First Fully Automated Anti-Virus System
Security Accomplishment | 1993
IBM researchers: Jeffrey O. Kephart, Steve R. White, William C. Arnold, David Chess, Gregory Sorkin
Where the work was done: IBM T.J. Watson Research Center
What we accomplished: The first fully automated anti-virus system, inspired by the workings of the biological immune system. Implemented in IBM's commercial anti-virus product (IBM AntiVirus).
Related links:
- Seminal works include:
- US Patent 5,440,723: Automatic immune system for computers and computer networks. William C Arnold, David M Chess, Jeffrey O Kephart, Steven R White. Filed January 1993, granted August 1995. [~370 citations]
- Artificial Life IV: Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Artificial Life: A biologically-inspired immune system for cyberspace. Jeff Kephart, 1994. [~500 citations]
- Scientific American: Fighting Computer Viruses. Jeff Kephart, Steve White, David Chess and Greg Sorkin. November 1997 [> 100 citations]
- Finalist in Discover Magazine Awards for Technological Innovation, July 1996
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