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Travis Breaux is an Assistant Professor in the Software Societal Systems Department at Carnegie Mellon University. He received his Doctorate of Philosophy in Computer Science from North Carolina State University in 2009. He also holds Bachelor's degrees in Computer Information Science from the University of Oregon and in Anthropology from the University of Houston. Prior to joining Carnegie Mellon, Dr. Breaux conducted research at various renowned institutions, including the Institute for Defense Analyses, IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Laboratory, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, and the Center for Education and Research in Information Assurance and Security (CERIAS) at Purdue University. Additionally, in 2000, he volunteered with the United States Peace Corps in Mongolia, which prompted his transition from anthropology to computer science. His research interests focus on ensuring that information systems comply with policies, laws, and social norms, using formal languages to express policies in system requirements and tools to reason about conflicts, inconsistencies, and ambiguities in policies and software specifications. Dr. Breaux aims to improve the capabilities of requirements engineers, business analysts, and software developers in analyzing and refining policy requirements into measurable system specifications that can be monitored over time, engaging with communities that encompass diverse backgrounds and expertise.
Admission is extremely competitive with no strict GPA cut-offs; holistic review is used.