Patrick McDaniel

Patrick McDaniel is a Professor in the School of Computer, Data & Information Sciences at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is a Fellow of IEEE, ACM, and AAAS, and leads the MadS&P (UW-Madison Security and Privacy) group. His research spans computer and network security, adversarial machine learning, and technical public policy.

• Academic Affiliation: Tsun-Ming Shih Professor of Computer Sciences
• Key Research Areas: Mobile/IoT security, election systems security, AI policy

Research Trends: His recent publications and funded projects focus on adversarial machine learning, SDN security, and robustness of AI systems. Keywords include cybersecurity, machine learning, network security, and privacy.

Grants and Leadership: He has secured over $5M in NSF funding for end-to-end trustworthiness of ML systems and leads collaborative projects with Army Research and UW-Madison.

• Awards: Multiple best/most influential paper awards (ICSE 2015, PLDI 2014, ACSAC 2024, EthiCS 2023)
• Advising: Mentored 13+ PhD students and postdocs now at top institutions like Google, Purdue, and University of Toronto