Dr. Suku Nair is the director of the AT&T Center for Virtualization at SMU, Dallas. He is a University Distinguished Professor in the Computer Science and Engineering department at the Lyle School of Engineering (past chair 2008-2016). He is also the founder of the Cyber Security program at SMU, which currently enjoys the NSA/DHS Center of Excellence in Information Assurance Education and Cyber Defense designation.
Dr. Nair’s research interests include Software Defined Networks, Virtualization Technologies, and Cyber Security. His research is supported through funds from NSF, NSA/DHS, NIST, ONR, and various industry including Lockheed Martin, Alcatel, Raytheon, IBM, AT&T, and Google.
Dr. Nair has been a consultant to various IT, Telecom, Retail, and Cyber Security Companies. Some of his recent awards include the Dallas 500 award and CIO/CTO award for Outstanding Tech Advocate from the D CEO magazine, SMU Ford Research Fellowship, IBM faculty award, Distinguished University Citizen Award, and the University Distinguished Professorship.
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Building a Cyber Work Force – Opportunities and Challenges