Sanjay Goel is the Massry Professor and Chair of the Information Security and Digital Forensics Department in the School of Business, University at Albany, SUNY. He got his doctoral degree in Mechanical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic University. Prior to joining UAlbany he worked at GE Global Research on engineering optimization problems, focusing on aircraft engine component design. His research interests include behavioral cyber security, cyber deception, Artificial Intelligence (intrusion detection, assistive technologies, medical applications, engineering application), self-organization, complex systems, cyber risk management, and engineering optimization.
He won the Promising Inventor’s Award in 2005 from the SUNY Research Foundation. In 2006, he was awarded the SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching, the UAlbany Excellence in Teaching Award, and the Graduate Student Organization Award for Faculty Mentoring. In 2010 he was awarded the UAlbany Excellence in Research Award. In 2015, he was also awarded the SUNY Chancellors’ Excellence in Academic Service, UAlbany Presidents’ Excellence in University Service, and School of Business Excellence in Research Award. He was named one of the three AT&T Industrial Ecology Faculty Fellows for 2009-2010. He has received grant funding of over 20 million dollars from various sources including, National Institute of Justice, U.S. Department of Education, National Science Foundation, Region II University Transportation Research Center, New York State Energy Research and Development Agency (NYSERDA), AT&T Foundation and James S. McDonnell Foundation., Blackstone Foundation, National Security Agency. He is the director of Cybersecurity and Digital Forensics programs in the School of Business at the University at Albany. He has established the Blackstone Launchpad Center to foster entrepreneurship and the FACETS Cyber Security Center at the University.
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