Raheem Beyah

Raheem Beyah (born December 23, 1976) is the Vice President for Interdisciplinary Research.^[1] at the Georgia Institute of Technology. He is also the Motorola Foundation Endowed Professor^[2] in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering where he serves as the Director of the Communications Assurance and Performance (CAP) Group^[3], co-founder and Board Chairman of Fortiphyd Logic, Inc^[4], an industrial security company, and the executive director of Georgia Tech’s online masters in cyber security (OMS Cyber) program^[5]^[6]. In November of 2018, he was tapped to lead the Institute’s data security efforts by Georgia Tech President Ángel Cabrera^[7].

Early life and education

As a little boy Beyah wanted to be an astronaut, but was ultimately drawn to the field of computer engineering through his love for video games^[8]. He matriculated through the Atlanta Public Schools System^[9]^{[circular reference]} and ultimately graduated form Frederick Douglass High School^[10]. Beyah received his B.S. in Electrical Engineering from North Carolina A&T State University^[11]^{[circular reference]} in 1998 and his M.S. and Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Georgia Tech^[12]^{[circular reference]} in 1999 and 2003, respectively^[13]^[14]. His thesis A Deployable Approach to Better Than Best Effort Quality of Service was advised by professors John A. Copeland and Raghupathy Sivakumar.

Career

Beyah began his career working at Accenture (formerly Andersen Consulting)^[15]. After being promoted to the level of Consultant, Beyah left Accenture and returned to Georgia Tech to pursue a Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering, advised by Professor John A. Copeland. While completing his Ph.D., he worked as a Research Engineer at Georgia Tech. In 2005 he joined the department of Computer Science at Georgia State University as an assistant professor while maintaining an adjunct professor appointment at Georgia Tech. In 2011, he returned to Georgia Tech full time as an associate professor in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering.

Beyah’s research interest are in the areas of network security and monitoring, cyber-physical systems security, network traffic characterization and performance, and critical infrastructure security^[16]. Beyah’s works have been cited thousands of times^[17]. He and his research group have discovered several flaws in critical infrastructure components^[18]^[19]^[20]^[21]^[22]^[23]^[24]. Additionally, his work has been highlighted in popular media (e.g., Forbes^[25], USA Today^[26]) dozens of times. In 2017, Beyah and his students introduced a proof of concept of the first ransomware for programmable logic controllers - LogicLocker^[27]^{[circular reference]}.

Beyah was promoted to full professor, appointed to the Motorola Foundation Endowed Professorship, and appointed as Associate Chair for Strategic Initiatives and Innovation in 2016. He served as interim Steve W. Chaddick School Chair for the 2017 - 2018 academic year, and became Georgia Tech’s Vice President for Interdisciplinary Research in 2019. He has served as the executive director for Georgia Tech’s Online Masters in Cybersecurity (OMS Cyber) program^[28] since 2018.

In addition to his work inside of the academy, Beyah has served as an expert witness for several cases. The most notable being a whistleblower case against Davita Health Care Providers on which he served as a software expert for the plaintiff^[29]. Davita Health Care Providers ultimately settled the lawsuit for $495M^[30]. Further, In 2016, Beyah Co-Founded Fortiphyd Logic, Inc^[31]^[32]. Beyah currently serves as Fortiphyd’s Chairman of the Board of Directors^[33]

Honors and awards

A list of the most significant awards follows:

Diverse Issues in Higher Education, Emerging Scholar (2017)^[34]
Motorola Foundation Professorship, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Georgia Tech (2016)^[35]
Elevated to Distinguished Member, Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) (2016)^[36]
Best Paper Award (3rd place among ≈ 80 papers) at the NYU Cyber Security Awareness Week (CSAW) Security Research Competition, 2016^[37]
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Computer Science Study Panel (2010)^[38]
Minority in Research Science Trailblazer, National Black Engineer of the Year Awards (BEYA) (2010)^[39]
Elevated to Sr. Member, Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) (2009)^[40]
National Science Foundation (NSF) Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award (2009-2014)^[41]
Leadership Atlanta (2014)^[42]
Leadership Georgia (2011)^[43]
Outstanding Atlanta (2007)^[44]
L.E.A.D. Atlanta (2007)^[45]
Atlanta Business Chronicle Up & Comers 40 Under 40 (2007)^[46]
Georgia Trend Magazine 40 Best and Brightest Under 40 (2006)^[47]

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[1] "Georgia Institute of Technology Vice President for Interdisciplinary Research".

[2] "Motorola Foundation Professorship in Electrical and Computer Engineering at Georgia Tech".

[3] "Georgia Tech Communications Assurance and Performance (CAP) Group".

[4] "Fortiphyd Logic, Inc".

[5] "online masters in cyber security (OMS Cyber) program".

[6] "Georgia Tech online masters in cyber security (OMS Cyber) program".

[7] "Georgia Tech President Ángel Cabrera".

[8] "his love for video games".

[9] "Atlanta Public Schools System".

[10] "Frederick Douglass High School".

[11] "North Carolina A&T State University".

[12] "Georgia Tech".

[13] "Raheem Beyah Linkedin Page".

[14] "Raheem Beyah Professional Page".

[15] "Raheem Beyah Linkedin Page".

[16] "Raheem Beyah Professional Page".

[17] "Raheem Beyah's citations".

[18] "flaws in critical infrastructure components-1".

[19] "flaws in critical infrastructure components-2".

[20] "flaws in critical infrastructure components-3".

[21] "flaws in critical infrastructure components-4".

[22] "flaws in critical infrastructure components-5".

[23] "flaws in critical infrastructure components-6".

[24] "flaws in critical infrastructure components-7".

[25] "Remote Code Vulnerability News Article".

[26] "Malware discovered could threaten electrical grid".

[27] "Logic Locker".

[28] "Georgia Tech online masters in cyber security (OMS Cyber) program".

[29] "Davita Crime Fraud Opposition" (PDF).

[30] "Davita Settles Atlanta Whistleblower lawsuit".

[31] "Fortiphyd Logic, Inc".

[32] "Fortiphydlogic".

[33] "Fortiphyd Logic, Inc".

[34] "Diverse Issues in Higher Education, Emerging Scholar".

[35] "Motorola Foundation Professorship, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering".

[36] "Elevated to Distinguished Member, Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)" (PDF).

[37] "Best Paper Award (3rd place among ≈ 80 papers) at the NYU Cyber Security Awareness Week (CSAW) Security Research Competition".

[38] "Raheem Beyah Linkedin Page".

[39] "Minority in Research Science Trailblazer, National Black Engineer of the Year Awards (BEYA)" (PDF).

[40] "Georgia Institute of Technology Vice President for Interdisciplinary Research".

[41] "National Science Foundation (NSF) Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award".

[42] "Leadership Atlanta".

[43] "Leadership Georgia".

[44] "Outstanding Atlanta".

[45] "L.E.A.D. Atlanta".

[46] "Atlanta Business Chronicle Up & Comers 40 Under 40".

[47] "Georgia Trend Magazine 40 Best and Brightest Under 40".

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