Cyber Leadership

Mason Engineering takes the lead with outstanding faculty. Our researchers are finding novel ways to secure the nation's infrastructure and protect data from hackers. Our teachers are training the next generation of experts to engineer cyber solutions.

  • Mason Cyber Security Engineering assistant professor Tanvir Arafin

    Assistant Professor, Department of Cyber Security Engineering

    Research Interests: Hardware Security, Memory Systems
  • Mason CYSE professor Giuseppe Ateniese

    Professor and Eminent Scholar, Department of Cyber Security Engineering and Department of Computer Science

    Research Interests: Cloud Security, Cybersecurity, and Applied Cryptography
  • Mason CYSE associate professor Alexandre Barreto

    Associate Professor, Department of Cyber Security Engineering

    Research Interests: C4I & Cyber Impact Assessment, Simulation & Serious Gaming, Semantic Technologies Application
  • Mason Assistant Professor Anomadarshi Barua

    Assistant Professor, Department of Cyber Security Engineering

    Research Interests: Analog Cryptography and Sensor Fusion; Sensor Hardware, Micro-architectural, and Embedded System Security; Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, Memory System Security, Low-power Intelligent Hardware and Algorithms; Designing Algorithms and Systems
  • Cyber Security Engineering professor Peggy Brouse

    Professor, SEOR; Professor and Associate Chair of Undergraduate Studies, Department of Cyber Security Engineering

    Research Interests: Cost Modeling, Cyber-Physical Systems, Requirements Engineering, Systems Engineering, Systems Modeling
  • Mason CYSE professor Henry Coffman

    Professor, Department of Cyber Security Engineering

    Research Interests: Information Technology, cybersecurity education
  • CYSE associate professor Paulo Costa

    Associate Professor, SEOR; Interim Chair, Department of Cyber Security Engineering Director, Center of Excellence in C5I

    Research Interests: Probabilistic Ontologies, Decision Support Systems, Cybersecurity, Information Fusion, and Cyber-Physical Systems Security
  • Mason associate professor Jair Ferrari

    Associate Professor, Department of Cyber Security Engineering

    Research Interests: Systems Engineering, Cyber Security, C4I Systems, Business Administration
  • CYSE Associate Professor Mohamed Gebril

    Associate Professor, Department of Cyber Security Engineering

    Research Interests: Threat Modeling, Cyber-Physical Systems, UAV security
  • A headshot of research associate professor Michael Hieb

    Research Professor, C5I Center, College of Engineering and Computing

    Research Interests: Uncertainty in Artificial Intelligence; Situation Assessment