Jul 28 2009 7 mins 2
Cybersecurity is the buzzword these days, and in terms of education ... Carnegie Mellon University is all over it, and has been for nearly a decade.
In an exclusive interview, Pradeep Khosla, dean of the College of Engineering at Carnegie Mellon, discusses:
The school's current cybersecurity programs;
Hot career opportunities for graduates;
Advice for those looking to start or jump-start a cybersecurity career.
Khosla is currently Dean of the College of Engineering and the Philip and Marsha Dowd University Professor at Carnegie Mellon. His previous positions include: Founding Director, Carnegie Mellon CyLab; Head, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering; Director, Information Networking Institute; Founding Director, Institute for Complex Engineered Systems (ICES); and Program Manager, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), where he managed a $50M portfolio of programs in real-time systems, internet enabled software infrastructure, intelligent systems, and distributed systems.
