Expertise

Artificial Intelligence approaches to complex real-world problem solving with an emphasis on National Security problems in areas such as Cyber Security & Critical Infrastructure Protection. Current foci:

  1. Computational Game Theory employing Competitive Coevolutionary Algorithms for identifying high-consequence adversarial strategies and corresponding defense strategies.
  2. Hyper-heuristics employing Evolutionary Computation for the Automated Design of Algorithms tailored for high-performance on targeted problem classes.
  3. ​Evolutionary Algorithms for Simulating Molecular Evolution.

Keywords/Tags:

  • Artificial Intelligence, Computational Intelligence, Evolutionary Computing, Evolutionary Algorithms, Cyber Security, Critical Infrastructure Protection, Automated Design of Algorithms, Meta-heuristics, Hyper-heuristics, Competitive Coevolution, Molecular Evolution.
Affiliations

COLSA Corporation Cyber Security and Information Assurance Endowed Professor, Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering, Samuel Ginn College of Engineering, Auburn University

Director for National Laboratory Relationships, Auburn University

Past Affiliations

Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering, Samuel Ginn College of Engineering, Auburn University

Interim Director, Auburn Cyber Research Center, Samuel Ginn College of Engineering, Auburn University

Associate Professor, Computer Science Department, College of Engineering and Computing, Missouri University of Science and Technology (past)

Assistant Professor, Computer Science Department, College of Engineering and Computing, Missouri University of Science and Technology (past)

Communities
Computer Software, Computer Science, Computer Engineering
Degrees
PhD, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands, Computer Science, 2002
MS, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands, Computer Science, 1996
BS, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands, Computer Science and Mathematics, 1992
Keywords
evolutionary computing competitive coevolution cybersecurity
Languages
English
Associations
Association for Computing Machinery
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers