Anupam Joshi is the Oros Family Professor and Acting Dean of the UMBC College of Engineering and Information Technology in the University of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD, USA. He is also the Director of the UMBC Center for Cybersecurity.
Professor Joshi is regarded as a leading expert in Cybersecurity and has often been interviewed by the media for his opinions on cyberattacks, AI and ChatGPT
He was named Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in 2015 for contributions to security, privacy and data management in mobile and pervasive systems.
He was named Fellow of the American Council on Education (ACE) for 2022-23
Early life
Anupam Joshi was born in New Delhi to famous Hindi author Manohar Shyam Joshi and Dr. Bhagwati Joshi. His initial schooling was from Modern School, New Delhi. He earned his undergraduate degree in Electrical Engineering from IIT Delhi and a PhD in Computer Science from Purdue University.
Career
Anupam Joshi was the Chair of the Computer Science and Electrical Engineering Department in the University of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD, from 2015-2023.
Anupam Joshi led the Accelerated Cognitive Cybersecurity Lab that was supported by IBM.
He is the author of more than 300 refereed publications, with over 30,000 citations and h-index of 89. He has received research grants and contracts from a variety of sources.
Prior to joining the UMBC, he held positions at the University of Missouri, and Purdue University. He was also a Visiting Faculty at the Center of Excellence in Cyber Security and Information Assurance, IIT Delhi.
References
Fellow Members of the IEEE
Living people
University of Maryland, Baltimore County faculty
Purdue University alumni
IIT Delhi
Year of birth missing (living people) American electrical engineers