Kimberly A. Cornell

Dr. Kimberly A. Cornell is an Assistant Professor at the University at Albany’s College of Emergency Preparedness, Homeland Security, and Cybersecurity (CEHC), where she directs the Cybersecurity & Cryptography Lab. Her research spans cybersecurity, artificial intelligence (AI) for cybersecurity, quantum computing, and quantum information science, with a focus on leveraging AI to enhance security measures.  

Dr. Cornell has published on topics such as the security risks of publicly accessible large language models (LLMs) and the applicability of quantum machine learning (QML) to climate action. As part of her commitment to educating the next generation of cybersecurity experts, she actively mentors students in her lab and has secured funding to support undergraduate research initiatives.  Beyond research, Dr. Cornell is deeply engaged in service and outreach. She serves as the Honors Program Director in the Information Sciences and Technology Department and is an affiliated faculty member in the Computer Science Department. She is also a member of the university’s AI Plus Institute. Committed to inclusivity in education, she serves on CEHC’s Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (JEDI) Committee and participates in outreach initiatives such as Girl Scout Cybersecurity Day, which introduces young students to cybersecurity fundamentals.  

An active member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and a lifetime member of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), Dr. Cornell contributes to the cybersecurity and AI research communities through program committees, academic conferences, and interdisciplinary collaborations. Her research has received recognition, including Runner-Up for the Best Poster Paper Award at the IEEE BigData 2024 conference for her co-authored work on knowledge graph frameworks for quantum and classical computing. She has also been invited to speak at various academic events, including delivering a keynote at IEEE’s PerFail 2025 workshop. For more information, please visit her professional website.