Atul Prakash is a Professor in Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Michigan with research interests in computer security and privacy. He received a Bachelor of Technology in Electrical Engineering from IIT, Delhi, India and a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of California, Berkeley. His recent research on online web security was widely quoted, including Business Week, Barron's, and BBC Digital Planet. He has also examined the problem of privacy and security risks in emerging pervasive systems, such as online social networks.
Dr. Prakash received an award for the best undergraduate project at IIT Delhi and the research excellence award at the University of Michigan. Among his earlier research work, he was one of the designers of the Upper Atmospheric Research Collaboratory (UARC) project, which was perhaps the first scientific collaboratory system and was recognized by the Smithsonian-Computerworld for its contributions to science. He advises several security-related companies, including Compubahn, which specializes in bank security and Web Tap Security, a Michigan-based startup specializing in designing tools to detect information leakage.
