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.^[1]

He is a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers,^[2][3] a member of the Electronic Frontier Foundation Technical Advisory Board,^[4] and was an inaugural member of the Cyber Resilience Forum within the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.^[5]

Education and career

Kohno earned his bachelor of science degree from University of Colorado and his Ph.D. from University of California San Diego.^[6]

Kohno is a professor in the Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering;^[7] 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.^[8]
• "Our Reality," a novella written to contribute to discussions on society, racism, and technology, 2021.^[9]
• "Off by One," column editor, IEEE Security & Privacy Magazine.^[10]

Awards

• Technology Review TR-35 Award (2007)^[11]
• Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship (2008)^[12]
• IEEE S&P Test of Time Award for his work initiating the modern field of medical device computer security (2019)^[13][14]
• IEEE S&P Test of Time Award for his work initiating the modern field of automotive computer security (2020)^[15][16]
• ACSAC Test of Time Award (2019)^[17]
• AAAS Golden Goose Award (2021), an award managed by the American Association for the Advancement of Science with bipartisan Congressional support;^[18] awarded for his work establishing the modern field of automotive computer security^[19][20][21]
• Allen School ACM Teaching Award (2022)^[22]

Research

• "Neurosecurity: security and privacy for neural devices," Tamara Denning B.S., Yoky Matsuoka Ph.D., and Tadayoshi Kohno Ph.D., Journal of Neurosurgery.^[23] 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^[24]
• "Driverless: Who Is In Control?" Science Museum in London^[25]