Prof. Dr. Elisa Heymann

Elisa Heymann is an Associate Professor in the Computer Architecture and Operating Systems Department at the Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona. She co-directs the MIST software vulnerability assessment project in collaboration with her colleagues at the University of Wisconsin.

She is also in charge of the Grid security group at the UAB, and participates in two major Grid European Projects: EGI-InSPIRE and European Middleware Initiative (EMI). Heymann's research interests include security and resource management for Grid and Cloud environments. Her research is supported by the Spanish government, the European Commission, and NATO.

Heymann received her M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Computer Science from the Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona (Spain) in 1995 and 2001 respectively.