Paulo Shakarian

Paulo Shakarian is an associate professor at Arizona State University and author of several books. Previously, he was the CEO and co-founder of Cyber Reconnaissance, Inc., (CYR3CON). His work on artificial intelligence and security has been featured in Forbes, the New Yorker, Slate, the Economist, Business Insider, TechCrunch, CNN and BBC.[1][2]

Paulo Shakarian

Ph.D.
NationalityAmerican
Alma materU.S. Military Academy, University of Maryland
OccupationAssociate Professor, author
Known forartificial intelligence, Cyber security
HonoursBronze Star, Army Commendation Medal

Career

Shakarian was a major in the U.S Army serving from 2002 to 2014, undertaking two combat tours in Iraq and earning a Bronze Star and the Army Commendation Medal for valor.[2][3] While in the army he was trained in Information Assurance and completed a bachelor's degree in computer science at the U.S. Military Academy.[1][3] In 2007 he served as a military fellow at Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). While in uniform, he went on to study a master's degree in computer science at the University of Maryland in 2009, and later a Ph.D. in 2011. His final military assignment was as an assistant professor at West Point.[4] His research focus was cyber security, social network analysis and machine learning.[3][5][6]

After obtaining a Ph.D. he taught at the U.S Military Academy, West Point, as an assistant professor from 2011 to 2014. In 2014 he took a position as an assistant professor at Arizona State University.[3] He earned his tenure at Arizona State and was promoted to Associate Professor in 2020.[7]

Since 2011 Shakarian has authored six books on subjects relating to his academic career.[8]

In 2017, while maintaining his academic position he co-founded and led (as CEO) Cyber Reconnaissance, Inc., (CYR3CON), a business specializes in combining artificial intelligence with information mined from malicious hacker communities to avoid cyber-attacks.[1]

Notable works

Books
  • Introduction to Cyber-Warfare: A Multidisciplinary Approach.[8]
  • Diffusion in Social Networks (SpringerBriefs in Computer Science).[8]
  • Darkweb Cyber Threat Intelligence Mining.[8]
  • Artificial Intelligence Tools for Cyber Attribution (SpringerBriefs in Computer Science).[8]
  • Cyber Warfare: Building the Scientific Foundation (Advances in Information Security).[8]
  • Geospatial Abduction: Principles and Practice.[8]

References
  1. CYR3CON.AI. "About". www.cyr3con.ai. Retrieved 2019-08-07.
  2. "Paulo Shakarian". New America. Retrieved 2019-08-07.
  3. "Paulo Shakarian | iSearch". isearch.asu.edu. Retrieved 2019-08-07.
  4. "Coming Home: This West Point grad is using AI and Big Data for national security".
  5. "Paulo Shakarian – Google Scholar Citations". scholar.google.com. Retrieved 2019-08-07.
  6. "Paulo Shakarian | Ph.D. | Arizona State University, AZ | ASU | CIDSE | ResearchGate". ResearchGate. Retrieved 2019-08-07.
  7. "Paulo Shakarian Associate Professor at Arizona State University".
  8. "Books by Paulo Shakarian". www.amazon.com. Retrieved 2019-08-07.
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