Steven Walczak

Steven Walczak, Ph.D., is a tenured Professor in the School of Information at the University of South Florida's College of Arts and Sciences. He holds dual appointments with the Florida Center for Cybersecurity and has served in roles such as Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Organizational and End-User Computing. His research focuses on applying artificial intelligence systems (e.g., neural networks, expert systems) to healthcare informatics, cybersecurity, and electronic commerce. He earned his Ph.D. in Artificial Intelligence from the University of Florida, with earlier degrees from Johns Hopkins and Penn State.

• Education:
  • Ph.D., Artificial Intelligence, University of Florida (1990)
  • M.S., Computer Science, Johns Hopkins University (1985)
  • B.S., Mathematics, Pennsylvania State University (1981)

His research spans healthcare decision support, cybersecurity threats (e.g., drone-based attacks on medical devices), and AI-driven disaster response analytics. Recent projects include using neural networks to predict surgical outcomes and identifying musical borrowing patterns via data science. He has authored over 80 peer-reviewed articles and holds an h-index of 33 (Google Scholar).

Awards: Reviewer of the Year (2009), Best Paper Award (2002), Educator of the Year (1992-93), and Sigma Xi nomination (2021).

Grants: Includes $41K for cybersecurity research (2020) and multiple grants for lab equipment (e.g., Palo Alto Networks firewall, mobile computing devices).

Service: Chair of USF Sabbatical Committee (2018-2020), Faculty Senate Executive Committee member (2018-2022), and editorial leadership roles across 10+ journals.