Co-Director - Institute for Cybersecurity and Resilient Infrastructure Science (ICARIS) - CIPHER - OPEN RANK

Overview:

 

The Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) is the nonprofit, applied research division of the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech). Founded in 1934 as the Engineering Experiment Station, GTRI has grown to more than 2,900 employees, supporting eight laboratories in over 20 locations around the country and performing more than $940 million of problem-solving research annually for government and industry. GTRI's renowned researchers combine science, engineering, economics, policy, and technical expertise to solve complex problems for the U.S. federal government, state, and industry.   

 

Georgia Tech's Mission and Values

 

Georgia Tech's mission is to develop leaders who advance technology and improve the human condition. The Institute has nine key values that are foundational to everything we do: 

 

 

1.            Students are our top priority. 

2.            We strive for excellence. 

3.            We thrive on diversity. 

4.            We celebrate collaboration. 

5.            We champion innovation. 

6.            We safeguard freedom of inquiry and expression. 

7.            We nurture the wellbeing of our community. 

8.            We act ethically. 

9.            We are responsible stewards. 

 

Over the next decade, Georgia Tech will become an example of inclusive innovation, a leading technological research university of unmatched scale, relentlessly committed to serving the public good; breaking new ground in addressing the biggest local, national, and global challenges and opportunities of our time; making technology broadly accessible; and developing exceptional, principled leaders from all backgrounds ready to produce novel ideas and create solutions with real human impact.

 

Project/Unit Description

Georgia Tech and the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) recently established the Institute for Cybersecurity and Resilient Infrastructure Studies (ICARIS). This joint institute’s mission is to serve as a leading national resource that delivers the technologies, testbeds, and talent necessary to secure the nation’s critical infrastructure. The primary goals of ICARIS are three-fold: (1) perform translational R&D that moves innovative concepts towards implementation into operational environments; (2) develop the future workforce; and (3) provide advice and solutions to communities, states, federal agencies, and businesses.

The co-Directors from Georgia Tech and PNNL will form the inaugural leadership team for the joint institute.

The Co-Director of ICARIS will join the Cybersecurity, Information Protection, Hardware Evaluation Research (CIPHER) Laboratory. The CIPHER Laboratory is part of the Information and Cyber Sciences Directorate (ICSD) of the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI). The Co-Director would also partner with faculty from Georgia Tech’s Interdisciplinary Research Institutes, such as the Strategic Energy Institute (SEI). The Co-Director will have dotted-line reporting to the Deputy Director for Research of GTRI’s ICSD and to Georgia Tech’s Vice President for Interdisciplinary Research. If interested, applicants for the Co-Director role would have the opportunity to apply for a tenure-track joint appointment with Georgia Tech’s School of Cybersecurity and Privacy (SCP).

CIPHER is a leader in developing the capabilities that secure, defend, and respond to threats within our country’s computing systems, critical infrastructure, information, and networks. CIPHER provides high-impact solutions to some of today’s most challenging cybersecurity problems, while also turning revolutionary concepts and breakthrough technologies into practical capabilities to address future threats. CIPHER engineers and scientists develop and deploy cutting-edge research in computing systems, infrastructure resilience, network architectures, signal and protocol analysis, hardware security and trust, assured software and algorithms, network forensics, malware analysis, hardware and software reverse engineering, advanced analytics, AI/ML for cyber applications, quantum computing and sensing, and energy storage and distribution.

The School of Cybersecurity and Privacy (SCP) is Georgia Tech’s new home for the research and education of cybersecurity and privacy. SCP is dedicated to making cyberspace safer and more secure. Nationally-ranked, innovative, interdisciplinary, and definitive, SCP draws skilled cybersecurity professionals from technology, policy, business, and practical fields to meet a rising national and international demand. Housed within the nationally ranked College of Computing, this new school builds on Georgia Tech’s 20-year investment to further develop the research and education of cybersecurity and privacy.

Job Purpose

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