Election-hacking, net neutrality and the “internet of things” — Penn State has cybersecurity experts to bring complex topics down to the personal level and are readily available to provide commentary as discussions continue to unfold on trending topics like election security and data breaches.
William L. Weiss Professor of Information and Communications Technology
Engineering & Technology, Law and Policy, Telecommunications
James P. Jimirro Professor of Media Effects
Social Sciences, Journalism & Media, Telecommunications
Penn State has experts in both the technical and policy aspects of cybersecurity.
Palmer Chair in Telecommunications,
Director of the X-Lab
Contact Sascha Meinrath with questions about: How surveillance, cybersecurity, and privacy have changed in a post-9/11 world; government policy; broadband; and the COVID-19 pandemic's impact on Internet connectivity. He can also comment on voting security, technology policy, privacy, surveillance, civil liberties, broadband mapping and artificial intelligence.
William L. Weiss Professor of Information and Communications Technology,
Director of the Institute for Networking and Security Research
Contact Patrick McDaniel with questions about: Mobile device security, adversarial machine learning, systems security, program analysis for security, and the integrity and security of election systems
James P. Jimirro Professor of Media Effects,
Co-Director, Media Effects Research Laboratory
Contact S. Shyam Sundar with questions about: the rampant misinformation and fake news surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic and the vaccines, in particular, as well as how trustworthy internet-based information sources can be identified.
Penn State expertise spans far beyond those that we have currently featured on the site. Call us at 814-865-7517 or contact a member of the media relations staff
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