Keith Marzullo

Keith Marzullo is the Dean of the University of Maryland's College of Information (INFO) since 2016, leading its strategic growth in technology-driven education and research. He holds a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University and previously served at the White House OSTP and National Science Foundation. As an ACM Fellow, his research focuses on socio-technical systems, cybersecurity, and affective computing, including wearable technologies for emotion regulation.

Education

• A.B. in Physics, Occidental College
• M.S. in Applied Physics, Stanford University
• Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, Stanford University

Research Focus

Marzullo's work bridges technology and human needs, emphasizing cybersecurity's human dimension and developing assistive technologies like the WEHAB system for emotion regulation. His contributions include foundational protocols in distributed systems, such as the Xerox Research Internet Clock Synchronization protocol.

Recent Contributions

His 2020–2023 publications emphasize personalized health technologies, interdisciplinary LIS collaboration, and evaluating affective computing interventions. Earlier work (2013–2015) addressed distributed system challenges in cloud and data center resilience.

Awards & Leadership

• ACM Fellow (2016)
• Edsger W. Dijkstra Prize in Distributed Computing (2012)
• Advisory Board Member, NSF Office of International Science and Engineering

Academic Leadership

Marzullo has held faculty roles at UC San Diego (as Computer Science Chair), Cornell, and the University of Tromsø. His deanship has expanded INFO's partnerships and academic programs while fostering research in emerging tech fields.

Key Projects

• CREDENCE: Secure distributed systems collaboration
• WEHAB: Wearable emotion regulation systems