather Presentation entitled Android vs. iPhone: What’s Your Personality? at the 2013 Richard Tapia Celebration of Diversity in Computing Conference. [.pdf] [article]
In 2013, I was awarded Best Oral Presentation at the 2013 FVSU Research Day .
In 2008, I was awarded a full Presidential Scholarship to attend FVSU. [video]

Publications

Scaife, N., Bowers, J., Peeters, C., Hernandez, G., Sherman, I., Traynor, P., and Anthony, L.(2019) Kiss from a Rogue: Evaluating Detectability of Pay-at-the-Pump Card Skimmers, Proceedings of the 2019 IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy (IEEE S&P 2019). [.pdf]

Bowers, J., Sherman, I., Butler, R., and Traynor, P.(2019) Characterizing Security and Privacy Practices in Emerging Digital Credit Applications, Proceedings of the 12th ACM Conference on Securty and Privacy in Wireless and Mobile Networks (ACM WiSec 2019). [.pdf]

Peeters, C., Abdullah, H., Scaife, N., Bowers, J., Traynor, P., Reaves, B. and Butler, K.(2018) Sonar: Detecting SS7 Redirection Attacks Via Call Audio-Based Distance Bounding, Proceedings of the IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy (IEEE S&P 2018). [.pdf]

Traynor, P., Butler, K., Bowers, J., and Reaves, B.(2017) FinTechSec: Addressing the Security Challenges of Digital Financial Services IEEE Security & Privacy. [.pdf]

Reaves, B., Bowers, J., Scaife, N., Bates, A., Bhartiya, A., Traynor, P. and Butler, K. (2017) Mo(bile) Money, Mo(bile) Problems: Analysis of Branchless Banking Applications. ACM Transactions on Privacy and Security (ACM TOPS 2017). [.pdf]

Bowers, J., Reaves, B., Sherman, I., Traynor, P. and Butler, K. (2017) Regulators, Mount Up! Analysis of Privacy Policies for Mobile Money Services. Proceedings of the Thirteenth Symposium on Usable Privacy and Security (SOUPS 2017). [.pdf]

Reaves, B., Bowers, J. D., Gorski III, S. A., Anise, O., Bobhate, R., Cho, R., Das, H.,...Traynor, P. (2016) *droid: Assessment and Evaluation of Android Application Analysis Tools. ACM Computing Surveys. [.pdf]

Nathan Mack, Jasmine Bowers, Henry Williams, Gerry Dozier, and Joseph Shelton, "The Best Way to a Strong Defense is a Strong Offense: Mitigating Deanonymization Attacks via Iterative Language Translation," International Journal of Machine Learning and Computing vol.5, no. 5, pp. 409-413, 2015. [.pdf]

Bowers, J. D. (2015) Mitigating Deanonymization Attacks via Iterative Language Translation for Social Networks (Master's Thesis). Retrieved from ProQuest Dissertations and Theses. (Accession Order No. 1591467) [.pdf]