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Yinzhi Cao
Technical Director & Associate Professor
ycao43@jhu.edu
Research Interests Web Security Network Security Mobile Security Bio Yinzhi Cao is an Associate Professor in Computer Science at the Johns Hopkins University. He earned his Ph.D. in Computer Science at Northwestern University, worked at Columbia University as a postdoc, and then spent three years at Lehigh University as an...
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Anton Dahbura
Executive Director
antondahbura@jhu.edu
410-516-0211
Research Interests Security Fault-tolerant computing Distributed systems Testing Bio Anton (Tony) Dahbura received the BSEE, MSEE, and PhD in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from the Johns Hopkins University in 1981, 1982, and 1984, respectively. From 1983 until 1996 he was a researcher at AT&T Bell Laboratories, was an Invited...
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Ashutosh Dutta
Associate Research Professor
adutta9@jhu.edu
908-642-8593
Ashutosh Dutta is currently a senior scientist and 5G chief strategist at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory; he is also a JHU APL sabbatical fellow and adjunct faculty at the Johns Hopkins University. Dutta currently serves as the director of the Whiting School of Engineering’s Doctor of Engineering program, prior...
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Matthew D. Green
Associate Professor
mgreen@cs.jhu.edu
410-861-0344
Research Interests Applied Cryptography Privacy-Preserving Cryptographic Protocols Cryptographic Engineering Bio Green was formerly a partner in Independent Security Evaluators, a custom security evaluation and design consultancy. From 1999-2003, he served as a senior technical staff member at AT&T Laboratories/Research in Florham Park, NJ. Personal Website | Blog | CV
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Susan Hohenberger Waters
Research Professor
susan@cs.jhu.edu
Research Interests Cryptography Computer security Bio Hohenberger earned her Ph.D. in 2006 in computer science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a B.S. in 2000 in computer engineering from The Ohio State University. Before coming to Johns Hopkins, she was a post-doctoral researcher at IBM Research in Zurich. AWARDS...
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Abhishek Jain
Associate Professor
abhishek@cs.jhu.edu
410-516-4276
Research Interests Cryptography Security Theoretical Computer Science Bio Abhishek is interested in all aspects of cryptography, with a present focus on secure computation and its many forms, including functional encryption and program obfuscation. His other interests include security and privacy as well as related areas of theoretical computer science. Before...
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Xiangyang Li
Associate Teaching Professor | Program Director, MSSI
xyli@jhu.edu
Research and Teaching Areas Security Intelligence Analysis Human Factors in Information Security Cybersecurity Education Xiangyang Li has been working for a long time in security analytics, user modeling and intelligent systems, and cybersecurity education. He has contributed to many projects on computer security, user modeling and assistance, and cybersecurity education...
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Ziyang Li
Assistant Professor
ziyang@cs.jhu.edu
Research Interests Neurosymbolic programming AI4Code Ziyang Li is an assistant professor of computer science at the Johns Hopkins University, where he is also a member of the Information Security and Data Science and AI Institutes. His research lies at the intersection of programming languages and machine learning, with additional contributions in security and...
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Aviel Rubin
Professor Emeritus
rubin@jhu.edu
410-516-8177
Research Interests Computer Security Applied Cryptography Bio Rubin is a professor emeritus of computer science at Hopkins and former technical director of the JHU Information Security Institute. His primary research area was computer security, especially for electronic medical records. He also founded Harbor Labs, a company that provides technical expertise...
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Erik Rye
Incoming Assistant Professor
rye@jhu.edu
Research Interests Security and privacy Computer networks Network measurement Bio Erik Rye is an incoming assistant professor of computer science affiliated with the Johns Hopkins University Information Security Institute and Institute for Assured Autonomy. His research centers around empirical network security and privacy, particularly as motivated by threats that affect actual human beings...
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Lanier Watkins
Assistant Technical Director & Associate Research Professor
Lanier.Watkins@jhuapl.edu
Research Interests Critical Infrastructure Protection Network Security Internet of Things Security Bio Lanier Watkins, chair of the Johns Hopkins Engineering for Professionals Master’s in Computer Science and Cybersecurity programs, develops innovative algorithms and frameworks to address the continuously changing needs of defending critical infrastructure networks and systems. His research efforts...
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Lecturers
Javad Abed, PhD, CISSP, CCSP
Assistant Professor of Information Systems, Johns Hopkins University Carey Business School
Javad.abed@jhu.edu
Michael Jacobs, J.D.
Computer Ethics, Digital Rights Management, Intellectual Property Protection
jacobs@jhu.edu
Reuben A. Johnston, Ph.D.
Senior Cyber Security Research Engineer, Applied Physics Laboratory: Systems Engineering, Operations Research, Software Security and Reverse Engineering
reub@jhu.edu
Staff

Laura Henneman
Administrator
lahenneman@jhu.edu
410-516-8577
Laura began her career at Hopkins over 19 years ago in the Purchasing department. She also worked in the WSE Center for Language and Speech Processing before joining JHUISI in 2006. She is responsible for the oversight of most of the activities in the institute but her top priority is...
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Megan Mastrola
Communications Associate
mmastro3@jhu.edu
Megan joined Johns Hopkins University in August 2022, and is also the communications associate for the Institute for Assured Autonomy. She is responsible for writing about research and other news, and managing the website and social media platforms. In her free time, Megan enjoys spending time with her family, cooking...
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Revelie Williams
Academic Program Manager
rniles3@jhu.edu
410-516-8775
Revelie joined Johns Hopkins staff after working in enrollment and academic advising at Walden University for 11 years. As Academic Program Administrator, she is primarily responsible for the day-to-day running of the Master's programs for the Computer Science Department and Information Security Institute. She assists students with the administrative aspects...
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Baltimore, MD 21218
Fax: 410-516-6134
