Murat Kantarcioglu

Murat Kantarcioglu is an Ashbel Smith Professor of Computer Science at the University of Texas at Dallas within the Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science. He holds visiting appointments at UC Berkeley and Harvard University, focusing on data privacy and security. With a Ph.D. in Computer Science from Purdue University (2005), he has made significant contributions to privacy-preserving data mining, blockchain analytics, and secure machine learning.

• Education: Ph.D. in Computer Science (Purdue, 2005)
• Current Roles: Ashbel Smith Professor (2021-present), Visiting Scholar at UC Berkeley (2020-present), Affiliate at Harvard (2013-present)
• Past Roles: Assistant (2005-2011), Associate (2011-2015), and Full Professor (2015-2021) at UTD

His research focuses on data privacy, computer security, and machine learning, particularly addressing challenges in privacy-preserving distributed data mining, blockchain analytics, and adversarial machine learning. He has pioneered techniques for secure federated learning, topological analysis of blockchain networks, and privacy-utility tradeoffs in health data systems.

Recent publications reveal a strong emphasis on IoT security, graph neural network vulnerabilities, and blockchain data structures. His work combines theoretical rigor with practical implementations using technologies like Intel SGX and homomorphic encryption.

• Notable Awards
  • NSF CAREER Award (2009)
  • IEEE Technical Achievement Award (2017)
  • AMIA Homer Warner Best Paper Award (2014)
  • Fellow of IEEE (2022), AAAS (2020), and ACM (2016)
• Key Projects
  • Privacy-Preserving Genomics Data Sharing
  • Adversarial Learning Frameworks
  • Smart Contract Security
  • Medical Data Protection Systems
• Labs
  • Director of Data Security and Privacy Lab
  • Collaborations with Vanderbilt, UC Berkeley (RISE Lab), and Harvard (Data Privacy Lab)