Anupam Joshi

Anupam Joshi is the Vice Provost, Chief Artificial Intelligence (AI) Officer and Oros Family Professor in the University of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD, USA. He is also the Director of the UMBC Cybersecurity Institute.

Professor Joshi is regarded as a leading expert in Artificial Intelligence and Cybersecurity and has often been interviewed by the media for his opinions on cyberattacks, AI and ChatGPT

Professor Joshi was named Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (FAAAS) in 2026 . He was named Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in 2015 for contributions to security, privacy and data management in mobile and pervasive systems.

He was named Fellow of the American Council on Education (ACE) for 2022-23

Early life Anupam Joshi was born in New Delhi to famous Hindi author Manohar Shyam Joshi and Dr. Bhagwati Joshi. His initial schooling was from Modern School, New Delhi. He earned his undergraduate degree in Electrical Engineering from IIT Delhi and a PhD in computer science from Purdue University.

Career Anupam Joshi is a member of the Maryland Council of Cybersecurity appointed by the Maryland Attorney General.

He was the Acting Dean of the UMBC College of Engineering and Information Technology from 2023-2025.

He served as the Chair of the Computer Science and Electrical Engineering Department in the University of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD, from 2015-2023.

He led the Accelerated Cognitive Cybersecurity Lab that was supported by IBM.

He is the author of more than 300 refereed publications, with over 34,000 citations and h-index of 97. He has received research grants and contracts from a variety of sources.

Prior to joining the UMBC, he held positions at the University of Missouri, and Purdue University. He was also a Visiting Faculty at the Center of Excellence in Cyber Security and Information Assurance, IIT Delhi.