Vitaly Shmatikov is a Professor at Cornell Tech, part of Cornell University's Ann S. Bowers College of Computing and Information Science. His research interests lie in the areas of computer science, focusing on topics such as privacy, security, and data protection. Shmatikov has published numerous papers in prestigious conferences like ACM/IEEE Symposium on Logic in Computer Science, showing a strong commitment to advancing the field of security. He previously worked at the University of Texas at Austin and has received multiple outstanding/distinguished paper awards, particularly at the USENIX Security conference. Shmatikov holds a Ph.D. in computer science and a Master's degree in engineering economic systems, both from Stanford University, reflecting a solid academic background that bolsters his contributions to the field.