Tadayoshi Kohno


Tadayoshi Kohno is an American professor in the fields of data and computer security. He is the Associate Director of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Access, and Professor of Computer Science & Engineering at the Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering at the University of Washington.
He is a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, a member of the Electronic Frontier Foundation Technical Advisory Board, and was an inaugural member of the Cyber Resilience Forum within the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.

Education and career

Kohno earned his bachelor of science degree from University of Colorado Boulder in 1999 and his Ph.D. from University of California San Diego in 2006.
Kohno is a professor in the Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering; adjunct professor in the school of Electrical and Computer Engineering, the School of Information, and the School of Law; associate director for Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Access in the Allen School; co-director of the Security & Privacy Research Lab; and co-director of the Tech Policy Lab.

Fiction work

  • "Telling Stories: On Culturally Responsive Artificial Intelligence," 2020.
  • "Our Reality," a novella written to contribute to discussions on society, racism, and technology, 2021.
  • "Off by One," column editor, IEEE Security & Privacy Magazine.

    Awards

  • Technology Review TR-35 Award
  • Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship
  • IEEE S&P Test of Time Award for his work initiating the modern field of medical device computer security
  • IEEE S&P Test of Time Award for his work initiating the modern field of automotive computer security
  • ACSAC Test of Time Award
  • AAAS Golden Goose Award, an award managed by the American Association for the Advancement of Science with bipartisan Congressional support; awarded for his work establishing the modern field of automotive computer security
  • Allen School ACM Teaching Award

    Research

  • "Neurosecurity: security and privacy for neural devices," Tamara Denning B.S., Yoky Matsuoka Ph.D., and Tadayoshi Kohno Ph.D., Journal of Neurosurgery. This work coined the term "neurosecurity."
  • "Improving the Security and Privacy of Implantable Medical Devices," William H. Maisel, M.D., M.P.H., and Tadayoshi Kohno, Ph.D., New England Journal of Medicine
  • "Driverless: Who Is In Control?" Science Museum in London