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ESL Global Cybersecurity Institute 
100 Lomb Memorial Drive
Rochester, NY 14623

For inquiries, contact Senior Staff Assistant, Mellissa Woodhams
585-475-2403, mxwics@rit.edu

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Ersin Uzun
Katherine Johnson Executive Director
Dean’s Office
Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences
Professor
ersin.uzun@rit.edu
585-475-5142
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Billy Brumley
Kevin O'Sullivan Professor
Department of Cybersecurity
Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences
Department of Cybersecurity
Director of Research, GCI
Kevin O'Sullivan Endowed Professor in Cybersecurity
bbbics@rit.edu

 

 

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Justin Pelletier
Director of the GCI Cyber Range and Training Center
ESL Global Cybersecurity Institute
Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences
jxpics@rit.edu

 

 

Cyber Range Creative Director: Cyber Risk & Resilience Education through Transmedia Storytelling: Creating Narrative Worlds, Employing Emerging Technologies, Exciting Global Audiences
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Rob Olson
Senior Lecturer, Cybersecurity
Department of Cybersecurity
Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences
Undergraduate Program Director
rboics@rit.edu
585-475-2735
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Justin Pelletier
Director of the GCI Cyber Range and Training Center
ESL Global Cybersecurity Institute
Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences
jxpics@rit.edu
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Chad Weeden
Director of Esports and CyberSecurity Range (CSR)
Dean’s Office
Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences
cewics@rit.edu
585-475-7306

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Justin Pelletier
Director of the GCI Cyber Range and Training Center
ESL Global Cybersecurity Institute
Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences
jxpics@rit.edu

 

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Rob Olson
Senior Lecturer, Cybersecurity
Department of Cybersecurity
Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences
Undergraduate Program Director
rboics@rit.edu
585-475-2735

 

 

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Fawad Ahmad
Assistant Professor, Computer Science
Department of Computer Science
Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences
fawad@cs.rit.edu
Mobile systems; Computer vision; Robotics
Programming languages; Formal verification
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Ali Baheri
Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Kate Gleason College of Engineering
akbeme@rit.edu
AI safety; Autonomy
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Thomas Borrelli
Principal Lecturer, Computer Science
Department of Computer Science
Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences
tjbcis@rit.edu
Genetic algorithms; Machine learning; Game theory; Cryptography
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Billy Brumley
Kevin O'Sullivan Professor
Department of Cybersecurity
Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences
Department of Cybersecurity
Director of Research, GCI
Kevin O'Sullivan Endowed Professor in Cybersecurity
bbbics@rit.edu
Systems security; Cryptography engineering; Side-channel analysis
Human-centered AI; Digital transformation
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Zachary Butler
Professor, Computer Science
Department of Computer Science
Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences
zxbvcs@rit.edu
585-475-6155
Computer science education; Distributed systems; Robotics
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Lingwei Chen
Assistant Professor, Cybersecurity
Department of Cybersecurity
Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences
lwcics@rit.edu
Machine learning in cybersecurity; Data mining
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Travis Desell
Professor, Software Engineering
Department of Software Engineering
Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences
Program Coordinator, Data Science MS
tjdvse@rit.edu
585-475-2991
Artificial intelligence; Data science
Public policy
System and hardware security; LLMs in cybersecurity
Data integrity and privacy in Edge Computing Systems and 5G infrastructure; Hardware trojans; Machine learning; Nature-inspired solutions to hardware security and trust

 

