Matthew Wright
O'Sullivan Professor and Department Chair
Matthew Wright
O'Sullivan Professor and Department Chair
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.
Currently Teaching
In the News
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July 30, 2025
Deepfake voice scams are more sophisticated than ever: How to keep your family safe
Mashable speaks to Matthew Wright, endowed professor and chair of RIT's Department of Cybersecurity, about the technology that creates cloned voices.
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July 9, 2025
Marco Rubio impersonator contacted officials using AI voice deepfakes – computer security experts explain what they are and how to avoid getting fooled
An essay by Matthew Wright, endowed professor and chair, and Christopher Schwartz, research scientist in the Department of Cybersecurity, published by The Conversation.
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May 28, 2025
AI expert: ‘Use common sense’ as generative AI videos become more realistic
WROC-TV talks with Matthew Wright, endowed professor and chair of RIT's Department of Cybersecurity, about the capabilities of Google VEO 3 and other generative AI video platforms.
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September 27, 2024
Wright, Ph.D. student publishes paper on online privacy
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September 10, 2024
RIT faculty engage in NSF Secure and Trustworthy Cyberspace (SaTC) meeting
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December 21, 2023
Wright, Wu participate in LAS research symposium
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November 10, 2023
Wright presents on misinformation in elections