Paulo Costa
Professor at Department of Cyber Security Engineering at George Mason University
Virginia, United States
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Top SchoolPaulo Costa is a seasoned academic and cyber security leader who chairs the Department of Cyber Security Engineering at George Mason University and directs the university’s Center of Excellence in C5I. A retired Brazilian Air Force lieutenant colonel and former fighter pilot, he brings operational C4I and electronic warfare experience to academic research in probabilistic ontologies, Bayesian inference, and multi-sensor data fusion. He also serves as Vice President for Securing Automation and Supply Chain Security at the Cybersecurity Manufacturing Innovation Institute, bridging military-grade command-and-control thinking with industrial cybersecurity for resilient supply chains. With a PhD in Information Technology focused on command and control and two decades of leadership in research, teaching, and national partnerships, he is adept at turning complex probabilistic reasoning into practical security architectures. Notably, his career blends frontline defense strategy with formal ontology engineering—an uncommon mix that informs both policy and technical solutions. Based in Virginia, he combines deep systems-engineering rigor with hands-on experience in cyber-physical systems safety and security.
9 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
BSc, Engineering, BSc, Engineering at Academia da Força AéreaPhD, Information Technology - Command and Control, PhD, Information Technology - Command and Control at George Mason UniversityCertificate, Electronic Warfare Specialist, Certificate, Electronic Warfare Specialist at Dundridge College
English, Portuguese
Github Skills (55)
password-manager10
keepass9
security9
linux9
yubikey9
windows-application9
fusion9
owl9
uncertainty9
macos8
rdf8
privacy8
windows8
evaluation8
wallpaper-manager7
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
adelphi23/urref
May 2017 - May 2021
URREF Ontology supporting the Uncertainty Representation and Reasoning Evaluation Framework (URREF) - an initiative of the International Society of Information Fusion (ISIF)
Contributions:1 release, 1 review, 58 commits in 4 years 1 month
representationowlevaluation-frameworkevaluationinitiative
adelphi23/pcdot
Aug 2021 - Sep 2021
Contributions:7 pushes, 1 branch in 7 days
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