James B D Joshi

James B D Joshi is a Professor in the Department of Informatics and Networked Systems (DINS) at the University of Pittsburgh’s School of Computing and Information (SCI). He joined Pitt in 2003 after earning his PhD from Purdue University. From 2019 to 2023, he served as a Program Director for the NSF’s Secure and Trustworthy Cyberspace (SaTC) program. Currently, he is an intermittent Expert in NSF’s TIP Directorate and led the NSF PDaSP program. His research focuses on cybersecurity and privacy, including access control, AI/ML security, cloud/edge security, and privacy-preserving techniques.

Education:

• PhD, Computer Engineering, Purdue University (2003)
• MS, Computer Science, Purdue University (1998)
• BE, Computer Science & Engineering, Motilal Nehru NIT, India (1993)

Research Interests: Privacy, security, trust, attribute-based encryption, cloud security, insider threat detection, and privacy-preserving AI/ML. His work emphasizes trustworthy systems and secure distributed computing environments.

Recent Contributions: His articles span privacy-preserving federated learning, insider threat mitigation, and secure edge computing. Recent projects include PPFL-RDSN (2025), TAPFed (2024), and blockchain-based transparency frameworks (2022).

Awards & Honors: NSF Director’s Award (2023), IEEE Fellow (2023), ACM Distinguished Member (2017), NSF CAREER Award (2006), and SIRI Research Leadership Award (2018).

Service & Leadership: Founding director of LERSAIS lab, co-chair of IEEE conferences (TPS, CIC, CogMI), and former Editor-in-Chief of IEEE Transactions on Services Computing. Active in NSF and NITRD policy initiatives, including privacy and digital assets R&D strategies.