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| Robert K Cunningham | |
|---|---|
| Alma mater | Brown University, Boston University |
| Spouse | Barbara Shinn-Cunningham |
| Awards | Fellow IEEE |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | computer security, machine learning, electrical engineering |
| Institutions | University of Pittsburgh, Carnegie Mellon University, University of Maryland, Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
Robert Kevin Cunningham (born 1963) is an American scientist and engineer.
Career
In 2021, Cunningham became the Vice Chancellor for Research Infrastructure at the University of Pittsburgh, while maintaining connections to Carnegie Mellon University. He worked at the Software Engineering Institute of Carnegie Mellon University from 2018 to 2021, and served as director of the Laboratory of Physical Science at the University of Maryland (2019–2020). Prior to this, he spent twenty-five years at the federally funded research laboratory MIT Lincoln Laboratory, where his efforts were critical to building their research in computer security. While at the Software Engineering Institute, he helped promote the promise of quantum computing.
He has given his time to many professional endeavors (e.g.,), including serving as the Chair of the IEEE Cybersecurity Initiative and co-founding (with Prof. Michael Hicks) the IEEE Secure Development Conference (SECDEV).
Education
He earned an Sc.B. in Electrical Engineering from Brown University, which he attended from 1981-1985. He studied visual processes as well as artificial intelligence in the former Department of Cognitive and Neural Systems of Boston University, where he earned his Ph.D.
Awards
Dr. Cunningham is a Fellow of the IEEE. In 2015, he received an MIT Excellence Award, Bringing out the Best, from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Personal life
He is married to Barbara Shinn-Cunningham, with whom he has two sons (born in 1994 and 1996).
References
- "CMU official named vice chancellor for research infrastructure". utimes.
- "Rob Cunningham". www.cylab.cmu.edu.
- Zissman, Marc A.; Cunningham, Robert K. (2016). "Cyber Security Research at Lincoln Laboratory" (PDF). ll.mit.edu/. Retrieved 15 August 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - "The Promise of Quantum Computing". resources.sei.cmu.edu.
- "CSDL | IEEE Computer Society". www.computer.org.
- "IEEE Cybersecurity – Home of the IEEE Cybersecurity Initiative". cybersecurity.ieee.org.
- "Mike Hicks | UMIACS". www.umiacs.umd.edu.
- "Home - IEEE Secure Development Conference". secdev.ieee.org.
- "Seven from MIT are named 2017 IEEE Fellows". MIT News | Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
- "Robert K. Cunningham | MIT Human Resources". hr.mit.edu.
- "Brown Alumni Monthly Archives". archive.org.