Gene Spafford
Computer Scientist
1956 –
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Who is Gene Spafford?
Eugene Howard Spafford, commonly known as Spaf, is a professor of computer science at Purdue University and a leading computer security expert.
A historically significant Internet figure, he is renowned for first analyzing the Morris Worm, one of the earliest computer worms, and his prominent role in the Usenet backbone cabal. Spafford was a member of the President's Information Technology Advisory Committee 2003-2005, has been an advisor to the National Science Foundation, and serves as an advisor to over a dozen other government agencies and major corporations.
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- Born
- 1956
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Georgia Institute of Technology
- Georgia Institute of Technology College of Computing
- State University of New York at Brockport
- Employment
- Purdue University
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on July 23, 2013
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