Vijayalakshmi Atluri (born 1956) is an Indian computer scientist specialized in information systems security and database management. She is a professor of management science and information systems at Rutgers Business School – Newark. Atluri is an advisory board member of the computer science department at the University of the People.

Education

Atluri completed a Bachelors of Technology in Electronics and Communications Engineering at

Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Kakinada Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Kakinada (JNTU Kakinada) is a public university, in Kakinada, East Godavari district, North of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is one of India's universities focusing on engineering. The universit ...

in May 1977. She earned a Masters of Technology in Electronics and Communications Engineering (Controls and Automation) from

IIT Kharagpur Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur (IIT Kharagpur) is a public institute of technology established by the Government of India in Kharagpur, West Bengal, India. Established in 1951, the institute is the first of the IITs to be established ...

in June 1979. Atluri graduated in May 1994 with a Ph.D. in Information Technology at

George Mason University George Mason University (George Mason, Mason, or GMU) is a public research university in Fairfax County, Virginia with an independent City of Fairfax, Virginia postal address in the Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Area. The university was origin ...

. Her dissertation was titled ''Concurrency Control in Multilevel Secure Databases''. Her doctoral advisor was

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Career

Atluri was a lecturer at

Acharya Nagarjuna University Acharya Nagarjuna University (IAST: ''Ācārya Nāgārjuna Vișvavidyālaya'') is a state university in Namburu, Guntur district, Andhra Pradesh, India. History The university was established as Nagarjuna University by Act 43 of 1976 of A.P. ...

from August 1980 to December 1982 and again from December 1983 to March 1985. She was a lecturer at

Andhra University Andhra University (IAST: ''Āndhra Vișvakalāpariṣhat'') is a public university located in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India. It was established in 1926. History King Vikram Deo Verma, the Maharaja of Jeypore was one of the biggest do ...

from December 1982 to December 1983. From March 1985 to August 1990, she was an assistant professor in the department of electronics and communication and computer engineering at Nagarjuna University. Atluri was a research assistant in the center for secure information systems at

from August 1990 to August 1994. Atluri joined the faculty of the management doctorate program at Rutgers Business School – Newark in October 1996. In 1996, she won a

National Science Foundation CAREER Award The National Science Foundation CAREER awards, presented by the National Science Foundation (NSF), are in support of junior faculty who exemplify the role of teacher-scholars through research and education, and the integration of these endeavors i ...

. Atluri was an assistant professor from July 1995 to June 2001 and an Associate professor from July 2001 to June 2006. She became a professor in the management science and information systems department in July 2006. Atluri teaches courses in database management, computer information systems, information systems security, electronic commerce, computer architecture, and computer languages. In 2010, she joined the advisory board of the computer science department of the University of the People. Atluri was a computer scientist at the

National Institute of Standards and Technology The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is an agency of the United States Department of Commerce whose mission is to promote American innovation and industrial competitiveness. NIST's activities are organized into physical sci ...

Information Technology Laboratory, Computer Security Division, Systems & Network Security Group from February 2007 to February 2011. From September 2011 to September 2013, she became a program director in the

National Science Foundation The National Science Foundation (NSF) is an independent agency of the United States government that supports fundamental research and education in all the non-medical fields of science and engineering. Its medical counterpart is the National I ...

Division of Information and Intelligent Systems, Information Integration and Informatics and Secure and Trustworthy Cyberspace.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Atluri, Vijay Living people 1956 births Place of birth missing (living people) Indian emigrants to the United States Expatriate academics in the United States Academic staff of Acharya Nagarjuna University Academic staff of Andhra University Rutgers University–Newark faculty Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University alumni IIT Kharagpur alumni George Mason University alumni 20th-century Indian women scientists 21st-century Indian women scientists Indian women computer scientists University of the People faculty