DJ Capelis spent her time doing security research at the SSRC and helping start the security group. Her research areas included building trusted platforms that aren't evil, and networks that know a bit more. She often looks for the next hot thing among old ideas while trying to keep a good mix between cynicism and optimism. DJ is inspired by the time in computing when XML was a scary dream, Sprite would transparently migrate your processes between machines, and real programmers had an inexplicable hatred for quiche.

She completed her dissertation "Embedding Security Into Systems After Their Design" working with Prof. Darrell Long.