People

Faculty affiliated with the Institute of Information Assurance (IIA) combine their expertise to develop multidisciplinary research projects and education programs. Their joint efforts expand cyber security capabilities. They also address the tremendous need for professionals with both technical knowledge and an understanding of the legal, policy, and behavioral aspects of information assurance.

Research staff and students provide additional contributions to IIA projects.

IIA Director

Agnes Chan
Executive Director of Cybersecurity Programs

IIA Members and Expertise

Faculty

  • Javed A. Aslam, College of Computer and Information Science, information retrieval
  • Stefano Basagni, College of Engineering Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, ad hoc networks
  • Carla Brodley, College of Computer and Information Science, applied and basic machine learning
  • Agnes Chan, College of Computer and Information Science, cryptography
  • David Choffnes, College of Computer and Information Science, distributed systems and networking, with a recent focus on mobile systems
  • Jennifer Dy, College of Engineering Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (with courtesy College of Computer and Information Science appointment), machine learning
  • Yunsi Fei, College of Engineering Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, secure computer architecture and systems
  • Matthias Felleisen, College of Computer and Information Science, reliable software
  • Stratis Ioannidis, College of Engineering Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (with courtesy College of Computer and Information Science appointment), privacy, data markets and social networks
  • David Kaeli, College of Engineering Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (with courtesy College of Computer and Information Science appointment), virtualization, machine learning, and architecture
  • Engin Kirda, College of Computer and Information Science, systems security (joint appointment with College of Engineering)
  • Mieczyslaw Kokar, College of Engineering Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, ontology-based computing
  • David Lazer, College of Computer and Information Science (joint appointment with College of Social Sciences and Humanities), network science
  • Alan Mislove, College of Computer and Information Science, networks
  • Christina Nita-Rotaru, College of Computer and Information Science, network security, distributed systems, secure data analytics, automated verification of distributed systems and network protocols
  • Guevara Noubir, College of Computer and Information Science, networks
  • Alina Oprea, College of Computer and Information Science, security analytics, cloud security, network security, applied cryptography
  • Themis Papageorge, College of Computer and Information Science, risk management
  • Nikos Passas, College of Social Sciences and Humanities, white collar crime
  • William Robertson, College of Computer and Information Science (joint appointment with College of Engineering), systems and Web security
  • Masoud Salehi, College of Engineering Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, communications and coding
  • Abhi Shelat, College of Computer and Information Science, cryptography and applied security
  • Olin Shivers, College of Computer and Information Science, reliable software
  • Jose Sierra, College of Computer and Information Science
  • Ravi Sundaram, College of Computer and Information Science, networks, algorithms, information retrieval
  • Jonathan Ullman, College of Computer and Information Science, privacy, computational learning theory, cryptography
  • Emanuele Viola, College of Computer and Information Science, pseudorandom sequences
  • Thomas Wahl, College of Computer and Information Science, formal verification
  • Daniel Wichs, College of Computer and Information Science, modern cryptography
  • Christo Wilson, College of Computer and Information Science, security, privacy and transparency on the Web
  • Edmund Yeh, College of Engineering Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, communications and network science