• Professor, Computer Science & Engineering
  • Director, Texas A&M Cybersecurity Center
Dr. Drew Hamilton

Educational Background

  • Ph.D., Computer Science, Texas A&M University - 1996
  • M.S., Computer Science, Vanderbilt University - 1990
  • M.S., Systems Management, University of Southern California - 1987
  • B.A., Journalism, Texas Tech University - 1979

Research Interests

    • Cybersecurity
    • Digital forensics
    • Industrial control system security
    • Security architecture

Awards & Honors

  • Joint Appointment, Idaho National Laboratory - 2020 to present
  • ACM Special Interest Group Ada Distinguished Service Award - 2018
  • Fellow of the Society for Modeling and Simulation International - 2013
  • Alumni Professorship, Endowed by the Auburn University Alumni Association - 2010 to 2013
  • Society for Modeling and Simulation Presidential Service Award - 2010

Selected Publications

  • S. Iannucci, S. Abdelwahed, A. Montemaggio, M. Hannis, L. Leonard, J. King and J.A. Hamilton Jr., “A Model-Integrated Approach to Designing Self-Protecting Systems,” IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering, Vol. 46, No. 12, December 2020.
  • C. Harrison, D. Cook, R. McGraw, J.A. Hamilton, Jr., “Constructing a Cloud-based IDS by Merging VMI with FMA,” IEEE TRUSTCOM, Liverpool, UK, 25-27 June 2012.
  • S.A. Torri, W. Britt, J.A. Hamilton Jr., “A Compiler Classification Framework for Use in Reverse Engineering,” IEEE Symposium on Computational Intelligence in Cyber Security (CICS 2009), Nashville, Tenn., 30 March – 2 April, 2009.
  • E.S. Imsand, J.A. Hamilton Jr., “Masquerade Detection through GUIID,” IEEE GLOBECOM 2008 Computer and Communications Network Security Symposium, New Orleans, La., 30 November – 4 December, 2008
  • S.S. Hamilton and J.A. Hamilton Jr., “Secure Jam Resistant Key Transfer,” IEEE MILCOM 2008, San Diego, California, 17 – 19 November 2008.