Avi Rubin Poker
“All in” is not just a phrase Avi Rubin throws around during poker games. It’s a way of life.
Whether it’s photography, boating, or his specialty field of applied cryptography, the Johns Hopkins computer science professor “never does anything halfway,” says his wife, Ann.
“All in” is not just a phrase Avi Rubin throws around during poker games. It’s a way of life. Whether it’s photography, boating, or his specialty field of applied cryptography, the Johns Hopkins computer science professor “never does anything halfway,” says his wife, Ann.
Rubin’s poker prowess outside the classroom has been well documented over the past 15 years since his younger brother, Yaacov, a senior finance official at Hopkins, introduced him to it.
But during January’s Intersession, the 52-year-old professor had the opportunity to bring his passion into the classroom by teaching “Introduction to the Theory and Practice of Poker.” His commitment to the course was evident: he had trophies made for various competitions he organized, he bought a domain name for the class—hopkinspokercourse.com, which houses all of his filmed lectures and course materials—he set up a students-only PokerStars.com page, and he hosted a tournament at his house.
“It was like a dream come true for him,” his wife says.
'All in' is not just a phrase Avi Rubin throws around during poker games. It's a way of life. Whether it's photography, boating, or his specialty field of applied cryptography, the Johns Hopkins computer science professor 'never does anything halfway,' says his wife, Ann. Professor Avi Rubin usually teaches courses about computer security at Johns Hopkins University but, in his latest class, he turned his focus to poker. It’s a pretty unusual topic for a university professor undertake but he saw the value in giving students valuable insight into the game.
Rubin wasn’t the only one excited about the course, which did not involve gambling real money. Nearly 250 students registered for the class, including his daughter Elana, a junior Writing Seminars major. That made it the most popular Intersession course by far, representing 10% of the nearly 2,500 students who signed up for January classes.
“It’s been amazing,” Rubin says.
Rubin (right) at the Computers, Freedom and Privacy 2006 conference | |
| Born | November 8, 1967 (age 53) Manhattan, Kansas, U.S. |
|---|---|
| Alma mater | University of Michigan |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Computer Science |
| Institutions | Johns Hopkins University ACCURATE USENIX |
Aviel David 'Avi' Rubin (born November 8, 1967) is an expert in systems and networking security. He is a graduate of the University of Michigan and Professor of Computer Science at Johns Hopkins University, Technical Director of the Information Security Institute at Johns Hopkins, Director of ACCURATE, and President and co-founder of Independent Security Evaluators. In 2002, he was elected to the Board of Directors of the USENIX Association for a two-year term.
Rubin is credited with bringing to light vulnerabilities in Premier Election Solutions' (formerly Diebold Election Systems) Accuvote electronic voting machines.[1] In 2006, he published a book on his experiences since this event.[2]
In 2012, drawing on his experience as an expert witness in high-tech litigation, Rubin founded the consultancy Harbor Labs 'to provide expertise in legal cases, including testimony, reports, source code review and analysis. My goal is to partner with other experts and to put together a technical team that can support either a plaintiff team or a defense team by de-mystifying technical concepts and presenting the facts in a clear and understandable manner.'[3]
As of 2015, Rubin is Director of the Health and Medical Security Lab at Johns Hopkins.[4]
Away from his professional pursuits, Avi is also a self-professed 'poker fanatic' and has competed against professional players on the popular Poker Night in America television show.[5]
Education[edit]
- 1994, Ph.D., Computer Science and Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
- 1991, M.S.E., Computer Science and Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
- 1989, B.S., Computer Science (Honors), University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
References[edit]
- ^Kohno, T.; A. Stubblefield; A. D. Rubin; D. S. Wallach (2004). Analysis of an electronic voting system. Proceedings of the IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy, 2004. pp. 27–40. CiteSeerX10.1.1.100.4963. doi:10.1109/SECPRI.2004.1301313. ISBN978-0-7695-2136-7. ISSN1081-6011.
- ^Rubin, Aviel David (2006-09-05). Brave New Ballot: The Battle to Safeguard Democracy in the Age of Electronic Voting. Broadway. p. 288. ISBN978-0-7679-2210-4.
- ^Rubin, Avi (Jan 24, 2012). 'Harbor Labs - my new venture'.
- ^Health IT Security: What Comes Next
- ^http://cardplayerlifestyle.com/living-poker-dream-poker-night-america-guest-star/
Avi Rubin Poker Game
External links[edit]
- Avi Rubin at Library of Congress Authorities