Fellow of ACM, IEEE, AAAS, and IFIP, foreign member of Academia Europaea; recipient of the 2017 ACM SIGSAC Outstanding Contribution Award, 2020 IFIP Jean-Claude Laprie Award, 2023 ACM SIGSAC Outstanding Innovation Award, 2024 NDSS Test-of-Time Award, and 2024 Guggenheim Fellowship; authored the first rhyming crypto-poem published as a refereed paper.
Research Experience
Professor at the University of California, Irvine since 2000; served as Editor-in-Chief of ACM Transactions on Privacy and Security (TOPS).
Education
PhD in Computer Science from USC in 1991.
Background
Research interests include privacy, computer and network security, and applied cryptography. Has worked at IBM Zurich Research Laboratory and USC/ISI.
Miscellany
Enjoys creating humorous content such as parody songs and cartoon captions; no social media presence; emphasizes the importance of diversity.