He obtained his Ph.D. in 2009 from the University of Maryland at College Park. His research interests are in the design of secure and trustworthy networked and distributed computer systems, with a current focus on cyber-physical critical infrastructures. Dr. Bobba has authored (co-author) more than 30 peer-reviewed papers in premier conferences and journals in his field. His research is currently funded by DOE, ONR, AFRL/AFOSR, and NSF. Dr. Bobba serves on program committees of major international conferences and workshops such as IEEE SmartGridComm and ACM SAC to name but a few. He is a member of the IEEE, IEEE Computer Society and IEEE PES. For more information please visit http://go.illinois.edu/rbobba