Gene Spafford

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Eugene Howard Spafford
Spaf
Eugene Spafford speaks on computer security at Linux Forum 2000 in Copenhagen, Denmark.
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.cerias.purdue.edu

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.