LTC Karl Olson

Ph.D. in Computer Science - University of Colorado - Boulder

M.S. in Electrical Engineering - University of Missouri - Columbia

M.S. in Civil/Environmental Engineering - University of Missouri - Rolla

M.S. in Info. Tech. Management - University of Maryland

B.S. in Mechanical Engineering

U.S. Military Academy

Research Interests

Cyber, Electronic Warfare

Selected Publications

Olson, K., Bashayer, A., Keller, E. (2025). DND-Db: A Democratized Network Data Database for Tailored Routing and Security Campaigns. (Accepted to IEEE NOMS ’25, Pending Publication).

Olson, K. (2024). Where is the Incentive? Rethinking Approaches to Security in Networks. University of Colorado. Doc-toral Dissertation.

Alharbi, B., Olson, K., & Keller, E. (2023, May). Enabling Security Research Through Efficient Partial Deployment Topol-ogy Configuration and Validation. In IEEE INFOCOM 2023-IEEE Conference on Computer Communications Work-shops (INFOCOM WKSHPS) (pp. 1-6). IEEE.

Olson, K., Wampler, J., & Keller, E. (2023). Doomed to Repeat with IPv6? Characterization of NAT-centric Security in SOHO Routers. ACM Computing Surveys, 55(14s), 1-37.

Olson, K., & Keller, E. (2021). Federating Trust: Network Orchestration for Cross-boundary Zero Trust. In Proceedings of the SIGCOMM'21 Poster and Demo Sessions (pp. 48-49).

Olson, K., Wampler, J., Shen, F., & Scaife, N. (2021). NATting Else Matters: Evaluating IPv6 Access Control Policies in Residential Networks. In Passive and Active Measurement: 22nd International Conference, PAM 2021, Virtual Event, March 29–April 1, 2021, Proceedings 22 (pp. 373-389). Springer International Publishing.

Abranches, M., Olson, K., & Keller, E. (2021, May). Infinity: A Scalable Infrastructure for In-Network Applications. In 2021 IFIP/IEEE International Symposium on Integrated Network Management (IM) (pp. 1050-1053). IEEE.

Petullo, W. M., Moses, K., Klimkowski, B., Hand, R., & Olson, K. (2016). The use of Cyber-Defense Exercises in Under-graduate Computing Education. In 2016 USENIX Workshop on Advances in Security Education (ASE ‘16).

Olson, K. M. (2013). Parametric Investigation on Thrust Development of a Piezoelectric Transformer Plasma Propulsion System. University of Missouri-Columbia. Master’s Thesis.