Faculty

Dr. Guofei Gu is a Professor and holder of the Eppright Professorship in Engineering in the Department of Computer Science & Engineering at Texas A&M University. He received his Ph.D. in Computer Science from the Georgia Institute of Technology. His research focuses on network and systems security, with current emphasis on intelligent security (AI for cybersecurity and security for AI), programmable security for next-generation networks and systems, and ubiquitous security across mobile, IoT, Web/Web3, and emerging computing ecosystems.

Dr. Gu is an IEEE Fellow and ACM Distinguished Member. His honors include the NSF CAREER Award, AFOSR Young Investigator Award, Texas A&M Presidential Impact Fellow, and TEES Research Impact Award. He has made pioneering and influential contributions to botnet and malware detection, as well as programmable network security. His research has been recognized with the IEEE S&P Best Student Paper Award (2010), ICDCS Best Paper Award (2015), ACM ASIACCS Best Paper Award (2022), and Test of Time Awards from ACSAC (2023) and DSN (2025).

He has served extensively on the program committees of leading security conferences, including IEEE S&P, ACM CCS, USENIX Security, and NDSS. He is a Senior Associate Editor for the IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security and the IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing. He serves on the ACSAC Steering Committee and previously co-chaired the SecureComm Steering Committee.

Dr. Gu directs the SUCCESS Lab at Texas A&M University. More information is available on his personal website.