Dr. Massimiliano Albanese is a Professor and the Associate Chair for Research in the Department of Information Sciences and Technology at George Mason University. He serves as the Director of the Center for Infrastructure Security in the Era of AI (ISEAI) and the Executive Director of the Institute for Digital Innovation (IDIA). Dr. Albanese received his Ph.D. degree in Computer Science and Engineering in 2005 from the University of Naples Federico II, and joined George Mason University in 2011 after serving as a Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Maryland, College Park. His research interests are in the area of Information and Network Security, with particular emphasis on Modeling and Detection of Cyber Attacks, Cyber Situational Awareness, Network Hardening, Moving Target Defense, Configuration Security, and Vulnerability Metrics. Dr. Albanese has participated in sponsored projects totaling $13M, with a personal share of $3.5M. He holds six U.S. patents and has co-authored two books and over 80 publications in peer-reviewed journals and conference proceedings. Dr. Albanese is a recipient of the 2014 Mason Emerging Researcher/Scholar/Creator Award, one of the most prestigious honors at Mason. He has served on the technical program committee of numerous conferences, co-chaired several workshops, and chaired the 18th ACM Conference on Security and Privacy in Wireless and Mobile Networks. He is a member of the Editorial Board of Elsevier Computer & Security, Springer International Journal of Information Security, and IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing.
Massimiliano Albanese
