COL Rob Harrison, Ph.D.

COL Rob Harrison is an associate professor and computer science program director in the Department of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science. at the United States Military Academy (USMA). He also is the director of USMA's Cyber Research Center.

He graduated from USMA in 2003 and received master's degree in engineering and his doctorate in computer science from Princeton University.

COL Harrison has served in multiple assignments as a Signal Corps officer and network systems engineer (FA26A) in both conventional and special operations units. He has deployed three times in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.

He is a graduate of Airborne School, the Signal Officer Basic Course, the Signal Captain’s Career Course, the Telecommunications Systems Engineer Course and the Command and General Staff Officer Course. His research interests include programmable network hardware and software, network routing and management, and cybersecurity.