Richard DeMillo

Richard DeMillo is a Professor at the Georgia Institute of Technology, holding the Charlotte B. and Roger C. Warren Chair in Computing. He founded and led Georgia Tech’s School of Cybersecurity and Privacy and previously served as Dean of the College of Computing and Director of the Georgia Tech Information Security Center.

• Industry leadership: First Chief Technology Officer at Hewlett-Packard
• Government roles: Director of NSF’s Computer Research Division
• Research focus: Cybersecurity, Software Engineering, and election system security
• Key affiliations: School of Cybersecurity and Privacy, Center for 21st Century Universities (C21U), CRNCH

Research Interests: DeMillo’s work bridges fundamental computer science and public policy, with a focus on cybersecurity, digital technology’s societal impact, and election security. His research includes over 100 publications, notably the 1979 paper on social processes in software verification, which remains highly influential.

Scientific Awards:

• Lumina Foundation Fellow (2015)
• 2016 PROSE Award for Revolution in Higher Education
• 2019 Association for Educational Communications and Technology Achievement Award
• Fellowships: American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)

Advisory and Grants: DeMillo advises on national election security and higher education reform, with work cited in numerous court cases. He co-led the Commission on Creating the Next in Education and contributes to policy development via the Carter Center and Michigan Election Security Commission.

Labs and Teams: He is affiliated with the Center for 21st Century Universities (C21U) and the Center for Research into Novel Computing Hierarchies (CRNCH), driving interdisciplinary research in computing and education.