Stephen Chong

Faculty

Assistant Professor of Computer Science

Contact Information

Office:	Maxwell Dworkin 145
Email:	chong [ AT ] seas [ DOT ] harvard [ DOT ] edu
Office Phone:	(617) 496-6382
Office Fax:	(617) 495-2489

Assistant:	Joanne Bourgeois
Office:	Maxwell Dworkin Building 143
Email:	jbourge [ AT ] seas [ DOT ] harvard [ DOT ] edu
Office Phone:	(617) 495-2719
Office Fax:	(617) 495-2489

Websites

Education

B.A., 1996, Mathematics and Science, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand
B.Sc. (Hons), 1997, Computer Science, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand
Ph.D., 2008, Computer Science, Cornell University

Research Areas

Computer Science: Languages, Compilers, and Tools
Computer Science: Networking and Systems

Research Profile

Stephen Chong’s research aims to help programmers write trustworthy programs. He focuses on using programming language technologies (including type systems, dataflow analyses, and runtime mechanisms) to provide strong, practical, information security guarantees.

Chong received his Ph.D. in Computer Science at Cornell University in 2008 and B.Sc. (Hons) in Computer Science and B.A. in Mathematics and Science, both from Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand in 1997 and 1996, respectively.

Prior to completing his doctoral work at Cornell, he was an Associate of RHE and Associates, in Sydney, Australia, working in financial services, and a Consultant at Accenture (formerly Andersen Consulting) in Wellington New Zealand, working in government.

His awards include a Best Paper Award, ACM Symposium on Operating Systems Principles, 2007; and a Lockheed Martin Fellowship, 2001.