Robert K. Cunningham
Robert K. Cunningham | |
|---|---|
| Alma mater | |
| Spouse | Barbara Shinn-Cunningham |
| Awards | Fellow, IEEE |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | computer security, machine learning, electrical engineering |
| Institutions | |
Robert K. Cunningham is an American computer scientist and engineer. In 2021 he became Vice Chancellor for Research Infrastructure at the University of Pittsburgh[1] He is a fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.[2], and a professor in the department of electrical and computer engineering[3] and the department of informatics and networked systems[4], where he performs research on computer security and artificial intelligence.
Education
[edit]He earned an Sc.B. in Electrical Engineering from Brown University, which he attended from 1981-1985. He studied visual processes as well as artificial intelligence in the former Department of Cognitive and Neural Systems of Boston University, where he earned his Ph.D.[5]
Career
[edit]He worked for twenty-five years at the MIT Lincoln Laboratory, principally on computer security.[6] In this role, he participated on multiple national studies. He earned an MIT Excellence Award for "Bringing out the Best"[7] in his staff in 2015 and an MIT Lincoln Laboratory Best Paper[8] award in 2023 for his work developing a language for expressing adversary safety in cryptographic protocols.
From 2018 to 2021 he worked on cyber security and privacy, software engineering[9], and quantum computing at the Software Engineering Institute of Carnegie Mellon University.[10] He was director of the Laboratory of Physical Science at the University of Maryland (2019–2020)[citation needed], where he contributed to several national strategy documents on computer architecture and quantum information science and engineering[11].
In 2021, he became Vice Chancellor for Research Infrastructure at the University of Pittsburgh,[1] while maintaining connections to Carnegie Mellon University as a professor of cybersecurity[12]. He holds several additional leadership positions, including executive director of the Pittsburgh Quantum Initiative[13].
He was made a fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers in 2007.[14] He has served as chair of the IEEE Cybersecurity Initiative.[15][16]
According to Google Scholar he has an h-index of 30[17].
Personal life
[edit]He is married to Barbara Shinn-Cunningham.[18]
Robert is a member of the board of directors of Quantum Theatre.[19]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "CMU official named vice chancellor for research infrastructure". utimes.
- ^ Robert Cunningham. IEEE Fellows Directory. Accessed October 2021.
- ^ "Pitt ECE Faculty". Retrieved Jan 5, 2025.
- ^ "DINS Faculty". Retrieved Jan 5, 2025.
- ^ Cunningham, Robert (1998). Learning and recognizing patterns of visual motion, color and form. Boston, MA: Boston University.
- ^ Zissman, Marc A.; Cunningham, Robert K. (2016). "Cyber Security Research at Lincoln Laboratory" (PDF). ll.mit.edu/. Retrieved 15 August 2021.
- ^ "MIT Excellence Award - Robert K. Cunningham". 2015.
- ^ Wahl, Haley (Jun 6, 2023). "A journey to the Best Paper Award".
- ^ Cunningham, Robert; Carleton, Anita; Longstaff, Tom; Shull, Forest (2021). "A Research Roadmap for Building Secure and Resilient Software-Intensive Systems" (PDF). IEEE Security and Privacy. 19 (6): 8–14.
- ^ "The Promise of Quantum Computing". resources.sei.cmu.edu.
- ^ https://www.quantum.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/A-Coordinated-Approach-to-Quantum-Networking.pdf
- ^ "Rob Cunningham". www.cylab.cmu.edu.
- ^ "PQI Governance and Committees". Pittsburgh Quantum Institute. 2021.
- ^ "Seven from MIT are named 2017 IEEE Fellows". MIT News | Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
- ^ "IEEE Cybersecurity – Home of the IEEE Cybersecurity Initiative". IEEE.
- ^ "CSDL | IEEE Computer Society". www.computer.org.
- ^ Cunningham, Robert (2025). "Publication H-Index".
- ^ "Brown Alumni Monthly Archives". archive.org. March 1995.
- ^ "Quantum Theatre Board of Directors".