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Areas of Research Interest:
malware; machine learning in medicine; cybersecurity in finance and medicine; cybersecurity law & public policy; data privacy; social and technology history
Soren Stauss is an interdisciplinary Doctoral Researcher in computer science at University of Minnesota, Twin Cities. His research focuses on malware risk and resilience in machine learning in healthcare, specifically focusing on how malware manipulates machine learning modeling and data. He is currently working to establish a new malware research lab at University of Minnesota, which will feature the UMN Center for Policy & Ethics in Computer Security. He has the privilege of being advised by Professor Kangjie Lu.
As a noted expert on malware and data privacy in healthcare, Soren was invited to the White House in 2020 by Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar to provide testimony and answer questions on HIPAA and data privacy implications in the Information Blocking provisions of the ONC Cures Act Final Rule. Soren's testimony was given before officials from HHS, Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC), White House Counsel's Office, and DOJ Office of Legal Counsel. In 2022, Soren was invited to sit on a Chicago cybersecurity panel along with the Special Agent in Charge of the United States Secret Service Chicago field office.
Soren's current book project, Hacked Again: Financial Safety In A Malware World, is expected to be published in 2025.
At University of Minnesota, Soren leads the UMN Cyber Defense Team, which trains and competes annually in the Regional and National Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition (CCDC). Previously, he was elected Chair of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) UMN chapter. Soren continues to be an active member of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society.
Prior to attending University of Minnesota, Soren studied computer science and history at Florida International University in Miami. Prior to that he served in the United States Army.
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