Dr. David Lie

Professor

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Biography

David Lie is a Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Toronto, with a non-budgetary cross-appointment to the Faculty of Law. He holds a Canada Research Chair in Secure Reliable Systems (Tier 1) and serves as the Director of the Schwartz Reisman Institute for Technology and Society and Associate Director of the Data Sciences Institute at the same university. David obtained his BASc from the University of Toronto in 1998 and his MS and PhD from Stanford University in 2001 and 2004, respectively. He has received various awards, including the Connaught Global Challenge Award and the Ontario Ministry of Research and Innovation Early Researcher Award. He has served as a general chair for the ACM CCS 2018 conference and on numerous technical program committees for top conferences such as IEEE S&P and Usenix Security. Additionally, he held the position of Associate Editor for the IEEE Transactions on Cloud Computing and has been a visiting research scientist at Google. David has collaborated with leading researchers and technology companies globally, securing over $30M in competitive grant funding for his research efforts.

Research Interests

Experience

Professor

2004-01-01 — Present

University of Toronto • Toronto, ON, Canada

Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering with a focus on secure systems and law.

Visiting Research Scientist

2016-01-01 — 2017-01-01

Google •

Conducted research related to security and technology.

Chief Security Architect

2009-01-01 — 2010-01-01

Enomaly • Toronto, ON, Canada

Lead security initiatives for an emerging technology startup.

Associate Chair, Graduate Studies

2012-01-01 — 2015-01-01

University of Toronto •

Oversaw graduate studies programs and initiatives.

Awards

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Connaught Global Challenge Award

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Ontario Ministry of Research and Innovation Early Researcher Award

Requirements for University of Toronto

Master Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3.3
IELTS
Listening
Required:6.5
Reading
Required:6.5
Writing
Required:6.5
Speaking
Required:6.5
Overall
Required:7
TOEFL
Listening
Required:22
Reading
Required:22
Writing
Required:22
Speaking
Required:22
Total
Required:93
Prerequisites
Appropriate four-year bachelor's degree Background in sociological theory and statistics preferred
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Specialization Notes

Department of Sociology