Bio

Eric Lahtinen is a skilled Research Scientist and developer with over 20 years experience in commercial, academic and research projects. 

At the startup Softricity, he helped develop “App-V”, an application virtualization technology acquired by Microsoft. Following his time at Microsoft, Eric contributed to a range of classified and unclassified programs at BAE Systems.

From BAE Systems, Eric worked on multiple initiatives, collaborating with MIT on cutting edge projects such as the DIODE, CodePhage and CodeCarbonCopy systems.  His work with MIT continued through the MIT/Aarno Labs collaboration, under DARPA’s HACCS program, he spearheaded the creation of an autonomous agent for neutralizing bot networks. 

Eric has also partnered with Brown University and MIT on several groundbreaking projects, including the BinWrap system to protect Javascript native extensions. In another collaboration, he developed the Atlas system as part of DARPA's Open-5G program, enabling seamless offloading of Javascript from IoT devices in zero-trust environments. 

Currently, Eric works with MIT on DARPA’s EBOSS program, focused on reducing the cost and enhancing the uptake of critical patches in deployed binaries.

 

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