Pitt Cyber Announces Second Wave of Affiliate Scholars
Induction of 19 renowned Pitt faculty from across the University
PITTSBURGH—Nineteen University of Pittsburgh faculty members have been added to the inaugural cohort of 24 affiliate scholars, now combining their areas of expertise to support Pitt’s Institute for Cyber Law, Policy, and Security.
These affiliate scholars are drawn from the ranks of faculty at Pitt’s Swanson School of Engineering, School of Computing and Information, and School of Law. Together, they realize Pitt Cyber’s ambition to bring research and teaching excellence from numerous fields to provide a unique, interdisciplinary environment for tackling cyber challenges. This is the second cohort of affiliate scholars, and the institute anticipates welcoming additional colleagues from across the University this spring.
The affiliate scholars represent a wide range of professional and scholarly research interests. The chosen faculty will continue to make strides in their respective fields of study while collaborating within Pitt Cyber and across the University.
The following Pitt faculty members and researchers comprise the University of Pittsburgh Institute for Cyber Law, Policy and Security’s new affiliate scholars:
School of Computing and Information
- Bruce Childers, Associate Dean for Strategic Initiatives; Chair, Department of Information Culture and Data Stewardship; Professor
- Alison Langmead, Clinical Associate Professor, History of Art and Architecture; Director, Visual Media Workshop; Associate Professor, School of Information Sciences
- Daniel Mosse, Professor
School of Law
- Kevin Abbott, Adjunct Professor
Swanson School of Engineering
- Mostafa Bedewy, Assistant Professor
- William W. Clark, Professor
- Dan Cole, Associate Professor & Director of Stephen R. Tritch Nuclear Engineering Program
- Wei Gao, Associate Professor
- Alan George, ECE Department Chair and R&H Mickle Endowed Chair; NSF CHREC Center Director
- Jingtong Hu, Assistant Professor
- Alex Jones, Professor; Associate Director, NSF SHREC Center
- Katrina Kelly-Pitou, Manager, Strategy and Business Development, Center for Energy and Energy GRID Institute
- Howard Kuhn, Adjunct Professor
- Gregory Reed, Director, Center for Energy and Energy Grid Institute
- Götz Veser, Nickolas A. DeCecco Professor; Associate Director, Center for Energy
- Brian Vidic, Executive Director, Research Operations & Business Engagement (Making Research Work)
- Christopher Wilmer, Assistant Professor; Departmental Director of Entrepreneurship
- Judith Yang, William Kepler Whiteford Professor
- Bo Zeng, Assistant Professor