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Virgil Gligor

Virgil Gligor

Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Co-Director, Cylab

Address 5000 Forbes Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15213

Bio

 

Education

Ph.D., 1976
University of California, Berkeley

MSc, 1973

BSc, 1972

Research

Keywords

  • Network and distributed systems security
  • Distributed systems
  • Applied cryptography
  • Formal methods

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A Big Step Towards Cybersecurity’s Holy Grail

CyLab researchers reveal a new computing platform that is provably secure even alongside software compromised I/O devices.
Friday, April 26, 2019

Virgil Gligor inducted to the Cybersecurity Hall of Fame

CyLab’s Virgil Gligor was formally inducted into the Cybersecurity Hall of Fame this week at the Arundel Preserve Hotel in Hanover, Maryland. Gligor was chosen by a senior board based on five criteria: Technology, Policy, Public Awareness, Education, and Business.
Monday, April 08, 2019

Gligor and Woo receive Distinguished Paper Award for breakthrough result on establishing "root of trust"

In a breakthrough study, "Establishing Root of Trust Unconditionally," CyLab researchers Virgil Gligor and Maverick Woo present a test that can be run on any computing device to show whether the device has been infected with malware or not. The study was presented at last week's Network and Distributed Systems Security (NDSS) Symposiumin San Diego, California, where it received a Distinguished Paper Award.
Tuesday, June 14, 2016

Gligor delivers keynote, Bauer serves as co-chair at ACM SACMAT

ECE/CyLab's Virgil Gligor delivered the first keynote speech at the ACM Symposium on Access Control Models and Technologies (SACMAT). ECE/CyLab's Lujo Bauer was a program committee co-chair at the symposium.