Prof. Ravi Sandhu

Ravi Sandhu

(Last updated 08-03-09. See http://www.profsandhu.com/ for most up to date information.)

Lutcher Brown Endowed Professor of Cyber Security, College of Science

Professor of CS, ECE and ISTM (Courtesy Appointments)

TriCipher Inc: Chief Scientist and Co-Founder

IEEE TDSC: Incoming Editor-in-Chief, Jan 1, 2010

Synthesis Lectures: Founding Editor, Information Security, Privacy and Trust Series

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	180+ papers (with 50+ co-authors), 10,000+ Google Scholar Citations, 48 h-index, 12 USA patents, 14 PhD graduates, 30+ research grants
	Top 1 and 2 cited papers in Access Control: RBAC96 paper 3200+ hits RBAC Standard Paper 2000+ hits
	ACM Fellow (2001), IEEE Fellow (2002), AAAS Fellow (2008)
	IEEE Computer Society Technical Achievement Award (2004), ACM SIGSAC Outstanding Contribution Award (2008)
	NIST/NSA National Computer Security Conference Best Paper Awards (1992 and 1998)
	Biosketch: 100 words, 220 words, 490 words, Long vita (22 pages): pdf doc, Short vita (first 2 pages of long vita): pdf doc

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

	AAAS 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
	ACM SIGSAC Outstanding Contribution Award, 2008
	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
	IEEE Fellow, 2002: For contributions to the field of information and system security
	ACM 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

	Incoming Editor-in-Chief, IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing (TDSC), Jan 1, 2010 onwards
	Founding Editor, Information Security, Privacy and Trust Series, Synthesis Lectures, 2006 onwards
	Founding Editor-in-Chief, ACM Transactions on Information & Systems Security (TISSEC), 1997-2004
	Chairman, ACM Special Interest Group on Security Audit and Control (SIGSAC), 1995-2003
	Conference Founder: ACM CCS (1993), ACM SACMAT (1995), both very highly regarded
	Security Editor, IEEE Internet Computing, 1998-2004
	Conference Steering Committees: ACM CCS (1993-2003 Chair, 2003-2007 Member), ACM SACMAT (1995-2008 Chair), IEEE CSF (1992-2008 Member)
	Conference Program Chair: IEEE CSF (1991, 1992), ACM CCS (1993, 1994, 2002), ACM SACMAT (1995), ACSAC (1996), IFIP WG 11.3 (1996), ACM CSAW (2007)
	Conference General Chair: IEEE CSF (1993, 1994), ACM CCS (1996), ACM SACMAT (2001, 2002)

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

	TriCipher, 2000 onwards, Chief Scientist and Co-Founder
	Consultant 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

	PhD in Computer Science, Rutgers University, 1983
	MS in Computer Science, Rutgers University, 1980
	MTech in Computer Technology, IIT Delhi, 1976
	BTech in Electrical Engineering, IIT Bombay, 1974

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