Gail-Joon Ahn is a professor of computer science and engineering in the School of Computing, Informatics, and Decision Systems Engineering and the director of Center for Cybersecurity and Digital Forensics at Arizona State University. He is also a Fulton Entrepreneurial Professor. He has authored more than 150 refereed research papers. Prior to joining ASU, he was an associate professor of the College of Computing and Informatics and founding director of Center for Digital Identity and Cyber Defense Research at University of North Carolina at Charlotte.
His research foci include security analytics and big data driven security intelligence, vulnerability and risk management, access control and security architecture for distributed systems, identity and privacy management, cyber crime analysis, security-enhanced computing platforms, and formal models for computer security device. His research has been supported by National Science Foundation, National Security Agency, Department of Defense, Office of Naval Research, Department of Energy, Department of Justice, Allstate, Intel, Bank of America, CISCO, GoDaddy, Hewlett Packard, Google, Microsoft and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
He is currently the information director of ACM Special Interest Group on Security, Audit and Control (SIGSAC) and he is a recipient of U.S. Department of Energy Early Career Principal Investigator Award, Educator of the Year Award from Federal Information Systems Security Educators' Association (FISSEA) and Best Researcher Award from CIDSE. Also, he serves as associate editor-in-chief of IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing, associate editor of ACM Transactions on Information and Systems Security and editorial board of Computers & Security. He is also the Steering Committee chair of ACM Symposium on Access Control Models and Technologies and the general chair of ACM Conference on Computer and Communications Security (CCS 2014).
Ph.D. George Mason University 2000
His research foci include security analytics and big data driven security intelligence, vulnerability and risk management, access control and security architecture for distributed systems, identity and privacy management, cyber crime analysis, security-enhanced computing platforms, and formal models for computer security device. His research has been supported by National Science Foundation, National Security Agency, Department of Defense, Office of Naval Research, Department of Energy, Department of Justice, Allstate, Intel, Bank of America, CISCO, GoDaddy, Hewlett Packard, Google, Microsoft and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
Research/Areas of Expertise:
Security analytics and big data driven security intelligence
Formal Models for Computer Security
Network and Distributed Systems Security
Vulnerability and Risk Assessment
Cyber Crime Analysis
Selected publications:
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CSE 493 | Honors Thesis |
CSE 580 | Practicum |
CSE 584 | Internship |
CSE 590 | Reading and Conference |
CSE 595 | Continuing Registration |
CSE 599 | Thesis |
CSE 790 | Reading and Conference |
CEN 792 | Research |
CSE 792 | Research |
CEN 795 | Continuing Registration |
CSE 795 | Continuing Registration |
CSE 799 | Dissertation |
Fall 2020 | |
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CSE 580 | Practicum |
CSE 590 | Reading and Conference |
CSE 599 | Thesis |
CSE 790 | Reading and Conference |
CEN 795 | Continuing Registration |
CSE 799 | Dissertation |
CEN 799 | Dissertation |
Summer 2020 | |
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CEN 584 | Internship |
Spring 2020 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
CSE 493 | Honors Thesis |
CSE 580 | Practicum |
CSE 584 | Internship |
CSE 590 | Reading and Conference |
CSE 595 | Continuing Registration |
CSE 599 | Thesis |
CSE 790 | Reading and Conference |
CEN 792 | Research |
CSE 792 | Research |
CEN 795 | Continuing Registration |
CSE 795 | Continuing Registration |
CSE 799 | Dissertation |
Fall 2019 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
CSE 580 | Practicum |
CSE 590 | Reading and Conference |
CSE 599 | Thesis |
CSE 790 | Reading and Conference |
CSE 799 | Dissertation |
CEN 799 | Dissertation |
Summer 2019 | |
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CSE 580 | Practicum |
CEN 584 | Internship |
Spring 2019 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
CSE 492 | Honors Directed Study |
CSE 493 | Honors Thesis |
CSE 580 | Practicum |
CSE 584 | Internship |
CSE 590 | Reading and Conference |
CSE 595 | Continuing Registration |
CSE 599 | Thesis |
CSE 790 | Reading and Conference |
CEN 792 | Research |
CSE 792 | Research |
CSE 795 | Continuing Registration |
CSE 799 | Dissertation |
Fall 2018 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
CSE 492 | Honors Directed Study |
CSE 493 | Honors Thesis |
CEN 580 | Practicum |
CSE 580 | Practicum |
CSE 590 | Reading and Conference |
CSE 595 | Continuing Registration |
CSE 599 | Thesis |
CSE 790 | Reading and Conference |
CEN 792 | Research |
CSE 792 | Research |
CSE 795 | Continuing Registration |
CSE 799 | Dissertation |
Summer 2018 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
CSE 580 | Practicum |
CSE 584 | Internship |
CEN 584 | Internship |
CSE 595 | Continuing Registration |
CSE 599 | Thesis |
CSE 790 | Reading and Conference |
CSE 792 | Research |
CSE 795 | Continuing Registration |
Spring 2018 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
CSE 492 | Honors Directed Study |
CSE 493 | Honors Thesis |
CEN 580 | Practicum |
CSE 580 | Practicum |
CSE 584 | Internship |
CSE 590 | Reading and Conference |
CSE 595 | Continuing Registration |
CSE 599 | Thesis |
CSE 790 | Reading and Conference |
CEN 792 | Research |
CSE 792 | Research |
CSE 795 | Continuing Registration |
CSE 799 | Dissertation |
Fall 2017 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
CSE 492 | Honors Directed Study |
CSE 493 | Honors Thesis |
CEN 580 | Practicum |
CSE 580 | Practicum |
CSE 590 | Reading and Conference |
CSE 595 | Continuing Registration |
CSE 599 | Thesis |
CSE 790 | Reading and Conference |
CEN 792 | Research |
CSE 792 | Research |
CSE 795 | Continuing Registration |
CSE 799 | Dissertation |
Summer 2017 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
CSE 580 | Practicum |
CSE 584 | Internship |
CEN 584 | Internship |
CSE 595 | Continuing Registration |
CSE 599 | Thesis |
CSE 790 | Reading and Conference |
CSE 792 | Research |
CSE 795 | Continuing Registration |
Spring 2017 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
CSE 492 | Honors Directed Study |
CSE 493 | Honors Thesis |
CEN 580 | Practicum |
CSE 580 | Practicum |
CSE 584 | Internship |
CSE 590 | Reading and Conference |
CSE 595 | Continuing Registration |
CSE 599 | Thesis |
CSE 790 | Reading and Conference |
CEN 792 | Research |
CSE 792 | Research |
CSE 795 | Continuing Registration |
CSE 799 | Dissertation |
Fall 2016 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
CSE 492 | Honors Directed Study |
CSE 493 | Honors Thesis |
CEN 580 | Practicum |
CSE 580 | Practicum |
CSE 590 | Reading and Conference |
CSE 595 | Continuing Registration |
CSE 599 | Thesis |
CSE 790 | Reading and Conference |
CEN 792 | Research |
CSE 792 | Research |
CSE 795 | Continuing Registration |
CSE 799 | Dissertation |
Summer 2016 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
CSE 580 | Practicum |
CSE 584 | Internship |
CEN 584 | Internship |
CSE 595 | Continuing Registration |
CSE 599 | Thesis |
CSE 790 | Reading and Conference |
CSE 792 | Research |
CSE 795 | Continuing Registration |