Director, SMU AT&T Center, SMU Associate Provost for Research, ad interim, Virtualization

Dr. Suku Nair is the Associate Provost for Research, ad interim at SMU and the director of the SMU AT&T Center for Virtualization.  He is also a University Distinguished Professor at the Lyle School of Engineering where he was the Chair of Computer Science and Engineering Department from 2008 to 2016. He is the founder of the Cyber Security program at SMU, which currently enjoys the NSA/DHS Center of Excellence in Information Assurance Education and Cyber Defense designation.  His research interests include Software Centric Telecommunication Networks, Cyber Security, and Trustworthy AI.  He has published extensively in the area of high assurance computing and networking.   His research has been supported through funds from National Science Foundation (NSF), National Security Agency (NSA)/Department of Homeland Security (DHS), National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST), Office of Naval Research (ONR), Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (SPAWAR), and various industry including Raytheon, Lockheed Martin, Alcatel, IBM, AT&T, L3Harris, and Google.  He has been a consultant to various IT, Telecom, and Cyber Security Companies.  Some of his recent awards include the Dallas 500 award and CIO/CTO award for Outstanding Tech Advocate from the D CEO magazine, SMU Ford Research Fellowship, IBM faculty award, and the Distinguished University Citizen award.

He received his M.S. and Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana in 1988 and 1990, respectively.