Eugene Howard Spafford | |
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Spaf | |
Born | 1956 (age 67–68) Rochester, NY |
Other names | Spaf |
Citizenship | United States |
Education | State University of New York Brockport (BA) Georgia Institute of Technology (MS, PhD) |
Awards | See section below |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Computer science Computer security |
Institutions | Purdue University |
Notable students | Dan Farmer, Gene Kim |
Website | spaf |
Eugene Howard Spafford (born 1956), known as Spaf, is an American professor of computer science at Purdue University and a computer security expert.
Spafford serves as an advisor to U.S. government agencies and corporations. In 1998, he founded and was the first director of the Center for Education and Research in Information Assurance and Security (CERIAS) at Purdue University.