Robert Watson
Robert Watson in 2008
Born	3 May 1977(1977-05-03) Harrow, London
Residence	United Kingdom
Nationality	British
Fields	Computer science
Institutions	University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory
Alma mater	Carnegie Mellon University
Doctoral advisor	Ross Anderson, Markus Kuhn
Known for	work on FreeBSD, TrustedBSD, OpenBSM

Robert Watson (born 3 May 1977 in Harrow, London, UK) is a FreeBSD core team developer, and founder of the TrustedBSD Project.^[1]

He graduated in computer science from Carnegie Mellon University and has worked at the National Institutes of Health, Carnegie Mellon University, Trusted Information Systems, Network Associates, McAfee, and SPARTA. He is currently pursuing a PhD in computer security at the University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory, supervised by Ross Anderson and Markus Kuhn and sponsored by Google. His work has also been supported by DARPA, Apple Computer, the Navy, and other U.S. government agencies. His main research interest are network security and operating system security. His main open source software contributions include his work in developing the multi-threaded and multi-processor FreeBSD network stack, the TrustedBSD project, and OpenBSM. His writing has been featured in forums such as ACM's Queue Magazine^[2], the USENIX Annual Technical Conference, BSDCon, and a Slashdot interview^[3].

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