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Patrick McDaniel

Patrick McDaniel

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Expert on topics in computer and network security and technical public policy.

Patrick McDaniel, Tsun-Ming Shih Professor of Computer Sciences School of Computer, Data and Information Sciences Work: 608-262-7950 — Home and cell phones available upon request mcdaniel@cs.wisc.edu Home page Twitter: @pdmcdan

Topics

  • Expert on areas of computer security, including malware, adversaries, and preventative and reactive security software, techniques and systems.
  • An expert on the safety and security of AI, with interest both in technology and public policy.
  • Expert on the technology for achieving sustainability, particular systems and data for validating sustainable processes.
  • Author of the Everest Report evaluating the security of electronic voting systems in Ohio.

Achievements

  • Director of the the Center for Trustworthy Machine Learning (CTML), an $10M NSF funded Frontier project.
  • Fellow of the AAAS (science), IEEE (engineering), and ACM (computer science).
  • Past member of the Technical Guideline committee of the Election Assistance Commission (AEC).
  • Program Manager (PM) and lead scientist for the $50M Cyber Security (CS) Collaborative Research Alliance (CRA) from 2013-2018.

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