Faculty

The School of Cybersecurity and Privacy is engaging with faculty experts across the institute. Our faculty are listed with their SCP designations first, followed by their other affiliations.

School Chair

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Michael Bailey


Founding Chair of the School of Cybersecurity and Privacy

Associate Chairs

Alexandra Boldyreva

Alexandra “Sasha” Boldyreva

Professor and Associate Chair of Graduate Studies,
Joint Appointment with School of Computer Science

Research Areas: Cryptography, Information Security

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Vladimir Kolesnikov

Professor and Senior Associate Chair
Joint Appointment with School of Computer Science

Research Areas: Cryptography, Secure Computation

School Faculty

Mustaque Ahamad

Mustaque Ahamad

Professor and Associate Research Director, Institute for Information Security and Privacy 
Joint Appointment with School of Computer Science

Research Areas: Cybersecurity, Distributed Systems

Courtney Crooks

Adjunct Faculty, GTRI Principal Research Scientist in the Advanced Concepts Laboratory

Research Areas: Applied Psychoanalytic and Socio-Cognitive Foundational Theory; Qualitative Analysis; Mathematical Modeling; Understanding Large Group Psychological Responses to Politicized and Core Societal Issues Including Domestic and National Security Implications.

Rich DeMillo

Richard DeMillo

Charlotte B. and Roger C. Warren Chair of Computing
Founding Director, Center for 21st Century Universities
Former director, Georgia Tech Information Security Center

Merrick Furst

Professor
Joint with School of Computer Science

Research Areas: Theory, AI

Daniel Genkin

Associate Professor
Joint with School of Computer Science

Research Areas: Hardware and System Security, Side Channel Attacks, Cryptography

Sy Goodman

Regents Professor of International Affairs and Computing
Adjunct Professor of History
Joint with School of International Affairs and School of History and Sociology

Areas of Expertise: Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience, Cybersecurity Workforce And Curriculum Development, and International and Societal Dimensions Of Cybersecurity

Joseph Jaeger

Assistant Professor, Theory and Practice of Cryptography

Research Areas: Cryptography; Cybersecurity, Theoretical Computer Science

Taesoo Kim

Taesoo Kim

Professor and Director of GTS3
Joint with School of Computer Science

Research Areas: Systems Security, Operating Systems, Programming Languages, and Distributed Systems.

Nadiya Kostyuk

Assistant Professor
Joint with School of Public Policy

Research Areas: Security Studies, Cyber Conflict, and Cyber Institutions and Capability

Wenke Lee

Wenke Lee

Professor, Computer Science
Executive Director, Institute for Information Security and Privacy

Lee Lerner

Lee Lerner

Chief Scientist, Georgia Tech Research Institute
Chief, Trusted Microelectronics Program Office

Frank Li

Frank Li

Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Visiting Researcher, Facebook

Jon Lindsay

Associate Professor, Cyber Conflict and Warfare

Vijay Madisetti

Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Sukarno Mertoguno

Sukarno Mertoguno

Chief Innovation Officer, Information and Cyber Sciences Directorate, Georgia Tech Research Institute
Deputy Director, Institute for Information Security and Privacy

Milton Mueller

Milton Mueller

Professor of Public Policy 
Co-founder and Director, Internet Governance Project

Paul Pearce

Paul Pearce

Assistant Professor, Computer Science
Visiting Researcher, FaceBook

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Jerry Perullo

Professor of the Practice

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Brendan Saltaformaggio

Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Peter Swire

J.Z. Liang Chair in the School of Cybersecurity and Privacy
Professor of Law and Ethics, joint with Scheller College of Business

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Cecilia Testart

Assistant Professor

Saman Zonouz

Associate Professor