Tadayoshi Kohno (Yoshi) is the McDevitt Chair in Computer Science, Ethics, and Society and professor in the Department of Computer Science and the Center for Digital Ethics at Georgetown University . His research focuses on helping protect the security, privacy, and safety of users of current and future technologies.
Kohno is a recipient of the Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship , the U.S. National Science Foundation CAREER Award , the Technology Review TR-35 Young Innovator Award , and the Golden Goose Award . He has received four Test of Time Awards for his research, authored over a dozen award papers, presented his research before the U.S. House of Representatives, and had his research profiled in the NOVA ScienceNOW “Can Science Stop Crime? ” documentary and the NOVA “CyberWar Threat” documentary. Kohno is a past chair of the USENIX Security Symposium . He is the co-author of the book Cryptography Engineering , co-editor of the anthology Telling Stories , and author of the novella Our Reality .
Kohno co-directs the Tech Policy Lab , centered at the University of Washington, and serves as a member of the Electronic Frontier Foundation Board of Directors and the USENIX Security Steering Committee. He served on the US Air Force Scientific Advisory Board and was a founding member of the National Academies Forum on Cyber Resilience .
Kohno was previously a professor in the Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering at the University of Washington , where he co-directed the University of Washington Computer Security & Privacy Research Lab . At the University of Washington, he had appointments as the Associate Director for Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Access in the Allen School and the Associate Dean for Faculty Success in the College of Engineering . Kohno received his Ph.D. from the University of California at San Diego and his B.S. from the University of Colorado .
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- Professor, College - Department of Computer Science