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Biography
Dr. Eugene Spafford is a professor of Computer Sciences and a professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Purdue University, where he has served on the faculty since 1987. He is also a professor of Philosophy (courtesy), a professor of Communication and a Professor of Technology (courtesy). He serves on a number of advisory and editorial boards, and is internationally-known for his writing, research, and speaking on issues of security and ethics. Spafford's current research interests are primarily in the areas of information security, computer crime investigation and information ethics.
Spaf (as he is known to his friends, colleagues, and students) is Executive Director of the Purdue CERIAS (Center for Education and Research in Information Assurance and Security), and was the founder and director of the (superseded) COAST Laboratory.
Spaf is also involved in a number of professional societies and activities outside Purdue, including serving on the Board of Directors of the Computing Research Association and as chair of the ACM's US Public Policy Committee. He's a member of the President's Information Technology Advisory Committee (PITAC), and serves as an advisor to over a dozen Federal agencies and major corporations.
Dr. Spafford received his B.A. degree with a double major in Mathematics and Computer Sciences from the State University College at Brockport (1979, NY). Upon graduation, he was honored with a SUNY College President's Citation. He then attended the School of Information and Computer Sciences (now the College of Computing) at the Georgia Institute of Technology, holding both a Georgia Tech President's Fellowship and a National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship. He received his M.S. in 1981, and the Ph.D. in 1986 for his design and implementation of the original Clouds reliable, distributed operating system kernel, and for his contributions as one of the original members of the Clouds design team.
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