Artificial intelligence; Computational complexity; Theory
Wired and wireless security; Machine learning
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Yidan Hu
Assistant Professor, Cybersecurity
Department of Cybersecurity
Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences
yidan.hu@rit.edu
Data privacy, and network and distributed system security
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Daqing Hou
Department Chair, Software Engineering
Dean’s Office
Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences
dqvse@rit.edu
585-475-3005
Machine learning; Software security
Security competitions for education; Covert communications; IoT/SCADA security
Consumer behavior; Customer experience design
Machine learning, AI for social impact; Natural language processing; Computational social science
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Mohammad Javad Khojasteh
Assistant Professor, Electrical and Microelectronic Engineering
Department of Electrical and Microelectronic Engineering
Kate Gleason College of Engineering
Gleason Endowed Assistant Professor
mjkeme@rit.edu
585-475-6936
Autonomous robot systems; Machine learning; Quantum engineering
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Sunwoong Kim
Assistant Professor, Electrical and Microelectronic Engineering
Department of Electrical and Microelectronic Engineering
Kate Gleason College of Engineering
sskeme@rit.edu
585-475-2442
Cryptography; Custom hardware accelerators; Machine learning
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Daniel Krutz
Associate Professor
Department of Software Engineering
Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences
dxkvse@rit.edu
Self-adaptive systems; Decision-support systems; Computing education; Secure software development
Packet forwarding, SDN, Container networking, Datacenter networks, Network security, Filter technologies, Distributed systems, and IoT
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Pengfei Li
Assistant Professor, School of Information
School of Information
Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences
pflics@rit.edu
Trustworthy machine learning; Sustainable AI
Artificial intelligence; Vision-language intelligence
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Yinxi Liu
Assistant Professor, Cybersecurity
Department of Cybersecurity
Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences
yxlics@rit.edu
Algorithms and complexity; Vulnerability discovery
Cryptographic engineering, secure communication technologies, reconfigurable computing, high performance computing, hardware-software systems
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Andy Meneely
Associate Professor, Software Engineering
Department of Software Engineering
Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences
Undergraduate Program Director
andy.meneely@rit.edu
585-475-7829
Empirical software engineering using machine learning and data mining; Software security; Collaborative software development; Metrics and measurement
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Sumita Mishra
Professor, Cybersecurity
Department of Cybersecurity
Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences
Graduate Program Director, Cybersecurity
sumita.mishra@rit.edu
585-475-4475
Critical infrastructure protection, including smart grid security and privacy; Anonymity, Resilience metrics; Gamification in cybersecurity education
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Tae Oh
Professor, School of Information
School of Information
Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences
National Technical Institute for the Deaf
Strategic Initiatives and Innovation Director
thoics@rit.edu
585-475-7642
Vehicular Area Networks, data acquisition and analytics, mobile device security, Internet of Things (IoT) security, sensor networks and assistive technology (Smart Cane)
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Rob Olson
Senior Lecturer, Cybersecurity
Department of Cybersecurity
Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences
Undergraduate Program Director
rboics@rit.edu
585-475-2735
Penetration testing, web and mobile application security, and privacy
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Alexander Ororbia
Associate Professor, Computer Science
Department of Computer Science
Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences
agovcs@rit.edu
585-475-2622
Artificial intelligence; Computational neuroscience
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Yin Pan
Professor, Cybersecurity
Department of Cybersecurity
Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences
yin.pan@rit.edu
Adversarial machine learning in image recognition and in intelligent malware detection using memory forensics, solid-state drive forensics challenges. Gamification in cybersecurity education, Ph.D. training and education, information security audits
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Justin Pelletier
Director of the GCI Cyber Range and Training Center
ESL Global Cybersecurity Institute
Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences
jxpics@rit.edu
Artificial intelligence; Offensive and defensive cybersecurity
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Chao Peng
Associate Professor, Interactive Games and Media
School of Interactive Games and Media
Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences
cxpigm@rit.edu
585-475-7385
Visualization; Virtual reality
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Divya Ramjee
Assistant Professor, Criminal Justice
Department of Criminal Justice
College of Liberal Arts
Assistant Professor, Department of Public Policy
dqrgcj@rit.edu
585-475-2657
Artificial intelligence; Public policy; Criminal justice
Cryptography, Combinatorial Computing; Ramsey Theory
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Hanif Rahbari
Associate Professor, Cybersecurity
Department of Cybersecurity
Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences
Affiliated Faculty, Department of Computer Engineering
hanif.rahbari@rit.edu
Wireless systems and communications (PHY-layer) security, connected vehicle and IoT trust management
Human factors in complex and dynamic systems, mental workload, and human error and reliability
Security, Machine Learning, Knowledge Graphs, Explainability, Semantic Technology, Autonomous Vehicles, Large Scale Networks.
Abstract algebra, network science, and machine learning with applications in information processing and cybersecurity
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Leon Reznik
Professor, Computer Science
Department of Computer Science
Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences
lrvcs@rit.edu
585-475-7210
Security and data quality evaluation; intelligent systems and sensor networks design, machine learning and neural networks techniques, Big Data analysis. Data quality and security, automated quiz generation
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James Rice
Lecturer, Cybersecurity
Department of Cybersecurity
Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences
jmrics@rit.edu
585-475-5014
Serious games for cybersecurity
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Carlos R. Rivero
Associate Professor, Computer Science
Department of Computer Science
Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences
crrvcs@rit.edu
Computer-aided program comprehension, instructor analytics, K-12 outreach
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Justus Robertson
Assistant Professor, Interactive Games and Media
School of Interactive Games and Media
Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences
jjrigm@rit.edu
Artificial inteligence; Interactive narrative worlds
Artificial intelligence ethics and policy
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David Schwartz
Director, School of Interactive Games and Media
Dean’s Office
Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences
Director of the School of Interactive Games and Media
david.i.schwartz@rit.edu
585-475-2763
Game design and development; Gamification of cybersecurity; Resilience games
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Naveen Sharma
Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs and Industry Engagement
Dean’s Office
Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences
Associate Dean Fac Affairs and Industry Engagement
nxsvse@rit.edu
585-475-2472
Artificial intelligence; Software systems
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Alireza Vahid
Gleason Memorial Professor
Department of Electrical and Microelectronic Engineering
Kate Gleason College of Engineering
Gleason Endowed Professor
arveme@rit.edu
585-475-2313
Information and coding theory, communication theory, and wireless security
Adversarial machine learning as applied to traffic analysis, deepfake detection and generation, and image manipulation.

 

 

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Bo Yuan
Professor, Cybersecurity
Department of Cybersecurity
Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences
bo.yuan@rit.edu
585-475-4468
CyberCorps Scholarships for Service (SFS);  Cyber analytics

 

Privacy, program analysis, software compliance, and machine learning
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Weijie Zhao
Assistant Professor, Computer Science
Department of Computer Science
Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences
wjzvcs@rit.edu
585-475-2118
Machine learning systems and security; Security in artificial intelligence models;
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Yiqin Zhao
Assistant Professor, Interactive Games and Media
School of Interactive Games and Media
Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences
yzigm@rit.edu
Privacy-preserving AI content generation; Augmented reality
Hardware-oriented security