Eduardo B. Fernandez (Eduardo Fernandez-Buglioni) is a professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Florida Atlantic University (Boca Raton, Florida). He has published numerous papers on authorization models, object-oriented analysis and design, and security patterns. In addition, he has written four books on these subjects, the most recent being a book on security patterns. He has lectured all over the world at both academic and industrial meetings, and has created and taught several graduate and undergraduate courses and industrial tutorials. Eduardo’s current interests include security patterns and Web services security and fault tolerance. He holds an MS degree in electrical engineering from Purdue University and a PhD in computer science from UCLA. He is a senior member of the IEEE and a member of ACM. Eduardo is also an active consultant for industry, including assignments with IBM, Allied Signal, Motorola, Lucent, and others. More details about his work can be found at http://www.cse.fau.edu/~ed.
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