Anup K. Ghosh
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Dr. Anup K. Ghosh has served as a Senior Scientist and Program Manager in the Advanced Technology Office (ATO) of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) where he creates and manages programs in information assurance
and information operations. Dr. Ghosh, was honored with the 2005 Frank Byron Rowlett Award
for Individual Excellence for his breakthrough research into cyber defense to include technology that was supposed to automatically quarantines computer-based worms, limiting their migration and restoring the users computer to its pre-infected state within minutes. Whether the system met its goals or not is not publicly known. The Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering selected Dr. Ghosh for the 2005 Hobart Newell Award for Outstanding Contributions to the Electrical and Computer Engineering Profession.
Information Assurance
Information assurance is the practice of managing risks related to the use, processing, storage, and transmission of information or data and the systems and processes used for those purposes...
and information operations. Dr. Ghosh, was honored with the 2005 Frank Byron Rowlett Award
Frank Byron Rowlett Award
The Frank Byron Rowlett Award is an award given by the National Security Agency to recognize outstanding organizational and individual excellence in the field of information systems security...
for Individual Excellence for his breakthrough research into cyber defense to include technology that was supposed to automatically quarantines computer-based worms, limiting their migration and restoring the users computer to its pre-infected state within minutes. Whether the system met its goals or not is not publicly known. The Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Worcester Polytechnic Institute is a private university located in Worcester, Massachusetts, in the United States.Founded in 1865 in Worcester, WPI was one of the United States' first engineering and technology universities...
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering selected Dr. Ghosh for the 2005 Hobart Newell Award for Outstanding Contributions to the Electrical and Computer Engineering Profession.