Spafford Receives ACM President's Award

Recognized for his long and effective service on security and policy issues, Professor Eugene Spafford was the 2007 recipient of the ACM President's Award. The ACM President's Award is a prestigious, rarely bestowed award that goes to an individual who has shown exceptional ability to advance the technology of computing and benefit society through generosity, creativity and dedication. Professor Spafford was cited for his extensive record of service to the computing community.

Dr. Spafford's current research interests are focused on issues of computer and network security, cybercrime and ethics, and the social impact of computing. He is the founder and executive director of the Center for Education and Research in Information Assurance and Security (CERIAS). This university-wide institute addresses the broader issues of information security and information assurance, and draws on expertise and research across all of the academic disciplines at Purdue.

Spafford has received recognition and many honors for his research, including being named as a Fellow of the ACM, of the AAAS, and of the IEEE. He has been awarded status as a CISSP (Certified Information Systems Security Professional), honoris causa, by the Board of Directors of (ISC)2 and named as a member of the ISSA's Hall of Fame. In October of 2000, Dr. Spafford received the field's most prestigious award: the NIST/ NCSC National Computer Systems Security Award.

Congratulations to Professor Spafford!

Pictured: Stu Feldman, President of the ACM, Eugene Spafford, Purdue Computer Science, and John White, Executive Director of the ACM.