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Barry Horowitz

Position: Munster Professor of Systems and Information Engineering and Chair
Office: Olsson 114A
Phone: 434-924-0306
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Email: bh8e@virginia.edu
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Degrees:
Ph.D.EE,New York University
M.S.EE, New York University
B.E.,City College of New York

Biography:

Dr. Horowitz joined the University of Virginia’s faculty as a Professor in the Systems and Information Engineering Department in September 2001, after an industrial career involving the application of systems engineering to many large and complex systems. Since joining the University he has focused his research efforts on the application of distributed networking technologies and Service Oriented Architectures to wireless systems, and to economic models related to cyber security. He is the Director for the UVa research site of the National Science Foundation sponsored Industry/University Cooperative Research Center called WICAT (Wireless Internet Center for Advanced Technology). WICAT, started by Horowitz three years ago, currently involves ten UVA faculty members in the Systems Engineering and Electrical and Computer Engineering Departments working with electronic systems focused government agencies and large industrial firms on systems research efforts involving wireless technologies. Horowitz also is engaged in research on cyber security, focusing on the economics surrounding investments in cyber security and on system-level solutions for enhancing cyber security.

From 1969 through 1996 he was employed in a variety of positions at the Mitre Corporation, including the last five years as President and CEO and the three prior years as Executive Vice President and COO. In 1996 he founded Concept Five Technologies, an e-business systems development company focused on the creation and application of standards-based software integration frameworks for the secure integration of large business-to-business e-business systems. From 1996 through August 2001 he served as Founder, Chairman and CEO of the Company.

As a result of his efforts, in 1991 he has received the Air Force’s highest award for a civilian and in 1996 was elected into the National Academy of Engineering. He is also a member of the Tau Beta Pi and Eta Kappa Nu honor societies and was awarded the AFCEA Gold Medal of Engineering in 1990.

Dr. Horowitz is currently serving as a member of the Naval Studies Board (NSB) of the National Academy of Science. Since joining UVa he has also participated as a panel member on a variety of studies conducted by the Defense Science Board, the Army Science Board and the National Academy of Engineering.

Research Interests:

  • Cyber security, focusing on the economics surrounding investments in cyber security and on system-level solutions for enhancing cyber security
  • Concepts for intelligence systems for tracking and intercepting scenarios related to terrorism, to the application of distributed networking technologies to systems involving unattended ground sensors and robots, and to economic models related to cyber security
  • Research related to the integration of peer-to-peer networking technology with Service Oriented Software Architectures as a means for supporting mobile users in large scale enterprise systems

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Representative Publications:

  1. Barry M. Horowitz and Joost Santos (2009). Runway Safety at Airports: A Systematic Approach for Implementing Ultra-Safe Options. Journal of Air Transport Management, Volume 15, Issue 6, Pages 357-362, November.
  2. Haimes, Y.Y., K.G. Crowther, and B.M. Horowitz (2008). Homeland Security Preparedness; Balancing Protection with Resilience in Emergent Systems. Systems Engineering, Volume 11, No. 4, 2008.
  3. Amin, S.M., Barry M Horowitz (2008). Toward Agile and Resilient Large-Scale Systems: Adaptive Robust National/International Infrastructures. Global Journal of Flexible Systems Management, Volume 9, No 1.
  4. Johnson, E., S., E. Dynes, E. Andricic and B.M. Horowitz (2007). Economic Costs of Firm-Level Information Infrastructure Failures: Estimates from Field Studies in Manufacturing Supply Chains. International Journal of Logistics Management, Vol. 18, No.3, 2007.
  5. Wells, L. and B.M. Horowitz (2007). Methodology for the Ranking of Suicide Bomber Recruitment Preferences using Multiple Sources of Data. Journal of Homeland Security, 4, (2), 2007.
  6. Garcia A. and B.M. Horowitz (2007). The Potential for Underinvestment in Internet Security: Implications for Regulatory Policy. Journal of Regulatory Economics, 31, (1), pp. 37-55, 2007.
  7. Horowitz, B.M. and J.H. Lambert (2006). Learn As You Go Systems Engineering. IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, Part A., 36, (2), pp. 286-297, 2006.
  8. Andrijcic, E. and B.M. Horowitz (2006). A Macro-Economic Methodology for Evaluation of Cyber Security Risks Related to Protection of Intellectual Property. Risk Analysis, 26 (4), pp. 907-924, 2006.
  9. Haimes, Y.Y., B.M. Horowitz, J.H. Lambert, J.R. Santos, C. Lian, and K.G. Crowther (2005). Inoperability input-output model (IIM) for interdependent infrastructure sectors: theory and methodology. Journal of Infrastructure Systems 11 (2), pp. 67-79, 2005a.
  10. Haimes, Y.Y., B.M. Horowitz, J.H. Lambert, J.R. Santos, K.G. Crowther, and C. Lian (2005). Inoperability input-output model (IIM) for interdependent infrastructure sectors: case study. Journal of Infrastructure Systems 11(2): pp. 80-92, 2005b.

Other Activities:

  • Currently leading a study for the NSB on information assurance

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