Scholar
Cristina Nita-Rotaru
Google Scholar ID: mGxYfZUAAAAJ
Professor, Khoury College of Computer Science, Northeastern University
Citations & Impact
Citations
4,560
H-index
28
i10-index
57
Publications
20
Co-authors
12
list available
Publications
Resume (English only)
Academic Achievements
- Recipient of several best paper awards including NETYS 2023, ACM SACMAT 2022, IEEE SafeThings 2019, and others. She has also received the IETF/IRTF Applied Networking Research Prize in 2016, 2018, and 2025, as well as the Test-of-Time award in ACM SACMAT 2022. Additional honors include the Khoury College Outstanding Senior Researcher Award in 2025, and various awards from Purdue University.
Research Experience
- Previously a faculty member at Purdue University (2003 - 2015), Associate Dean of Faculty at Northeastern University (2017 - 2020), and Assistant Director for CERIAS at Purdue University (2011 - 2013). Her research has been funded by NSF, DARPA, ONR, and other organizations.
Education
- No specific educational background information provided.
Background
- Professor of Computer Science at Northeastern University, Khoury College of Computer Sciences. Leads the Network and Distributed Systems Security Laboratory (NDS2) and is a founding member of the Cybersecurity and Privacy Institute. Her research interests lie at the intersection of cybersecurity, distributed systems, and computer networks, with a focus on designing and building resilient distributed systems and network protocols that are resilient to faults, misconfigurations, and attacks.
Miscellany
- Personal quote: 'There is only one success - to be able to spend your life in your own way.' - Christopher Morley
