Gene Tsudik

Gene Tsudik is a Distinguished Professor of Computer Science at the University of California, Irvine (UCI), affiliated with the Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences. He earned his Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Southern California (USC) in 1991, and has held roles at IBM Zurich Research Laboratory and USC/ISI before joining UCI in 2000. His research focuses on security, privacy, and applied cryptography, with recent emphasis on malware resistance in IoT devices and privacy-preserving technologies.

Education:

• Ph.D. in Computer Science, University of Southern California, 1991

Research Interests:

• Security (e.g., IoT security, malware detection)
• Privacy (e.g., privacy-preserving authentication, GDPR compliance)
• Applied Cryptography (e.g., crypto-poetry, secure protocols)
• Usable Security (e.g., CAPTCHA analysis, human-computer interaction)

His work bridges theoretical foundations and practical implementations, addressing challenges in embedded systems, network security, and cryptographic primitives.

Awards & Honors:

• 2024 Guggenheim Fellowship
• 2023 ACM SIGSAC Outstanding Innovation Award
• 2020 IFIP Jean-Claude Laprie Award
• 2017 ACM SIGSAC Outstanding Contribution Award
• Fulbright Scholar & Specialist (3-time)
• ACM, IEEE, AAAS Fellowships

Advising & Grants:

• Recipient of NSF grants for IoT security research
• Editor-in-Chief of ACM Transactions on Privacy and Security (2009–2015)
• Advances research on malware-resistant IoT through Guggenheim funding

Labs & Collaborations:

• SPROUT (Security and Privacy Research Outfit) at UCI
• Collaborations with INRIA, ETH Zurich, and industry partners