Vitaly Shmatikov

Vitaly Shmatikov is a professor of computer science at Cornell Tech and the Cornell Ann S. Bowers College of Computing and Information Science. Prior to his current position, he worked at the University of Texas at Austin and SRI International. His research focuses on digital privacy, computer security, and security and privacy issues in machine learning.

• Education: Ph.D. in Computer Science and M.S. in Engineering Economic Systems from Stanford University
• Teaching: Offers courses like CS 5435 Security & Privacy Concepts in the Wild

Shmatikov's research has received multiple accolades, including the Caspar Bowden PET Award three times and Test-of-Time Awards from leading IEEE and ACM symposiums. His work addresses adversarial system design and practical applications of privacy and security.

Scientific Awards:

• Caspar Bowden PET Award (3x)
• IEEE Test-of-Time Award
• ACM Test-of-Time Award
• ACM/IEEE Symposium on Logic in Computer Science Test-of-Time Award
• USENIX Security Outstanding Paper Award
• EMNLP Distinguished Paper Award

He actively mentors students and collaborates on cutting-edge security research, with applications in cryptography, malware analysis, and behavioral economics in cybersecurity.