Alexander Schwarzmann, PhD

Dean of the School of Computer and Cyber Sciences | Augusta University

Augusta, GA, UNITED STATES

Dean Schwarzmann is a nationally-recognized expert in cybersecurity of voting technology, computer science, and distributed systems.

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2018-09-07

Biography

Schwarzmann is a nationally-recognized expert in cybersecurity of voting technology, computer science research and education, and distributed systems. He has provided technological expertise to the State of Connecticut in cybersecurity and integrity of electronic election systems and led state-wide technological audits of voting systems. His own research programs have been supported by numerous grants totaling over $8.5 million from the National Science Foundation, including NSF Career Award, Air Force Office of Sponsored Research, State of Connecticut, NSF-NATO, and U.S. Election Assistance Commission, and other agencies.

Schwarzmann is an author of over 150 research articles and three books, and has edited a number of scholarly volumes on computer science research. He chaired a number of leading international conferences, and was a member of over 50 technical program committees. He served on several editorial boards, including IEEE Transactions on Computers and Information & Computation, two of the most venerable and prestigious journals in computer science.

Schwarzmann earned his bachelor’s degree from Stevens Institute of Technology, a master’s degree from Cornell University, and his doctoral degree from Brown University. He conducted post-doctoral research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Areas of Expertise (3)

Cybersecurity of Voting Technology

Computer Science Research and Education

Distributed Systems

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New AU degree program designed to meet demand for data scientists

WFXG tv

2024-06-11

Augusta University is announcing a new bachelor program for those interested in data science. It’s tailored to meet the demands for data science professionals in Georgia and nationally. The new data science curriculum is designed to equip students with the skills needed to succeed in a data-driven world. Augusta University faculty says it promises to be a catalyst for innovation and economic development. “Data science, along with machine learning, artificial intelligence is one of the hottest areas in terms of education and technology advancement nationally," Alexandar Schwarzmann, Dean of the School of Computer and Cyber Sciences says. "It globally rivals cyber security today." Starting this fall, the program will highlight core data science competencies like machine learning and artificial intelligence. Alexander Schwarzmann, Dean of the School of Computer and Cyber Sciences, says students can look forward to hands-on opportunities for undergraduate research, which will help them tackle real-world challenges with data-driven solutions.

Augusta University announces cybersecurity degree transfer pathway

The Augusta Press online

2024-05-18

Augusta University has recently signed a statewide agreement with the Technical College System of Georgia (TCSG) to pave the way for students to earn an associate’s degree in cybersecurity from various technical colleges. With the new articulation, students are able to receive an associate’s degree from any of the 22 technical schools in Georgia and then transfer to Augusta University’s School of Computer and Cyber Sciences (SCCS) to pursue a Bachelor of Science in Cybersecurity. “By providing better pathways for students to earn a bachelor’s degree in cybersecurity, Augusta University and our partners aim to provide the training and degrees needed to be competitive for high-demand jobs,” said AU President Brooks Keel. Following Augusta’s 2019 recognition as one of the top hubs for cybersecurity in the world, the university was recently ranked in the top 5% of all U.S. higher education institutions for social mobility, according to an AU press release. “We are proud of our growing momentum as we continue to enhance students’ educational pathways in cybersecurity, and we are determined to be an education leader in the fields of computing and cybersecurity,” said Alexander Schwarzmann, dean of SCCS.

Articles (3)

Unleashing and Speeding Up Readers in Atomic Object Implementations

arXiv preprint arXiv:1803.11211

Chryssis Georgiou, Theophanis Hadjistasi, Nicolas Nicolaou, Alexander A Schwarzmann

2018 Providing efficient emulations of atomic read/write objects in asynchronous, crash-prone, message-passing systems is an important problem in distributed computing...

Special issue containing selected expanded papers from the 17th International Symposium on Stabilization, Safety and Security of Distributed Systems (SSS 2015)

Information and Computation

Andrzej Pelc, Alexander A Schwarzmann

2017 The papers in this special issue of Information and Computation are the expanded and revised versions of selected papers that appeared in a preliminary form in the Proceedings of the 17th International Symposium on Stabilization, Safety and Security of Distributed Systems (SSS 2015)...