Farnam Jahanian — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

President of Carnegie Mellon University since March 2018.
Co-founded Arbor Networks in 2001, an internet security company, serving as chairman until its acquisition in 2010.
His research on internet infrastructure security and routing stability earned an ACM SIGCOMM Test of Time Award in 2008.
Led the National Science Foundation Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) from 2011 to 2014.
Serves as chair of the National Research Council's Computer Science and Telecommunications Board (CSTB).
Holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Texas at Austin.
Is a fellow of ACM, AAAS, and IEEE.

Biography

Farnam Jahanian serves as the 10th president of Carnegie Mellon University, a position he was appointed to in March 2018. Prior to his presidency, he held several leadership roles at CMU, including interim president, provost and chief academic officer from May 2015 to June 2017, and vice president for research starting in 2014. Before joining CMU, Jahanian led the National Science Foundation Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) from 2011 to 2014.