Haroon Meer Recognised as one of 200 Influential Young South Africans for 2010

Haroon Meer, an MSc student in Computer Science, has been recognised by the Mail & Guardian in their annual list of influential young South Africans for 2010.  He was listed in the Technology category.  As an information security specialist, his main interest is in the practical application of academic research findings to combat the many information security threats that exist today.

His masters research is focused on memory corruption attacks, supervised by Barry Irwin.

Read the M&G article on their website.

Photo from M&G.