Biography:

Ram Durairajan is an academic expert in cybersecurity, computer networking, multi-cloud computing, internet data science and programmable Optics. He's interested in developing new techniques and tools to empirically measure issues, properties and characteristics of the Internet; and building decision-support systems to enhance Internet robustness by mitigating risks, outages, and cybersecurity issues identified using empirical measurements. He has published more than 50 peer-reviewed papers and is a recipient of a 2022 National Science Foundation CAREER Award, the NSF’s most prestigious award in support of early-career faculty.

Recent Media:

• UO computer scientist is the latest to get NSF Career Award (OregonNews, March 21, 2022)
• Researcher awarded $2.4 million to improve internet security (OregonNews, Oct. 28, 2021)
• Study by UW-Madison, UO details vulnerable internet infrastructure due to sea level rise (Photonics Media, December, 2018)
• Sea level rise to jeopardize U.S. internet infrastructure in 15 Years, study says (Forbes, Aug. 11, 2018)
• Rising sea levels are going to mess with the internet, sooner than you think (Popular Science, July 19, 2018)