Former: Program Manager, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, managed US $50 million portfolio of programmes in real-time systems, Internet-enabled software infrastructure, intelligent systems, and distributed systems; Founding Director, Institute for Complex Engineered Systems; Director, Information Networking Institute; Head, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering; Founding Director, Carnegie Mellon CyLab. Currently, Dean, College of Engineering and Philip and Marsha Dowd University Professor, Carnegie Mellon. A thought leader in intelligent systems, Internet-based systems, cybersecurity, and higher education.