Prof. Ravi Sandhu


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Ravi Sandhu

University of Texas at San Antonio:

Executive Director and Chief Scientist
Institute for Cyber Security (ICS)

Lutcher Brown Endowed Chair in Cyber Security
Professor of Computer Science (College of Science)

Courtesy Appointments in ECE (College of Engineering) and ISTM (College of Business)

 

IEEE TDSC: Editor-in-Chief

ACM CODASPY: Founder and General Chair

TriCipher Inc: Chief Scientist and Co-Founder

 

Opportunities for Cyber Security Researchers:

Openings for Post-Doctoral Scholars and Research Professors are opportunistic. For the right people we can create the appropriate position at all levels. Prospective PhD students should apply to the Computer Science Department for admission and initial financial aid. Students at UTSA should contact me directly.

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Career Highlights

Vitae and Career Synopsis

bullet190+ papers (with 65+ co-authors), 13,000+ Google Scholar Citations, 54 h-index, 20 USA patents, 16 PhD graduates, 35+ research grants
bulletHighest cited paper in Access Control:   RBAC96 paper 3900+ hits  
bulletACM Fellow (2001), IEEE Fellow (2002), AAAS Fellow (2008)
bulletIEEE Computer Society Technical Achievement Award (2004), ACM SIGSAC Outstanding Contribution Award (2008)
bulletNIST/NSA National Computer Security Conference Best Paper Awards (1992 and 1998)
bullet Brief Biosketch,   Long vita (22 pages):  pdf  doc,   Short vita (first 2 pages of long vita):  pdf  doc

Academic Positions Held

bulletUniversity of Texas at San Antonio, 2007 onwards: As above.
bulletGeorge Mason University, 1995-2007: Professor, 1989-1995: Associate. Professor (Information Security).
bulletOhio State University, 1983-1989: Assistant Professor, 1982-1983: Instructor (Computer Science).

Professional Recognition

bulletAAAS Fellow, 2008: For distinguished contributions to cyber security, including seminal role-based access control and usage control models, and for professional leadership in research journals and conferences
bullet ACM SIGSAC Outstanding Contribution Award, 2008
bullet IEEE Computer Society Technical Achievement Award, 2004: For outstanding and pioneering contributions to information security including innovation of the role-based access control model and usage control
bulletIEEE Fellow, 2002: For contributions to the field of information and system security
bulletACM Fellow, 2001: For technical contributions to the field of information and system security, notably access control models and systems, and professional leaderhip in research journals and conferences

Professional Leadership

bulletEditor-in-Chief, IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing (TDSC), Jan 1, 2010 onwards
bulletFounding General Chair and Steering Committee Chair, ACM Conference on Data and Application Security and Privacy (CODASPY), 2010 onwards
bulletFounding Editor-in-Chief, ACM Transactions on Information & Systems Security (TISSEC), 1997-2004
bulletChairman, ACM Special Interest Group on Security Audit and Control (SIGSAC), 1995-2003
bulletConference Founder: ACM CCS (1993), ACM SACMAT (1995), ACM CODASPY (2011)
bulletSecurity Editor, IEEE Internet Computing, 1998-2004
bulletConference Steering Committees: ACM CCS (1993-2003 Chair, 2003-2007 Member), ACM SACMAT (1995-2008 Chair), IEEE CSF (1992-2008 Member), ACM CODASPY (2010- Chair)
bulletConference Program Chair: IEEE CSF (1991, 1992), ACM CCS (1993, 1994, 2002), ACM SACMAT (1995), ACSAC (1996), IFIP WG 11.3 (1996), ACM CSAW (2007)
bulletConference General Chair: IEEE CSF (1993, 1994), ACM CCS (1996), ACM SACMAT (2001, 2002), ACM CODASPY (2011)

Teacher and Educator

bulletChief architect and highly-regarded teacher of graduate curriculum in Information Assurance and Security at George Mason University, including MS and PhD degrees, 1989-2007
bulletInvited lectures etcetera presented all over the world

Entrepreneur and Consultant

bulletTriCipher, 2000 onwards, Chief Scientist and Co-Founder
bulletConsultant to numerous organizations including: McAfee, Trusted Information Systems, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Verizon, SETA Corporation, Argonne National Laboratory, Singapore Management University, Northrop Grumman, Integris Health

Education

bulletPhD in Computer Science, Rutgers University, 1983
bulletMS in Computer Science, Rutgers University, 1980
bulletMTech in Computer Technology, IIT Delhi, 1976
bulletBTech in Electrical Engineering, IIT Bombay, 1974

Personal

bulletUS Citizen since 1997.  Born in India.  Schooled at Doon School.  Married with two sons.