Casimer DeCusatis Marist University Casimer DeCusatis, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor of Information Technology and Systems and Director of Cybersecurity Education in the School of Computer Science & Mathematics, Marist College, Poughkeepsie, NY. His interests include cybersecurity (as principle investigator for the NSF SecureCloud program), quantum computing, software-defined data centers, and optical networking. He is an IBM Distinguished Engineer Emeritus, a Cisco Distinguished Speaker, a Fellow of the IEEE, Optica (formerly OSA), and SPIE, member of the cybersecurity honor society Omicron Sigma Sigma, an IBM Master Inventor with over 200 patents, and recipient of several industry awards, including the IEEE Kiyo Tomiyasu Award, the Sigma Xi Walston Chubb Innovation Award, the EDN Innovator of the Year Award, the Mensa Creative Achievement Award, the Penn State Outstanding Scholar Alumnus / Mark Luchinsky Memorial Lecture, and the IEEE/HKN Outstanding Young Electrical Engineer Award (including a citation from the President of the United States and an American flag flown in his honor over the U.S. Capitol). He is co-author of over 300 technical papers, book chapters, and encyclopedia articles, and editor of the Handbook of Fiber Optic Data Communication (now in its 4rd edition). Dr. DeCusatis received the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Troy, N.Y.) in 1988 and 1990, respectively, and the B.S. degree magna cum laude in the Engineering Science Honors Program from the Pennsylvania State University (University Park, PA) in 1986.
Email: casimer.decusatis@marist.edu