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

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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