Richard Allan DeMillo | |
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Born | Hibbing, Minnesota | January 26, 1947
Alma mater | University of St. Thomas Georgia Institute of Technology |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Computer security, software engineering, and mathematics |
Doctoral advisor | Lucio Chiaraviglio |
Doctoral students | Jeff Offutt |
Richard Allan DeMillo (born January 26, 1947) is an American computer scientist, educator and executive. He is Professor and holds the Charlotte B. and Roger C. Warren Chair in Computing at the Georgia Institute of Technology.
In 2009, he stepped down as the John P. Imlay Dean of Computing at Georgia Tech after serving in that role for seven years. After founding and for ten years directing Georgia Tech's Center for 21st Century Universities, a living laboratory for fundamental change in higher education, he founded and served as the interim Chair of the School of Cybersecurity and Privacy in the College of Computing .
He joined Georgia Tech in 2002 from The Hewlett-Packard Company, where he had served as the company's first Chief Technology Officer.[1] He also held executive positions with Telcordia Technologies (formerly known as Bell Communications Research) and the National Science Foundation. He is a well-known researcher and author of over 100 articles, books and patents in the areas of computer security, software engineering, and mathematics.