Dr. David G. Balash

David Balash received a bachelor's degree in computer engineering from Iowa State University. He worked as a software engineer in multiple industries including telecommunications, transportation, defense, and finance. While working he continued to pursue his academic goals and earned a master’s degree in computer science from The George Washington University. In 2021, he returned to graduate school full time to complete his Ph.D. in computer science also from The George Washington University.

Dr. Balash’s scholarly activities contribute to the area of usable security and privacy, which focuses on human factors in security, a discipline at the intersection of human computer interaction and computer security. Research problems in usable security ask questions not just about how to measure and design secure systems but also about how humans, as users and designers of these systems, play a fundamental role in their security. He is also pursuing new research that will investigate the emergent risks around bias, security and privacy that arise from artificial intelligence and machine learning systems.