The following is a generic list of research areas that I dabble in during my very limited free time:
Amateur Radio
- Weak Signal Propagation
- Delay Tolerant Networking
- Emergency Communications (EMCOMM)
- Station Automation & Activity Visualization
- Antenna Design & Propagation
- QRP Operating Activities
Pen Testing
- Novel Communications Protocols
- Pattern of Life Mirroring
Digital Forensics/Incident Response
- XFS File System Analysis
- Network Analysis (mostly Zeek-related)
- Endpoint Detection & Response
- Malware Analysis
- Endpoint Memory Analysis
- Log Analysis
DevOps-related
- Automated Server/System Provisioning & CSC Hardening
- Ansible / Puppet / Chef / Salt
- Useful Monitoring & Analytics