Paulo Shakarian is an associate professor at Arizona State University and author of several books. Previously, he was the CEO and co-founder of Cyber Reconnaissance, Inc., (CYR3CON). His work on artificial intelligence and security has been featured in Forbes, the New Yorker, Slate, the Economist, Business Insider, TechCrunch, CNN and BBC.

Career

Shakarian was a major in the

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serving from 2002 to 2014, undertaking two combat tours in Iraq and earning a

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and the

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for valor. While in the army he was trained in

Information assurance Information assurance (IA) is the practice of assuring information and managing risks related to the use, processing, storage, and transmission of information. Information assurance includes protection of the integrity, availability, authenticity, ...

and completed a bachelor's degree in

computer science Computer science is the study of computation, automation, and information. Computer science spans theoretical disciplines (such as algorithms, theory of computation, information theory, and automation) to practical disciplines (includi ...

at the

U.S. Military Academy The United States Military Academy (USMA), also known metonymically as West Point or simply as Army, is a United States service academy in West Point, New York. It was originally established as a fort, since it sits on strategic high groun ...

. In 2007 he served as a military fellow at Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). While in uniform, he went on to study a master's degree in computer science at the

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in 2009, and later a PhD in 2011. His final military assignment was as an assistant professor at West Point. His research focus was

cyber security Computer security, cybersecurity (cyber security), or information technology security (IT security) is the protection of computer systems and networks from attack by malicious actors that may result in unauthorized information disclosure, the ...

, social network analysis and

machine learning Machine learning (ML) is a field of inquiry devoted to understanding and building methods that 'learn', that is, methods that leverage data to improve performance on some set of tasks. It is seen as a part of artificial intelligence. Machine ...

. After obtaining a PhD he taught at the U.S Military Academy, West Point, as an assistant professor from 2011 to 2014. In 2014 he took a position as an assistant professor at Arizona State University. He earned his tenure at Arizona State and was promoted to Associate Professor in 2020. Since 2011 Shakarian has authored six books on subjects relating to his academic career. In 2017, while maintaining his academic position he co-founded and led (as CEO) Cyber Reconnaissance, Inc., (CYR3CON), a business specializes in combining artificial intelligence with information mined from malicious hacker communities to avoid cyber-attacks.

Notable works

Books

* Introduction to Cyber-Warfare: A Multidisciplinary Approach. * Diffusion in Social Networks (SpringerBriefs in Computer Science). * Darkweb Cyber Threat Intelligence Mining. * Artificial Intelligence Tools for Cyber Attribution (SpringerBriefs in Computer Science). * Cyber Warfare: Building the Scientific Foundation (Advances in Information Security). * Geospatial Abduction: Principles and Practice.

References

External links

Research Gate Profile

Google Scholar Citations

Computer Science Bibliography

Academic Profile, Arizona State University

CYR3CON website
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