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Ravi Sandhu
University of Texas at San Antonio:
Executive Director and Chief Scientist
Institute for Cyber Security (ICS)
Lutcher Brown Endowed Chair in Cyber Security
Professor of Computer Science (College of Science)
Courtesy Appointments in
ECE
(College of Engineering) and
ISTM
(College of Business)
IEEE TDSC: Editor-in-Chief
ACM CODASPY: Founder and General Chair
Opportunities for Cyber Security Researchers:
Openings for Post-Doctoral Scholars and Research
Professors are opportunistic. For the right people we can create the
appropriate position at all levels.
Prospective PhD students
should apply to the Computer
Science Department for admission and initial
financial aid. Students at UTSA should
contact me directly.
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Career Highlights
Vitae and Career Synopsis
 | Number 5 overall and number 1 non-cryptographer at Microsoft Academic Search
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 | 225+ papers (with 75+ co-authors),
22,000+ Google Scholar Citations, 60 h-index, 28 USA
patents, 16 PhD graduates, 35+
research grants |
 | Two highest cited papers in Access Control:
1. RBAC96 paper 5400+ hits
2. NIST standard paper 2300+ hits
 | ACM Fellow (2001), IEEE Fellow (2002), AAAS Fellow (2008) |
 | IEEE Computer Society Technical Achievement Award (2004),
ACM SIGSAC Outstanding Contribution Award (2008), ACM SIGSAC Outstanding Innovation Award (2012)
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 | NIST/NSA National Computer Security Conference Best Paper Awards (1992 and 1998)
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Brief Biosketch,
Briefer Biosketch,
Long vita: pdf docx,
Short vita (same as long vita without detailed enumeration): pdf docx |
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Academic Positions Held
Professional Recognition
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ACM SIGSAC Outstanding Innovation Award, 2012: For seminal and highly innovative research contributions to the theory and practice of role and usage-based access control. |
 | AAAS Fellow, 2008: For distinguished contributions to cyber security, including seminal role-based access control and usage control models, and for professional leadership in research journals and conferences |
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ACM SIGSAC Outstanding Contribution Award, 2008 |
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IEEE Computer Society Technical Achievement Award, 2004: For outstanding and pioneering contributions to information security including innovation of the role-based access control model and usage control |
 | IEEE Fellow, 2002: For contributions to the field of information and system security |
 | ACM Fellow, 2001: For technical contributions to the field of information and system security, notably access control models and systems, and professional leaderhip in research journals and conferences |
Professional Leadership
 | Editor-in-Chief,
IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing (TDSC), Jan 1, 2010 to Dec 31, 2013 |
 | Founding General Chair and Steering Committee Chair,
ACM Conference on Data and Application Security and Privacy (CODASPY), 2010 onwards |
 | Founding Editor-in-Chief, ACM Transactions on Information & Systems Security (TISSEC), 1997-2004 |
 | Chairman, ACM Special Interest Group on Security Audit and Control (SIGSAC), 1995-2003 |
 | Conference Founder: ACM CCS (1993),
ACM SACMAT (1995), ACM CODASPY (2011) |
 | Security Editor, IEEE Internet Computing, 1998-2004 |
 | Conference Steering Committees:
ACM CCS (1993-2003 Chair, 2003-2007 Member),
ACM SACMAT (1995-2008 Chair),
IEEE CSF (1992-2008 Member),
ACM CODASPY (2010- Chair) |
 | Conference Program Chair:
IEEE CSF (1991, 1992),
ACM CCS (1993, 1994, 2002),
ACM SACMAT (1995),
ACSAC (1996),
IFIP WG 11.3 (1996),
ACM CSAW (2007),
ACM AsiaCCS (2011),
NSS (2013)
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 | Conference General Chair:
IEEE CSF (1993, 1994),
ACM CCS (1996),
ACM SACMAT (2001, 2002),
ACM CODASPY (2011, 2012, 2013) |
Teacher and Educator
Entrepreneur and Consultant
 | TriCipher, 2000-2010, Chief Scientist and Co-Founder, Acquired by VMWare in 2010 |
 | Consultant to numerous organizations including: McAfee, Trusted Information Systems, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Verizon, SETA Corporation, Argonne National Laboratory, Singapore Management University, Northrop Grumman, Integris Health |
Education
Personal
 | US Citizen since 1997. Born in India. Schooled at
Doon
School. Married with two sons. |
 | Fond of travel, diverse cultures and Bridge. Avid spectator of sports and current affairs. |
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