Pat Pannuto, PhD

Pat Pannuto is an Associate Professor at the University of California San Diego. Pat received a PhD from the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences at the University of California, Berkeley and an MSE in Computer Science and BSE in Computer Engineering from the University of Michigan. Pat's research is in the broad area of networked embedded systems, with contributions to computer architecture, wireless communications, mobile computing, operating systems, and development engineering. Pat's work has been recognized as a Top Pick in Computer Architecture, a Distinguished Paper at ASPLOS, a Best Paper at OSDI, and selected as a Best Paper Finalist at IPSN; Pat has been awarded NSF, NDSEG, and Qualcomm Innovation fellowships. Pat has also received teaching awards from the Computer Science Department, the College of Engineering, and the Rackham Graduate School at the University of Michigan and mentoring awards from the Computer Science and Engineering Department at the University of California, San Diego. You can find more information at patpannuto.com.

Healthcare is built on trust; it is a community and culture of people working together to provide the best outcomes for patients who need help. Cybersecurity, unfortunately, is the opposite and demands that every individual question every interaction. At heart, I am an infrastructure person. I like building things that empower others, and I want to build technologies that shield healthcare from bad actors, that practitioners and patients can rely on, and that preserve and restore trust across the healthcare ecosystem.