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Matthew Wright

O'Sullivan Professor and Department Chair

Dean’s Office
Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences
matthew.wright@rit.edu
585-475-5432
Office Location
GOL-1781
Office Mailing Address
100 Lomb Memorial Drive Rochester, NY 14623 70-1781

Matthew Wright

O'Sullivan Professor and Department Chair

Dean’s Office
Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences

Education

BS, Harvey Mudd College; MS, Ph.D., University of Massachusetts at Amherst

Bio

Matthew Wright, PhD, is a Kevin O’Sullivan Professor and the Chair of Cybersecurity at Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT). Dr. Wright has co-authored over 100 peer-reviewed papers, including works appearing in top venues like IEEE S&P (“Oakland”), CCS, USENIX Security, NDSS, ACM CHI, INFOCOM, and numerous IEEE & ACM transactions. He won an NSF CAREER award in 2010 and has been PI on $5.8 million in externally funded projects. Within the field of cybersecurity, he has worked primarily in four topic areas: privacy and anonymity online, human factors in security, distributed systems security, and the application of AI to cybersecurity problems.

matthew.wright@rit.edu
585-475-5432
Personal Links
Personal Website
Google Scholar
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Areas of Expertise
Security and Privacy
Adversarial Machine Learning
Deepfake Detection
Cyber Analytics
Usable Security
Cybersecurity

Currently Teaching

CSEC-472
Authentication and Authorization
3 Credits
This course covers the theory, design, and implementation of authentication and access control systems with an emphasis on trust and secure protocol design. Students will examine authentication protocols, password systems, multi-factor and biometric approaches, single sign-on, post-quantum methods, and formal models of access control. The course emphasizes applied analysis and implementation, preparing students to evaluate and communicate about authentication and access control in evolving security environments.

In the News

  • May 11, 2026

    a headshot of representative James Talarico in front of hte Texas state flag with a play button in the middle of the image, indicating it is a video.

    Experts warn of political campaigns made fake by AI

    The Southern Maryland Chronicle speaks to Matthew Wright, O’Sullivan Professor and chair of the Department of Cybersecurity, about the growing threat of AI-generated misinformation and deepfakes in political campaigns ahead of upcoming elections.

  • April 14, 2026

    A man with CGI prisims on his face with a sign indicating that a deepfake has been detected!

    Journalism Dean Works to Help Newsrooms Spot AI-Generated Fakes

    The University of Mississippi writes about a new book from Andrea Hickerson, dean at Ole Miss and former RIT faculty member; Christopher Schwartz, research scientist in the Department of Cybersecurity; and Matthew Wright, O’Sullivan Professor and chair of the Department of Cybersecurity. The book, Fake-Checking: A Journalist's Guide to Deepfakes, is a practical guide that addresses growing concerns of AI-generated media's impact on accurate reporting.

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