About Me
Chris M. Roberts is a Principal Research Engineer at the Cybersecurity, Information Protection, Hardware Evaluation Research (CIPHER) lab within Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI). He also serves as the Chief of the Embedded Cyber Techniques Branch which is comprised of eleven faculty researchers focused on performing cybersecurity vulnerability assessments of embedded devices and the development of novel tools and techniques to advance the state-of-the-art in this field. He is a Curriculum Committee member in the School of Cybersecurity and Privacy in the College of Computing at Georgia Tech (GT) and as a Research Faculty member of GT, he has developed and taught courses within the College of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) addressing topics such as hardware, software, and wireless signal reverse engineering and embedded system cybersecurity.
While at GTRI he has been awarded with two GTRI/ECE research fellowships, multiple performance-based awards, and was recently nominated for GTRI’s Distinguished Mentor Award. He has led teams consisting of faculty researchers and teams of students to multiple top place finishes in various cybersecurity Capture-the-Flag (CTF) competitions. He earned a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Georgia Tech and a M.S. degree from Mercer University where he focused his studies on Radio Frequency (RF) engineering and RADAR systems. His thesis research was sponsored and funded by the US Air Force and was titled Automation of Electronic Attack Effectiveness Against Radio Frequency Guided Threats Encountered by the B-52.
Mr. Roberts is a cybersecurity expert with demonstrated strategic leadership capabilities who concentrates on stretching himself, growing the organization, and empowering researchers.