Patrick Schaumont

Electrical & Computer Engineering
Professor
AFFILIATED DEPARTMENT OR OFFICE
Computer Science
EDUCATION
BS Electrical Engineering Ghent University College 1988
MS Computer Science University of Ghent 1990
PhD Electrical Engineering UCLA 2004
Expert Bio

Schaumont's research interests are in hardware security related topics, a field that has gained enormous traction over the past two decades. He works on challenges in cryptographic engineering, and on making systems secure and tamper resistant. He is currently working on an app that may make digital contact tracing for COVID-19 more private and secure. Schaumont has provided analysis to The New York Times and CBS News on the concerns raised by a data breach affecting the information of millions of AT&T phone customers.

Research areas/Expertise
hardware security
cryptographic engineering
COVID 19
information security
Computer Science

Media Coverage

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The New York Times
AT&T Says Phone Data of ‘Nearly All’ Customers Was Breached in 2022

“When you move your IT infrastructure to the cloud, suddenly you’re in a place that is shared with a bunch of other people, and it becomes much trickier… There are many more ways in which potential attacks can be done.”  Professor Patrick Schaumont in the Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering provided analysis for The New York Times on the AT&T breach involving the data of more than 100 million phone customers. He discussed the potential risks of shared IT infrastructure in the cloud. The article also appeared in MSN.

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