Jonathan Hood, PhD

Education

PhD in Computer Science and Software Engineering, Auburn University, August 2016
MS in Software Engineering, Auburn University, December 2011
BS in Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Alabama in Huntsville, May 2008

2025 - Member of the Fellowship of the Token Ring, black badge winners at DEFCON-33
2022 - Member of the Fellowship of the Token Ring, black badge winners at DEFCON-30
2021 - Technical Fellow - COLSA Corporation
2019 - SourceForge Information Disclosure vulnerability
2019 - Member of the Fellowship of the Token Ring, black badge winners at DEFCON-27
2018 - Scientist of the Year - COLSA Corporation

2026 - OpenPsalm, a songbook platform for hymns
2026 - Pragmatic Scanner, an Ada Static Application Security Testing (SAST) tool
2026 - STITCH: Scoring Tool for Integrated Threat and Compliance Heuristics ()
2024 - Parchments of Promise: Confidence in the Bible (, Presentations, Buy Now)
2021-2026 - Upwgen The Unspeakable Password Generator
2021-2026 - SwATips Software Assurance Tips (editor)
2021 - Counterfacts: A Quantum Explanation of Middle Knowledge (, Buy Now)
2020 - Alexander, S., Hood, J., and Jones, E. A Comparison of Fuzzing Dynamic Analysis and Static Code Analysis.
2019-2021 - Ted NuGet, a python script for checking NuGet dependencies in packages.config
2018-2026 - STIGQter, an open-source STIG Viewer implementation
2016 - PhD Dissertation and Program: HHUYS16-0.1.0.0.zip
2015 - Hood, J., Hamilton, D., Umphress, D., Yilmaz, L., Sims, J. Two-Way Trusted, Third-Party Authenticated, Quantum Key Distribution (presented at SCSS [Southeast Cyber Summit is now the National Cyber Summit] in 2015)
2014 - Hood, J., Scott, T., Yu, J., Qin, X., Yilmaz, L., Hamilton, D. We Didn't Start the Fire: Using Agent-Directed Thermal Modeler to Keep Servers Cool. Final paper presented at SpringSim. - Download ADTM 1.0.2 (133MB, changelog).