Matthew Wright

Matthew Wright, PhD, is the Kevin O'Sullivan Endowed Professor and Chair of Cybersecurity at Rochester Institute of Technology's Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences. He holds a BS from Harvey Mudd College and MS/PhD from University of Massachusetts Amherst. Previously, he was a faculty member at UT Arlington (2005-2016).

Dr. Wright's research spans privacy/anonymity systems, human factors in security, adversarial machine learning, deepfake detection, and malware analysis. His recent work explores AI-driven cybersecurity solutions and misinformation countermeasures. His publications demonstrate strong focus on Tor network security, deepfake robustness, and adaptive malware detection.

He has received the NSF CAREER Award (2010) and ACM CHI Honorable Mention (2021). Current projects include DeFake (deepfake detection) and NSA-sponsored Generative AI in cybersecurity. He advises 7 PhD students and has graduated 9 PhD students, most now professors or industry leaders.

Teaching includes Authentication and Security Models and Generative AI in Cybersecurity. He leads the CLARK research team and has secured $5.8M in external funding, including a $2.1M RIT Signature Interdisciplinary Research Award.