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INI Director

Dena

Dena Haritos Tsamitis

Director, Information Networking Institute (INI)

Barbara Lazarus Professor in Information Networking

Founding Director, Education, Training and Outreach, CyLab

Dena has led the College of Engineering's Information Networking Institute (INI) as director since 2004. Her efforts have prepared the next generation of information networking, security and mobility professionals at Carnegie Mellon University.

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Faculty

Pittsburgh campus

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Pedro Bustamante

Assistant Teaching Professor, INI

Email | Bio

Areas of Interest: telecommunications policy, regulation, and management; dynamic spectrum sharing; wireless communications and networking; Internet of things; blockchain; enforcement and governance of shared resources in telecommunications; ML and AI for spectrum management and governance; socio-economic aspects of technological innovation

Pittsburgh campus

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Mohamed Farag

Assistant Teaching Professor, INI

Email | Bio

Areas of Interest: machine learning, artificial intelligence, sports analytics, blockchain technologies, cloud technologies, cloud security, edge computing and the metaverse

Pittsburgh campus

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Hanan Hibshi

Assistant Teaching Professor, INI

Email | Bio

Areas of Interest: cybersecurity education and workforce development, usable security and privacy, secure programming, security requirements engineering, secure blockchain and Internet of things

sililcon valley campus

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Quinn Jacobson

Professor of the Practice, INI

Email | Bio

Areas of Interest: entrepreneurship, distributed software systems, domain-specific accelerators, neuromorphic computing, Internet of things

Silicon valley campus

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Cynthia Kuo

Associate Professor of the Practice, INI

Email | Bio

Areas of Interest: sensors, usable security, product design, entrepreneurship, health tech

PITTSBURGH campus

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Joanne C. Peca

Associate Professor of the Practice, INI

Email | Bio

Areas of Interest: information security and privacy, organizational leadership, risk management, ethics

Silicon valley campus

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Patrick Tague

Associate Teaching Professor, INI

 Email | Bio

Areas of Interest: mobile communication systems, statistical modeling and inference and network security, mobile and Internet of things security

PITTSBURGH campus

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Sujata Telang

Associate Teaching Professor, INI 

 Email | Bio

Areas of Interest: software engineering, agile methods, experiential learning

Silicon valley campus

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David Varodayan

Associate Teaching Professor, INI

Email | Bio

Areas of Interest: machine learning, artificial intelligence, information security, networking and computer systems

David Belasco

Threat Analyst, Software Engineering Institute (SEI) | Email

Course: 14819 Introduction to Software Reverse-Engineering

Jarrett Booz

Cyber Security Engineer, Software Engineering Institute (SEI) | Email

Course: 14822 Host Based Forensics

Jeffrey Gennari

Senior Malware Reverse Engineer, Software Engineering Institute (SEI) | Email

Course: 14819 Introduction to Software Reverse-Engineering

Chris Herr

Cyber Security Exercise Developer and Instructor, CERT® division of the Software Engineering Institute (SEI)| Email

Course: 14761 Applied Information Assurance

Matthew Kaar

Cyber Security Exercise Developer & Trainer, Software Engineering Institute (SEI) | Email

Course: 14761 Applied Information Assurance

David Lamont

Associate Teaching Professor; Director, Management Games, Tepper School of Business | Email

Course: 14776 Fundamentals of Business and Management

Nektarios Leontiadis

INI Adjunct Instructor | Email

 Course: 14832 Cyber Forensics Capstone

Catherine Liao

INI Adjunct Instructor | Email

Course: 14601INI Academic and Professional Development

William Nichols

Infrastructure Engineer, Software Engineering Institute (SEI) | Email

Course: 14832 Cyber Forensics Capstone 

Christopher I. Rodman

Sr. Cybersecurity Engineer, Software Engineering Institute (SEI) | Email

Course: 14822 Host Based Forensics

Gabe Somlo

Sr. Cybersecurity Engineer, Software Engineering Institute (SEI) | Email

Course: 14823 Network Forensics

Adam Welle

MTS - Senior Engineer, Software Engineering Institute (SEI) | Email

Course: 14823 Network Forensics

Staff

Staff Contacts

Academic Affairs
ini-academic@andrew.cmu.edu 

Admissions
ini@cmu.edu

Business Operations
ini-busops@andrew.cmu.edu

Alumni Relations
ini-alumni@andrew.cmu.edu

Career Services 
ini-careerservices@andrew.cmu.edu

Facility/Building Issues
ini-help@andrew.cmu 

Media/Press Inquiries
ini-communications@andrew.cmu.edu 

Academic Affairs

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CINDY ARNETT | Email
Assistant Director of Academic and Student Services, Silicon Valley

Academic Affairs

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JESSICA BECKER | Email
Director of Academic and Student Services

Academic Affairs

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ASIA DONEGAN | Email
Associate Director of Academic and Student Services

Admissions

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AMBER DWOREK | Email

Director of Admissions

Admissions

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LISA CURRIN | Email

Associate Director of Admissions & Enrollment

Business OperationS

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MIROSLAVA ANGELOVA | Email

Senior Director of Business Operations

Business OperationS

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KEVIN TOPOLSKI | Email

Associate Director of Business Operations

Business OperationS

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RENNY HARTONO | Email 
Administrative Assistant

Business OperationS

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JESSICA JEFFERS | Email 
Senior Administrative Coordinator

CAREER SERVICES & EMPLOYER RELATIONS

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RACHEL AMOS| Email 
Director of Career Services & Employer Relations

Strategic Relations

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SARA GAAL | Email

Director of Strategic Relations

Director's office

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NANCY DOYLE | Email

Manager of Director's Office and Administration

Distributed Education Technology & Facilities

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KURT HAVERSTOCK | Email

Manager of Distributed Education Technology and Facilities

Distributed Education Technology & Facilities

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NICHOLAS K. TSAMITIS | Email

Senior Distributed Education Technologist

Marketing & Events

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CHRISTA JONES | Email

Director of Marketing and Events

COMMUNICATIONS

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TAIA PANDOLFI | Email
Director of Strategic Communications

COMMUNICATIONS

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EVAN LYBRAND | Email

Communications Specialist

Strategic OPERATIONS & Alumni Relations

Sari Smith
SARI SMITH | Email

Senior Director of Strategic Operations