Eugene H. Spafford is a professor of computer sciences at Purdue University, professor of philosophy (courtesy appointment), and director of the Center for Education Research Information Assurance and Security (CERIAS). CERIAS is a campus-wide, multi-disciplinary Center, with the broadly focused mission of exploring issues related to protecting information and information resources. Dr. Spafford has published extensively on information security, software engineering, and professional ethics, authoring more than 100 articles and reports on his research. He has written and contributed to more than a dozen books, and he serves on the editorial boards of most major infosec-related journals.

Dr. Spafford is a Fellow of the ACM, the AAAS, and the IEEE, and is a charter recipient of the Computer Society's Golden Core award. In 2000, he was named as a CISSP, honoris causa. In 2000 he received the NIST/NCSC National Computer Systems Security Award, generally regarded as the field's most significant honor in information security research. In 2001, he was named one of the recipients of the "Charles B. Murphy" awards and a Fellow of the Purdue Teaching Academy, the University's two highest awards for outstanding undergraduate teaching. In 2001, he was elected to the ISSA Hall of Fame, and was awarded the William Hugh Murray medal of the NCISSE for his contributions to research and education in infosec. Among his many activities, he is co-chair of the ACM's US Public Policy Committee and of its Advisory Committee on Computer Security and Privacy; he is a member of the Board of Directors of the Computing Research Association, and a member of the US Air Force Scientific Advisory Board.

In his spare time, Spaf wonders why he has no spare time.

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