Excellence in Research and Creative Activity Award

Guevara Noubir

Professor of Computer and Information Science

Professor Noubir not only studies theoretical challenges to privacy, security, and robustness in networked communications systems; he devises practical solutions. His research—fueled by grants from the National Science Foundation, DARPA, the Office of Naval Research, and the Department of Defense—underpins the safety and economic stability of our society, touching users of mobile phones and other wireless devices worldwide. Recently, for example, he and one of his students uncovered vulnerabilities in the anonymous Tor network. In 2017, this prolific researcher also chaired the ACM Conference on Security and Privacy in Wireless and Mobile Networks, held at Northeastern, and led winning student teams in the prestigious DARPA Spectrum Challenge on wireless networking.