Adam Elbirt

Current

• Senior Member of Technical Staff at The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc.

Past

• Assistant Professor at University of Massachusetts Lowell
• Hardware Guru at NTRU Cryptosystems
• TA, RA, and Instructor at Worcester Polytechnic Institute

• Senior Software Engineer at Viewlogic Systems, Inc.
• Senior Design Engineer at MKS Instruments
• Design Engineer at Sensis Corporation
• Member of Technical Staff at Raytheon Missile Systems

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Education

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute
• Cornell University
• Tufts University

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Recommended

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Connections

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Industry

Computer & Network Security

Websites

• My Website

Adam Elbirt’s Summary

Adam J. Elbirt received his B.S. degree in electrical engineering from Tufts University in 1991, his M.Eng. degree in electrical engineering from Cornell University in 1993, and his Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering at Worcester Polytechnic Institute in 2002. Doctor Elbirt is currently a Digital Design Engineer (Senior Member of Technical Staff) in the Hardware Design and Development Directorate at the Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc. His research interests include computer architecture, digital system design, real-time and embedded systems, reconfigurable computing, and information security. Prior to joining Draper Laboratories, Doctor Elbirt spent six years as an Assistant Professor at the University of Massachusetts Lowell. He was the Director of the Information Security Laboratory and the Associate Director of the Center for Network and Information Security. Prior to his appointment at the University of Massachusetts Lowell, Doctor Elbirt spent nearly ten years in industry working as a hardware and software developer, embedded systems designer, programmable logic specialist, and field applications engineer.

Adam Elbirt’s Specialties:

Computer architecture, digital system design, real-time and embedded systems, reconfigurable computing, and information security.

Adam Elbirt’s Experience

• Senior Member of Technical Staff

  The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc.

  (Non-Profit; 1001-5000 employees; Defense & Space industry)

  June 2008 — Present (7 months)

• Assistant Professor

  University of Massachusetts Lowell

  (Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Higher Education industry)

  July 2002 — June 2008 (6 years)

• Hardware Guru

  NTRU Cryptosystems

  (Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Computer & Network Security industry)

  February 2001 — July 2002 (1 year 6 months)

• TA, RA, and Instructor

  Worcester Polytechnic Institute

  (Educational Institution; 501-1000 employees; Higher Education industry)

  November 1998 — May 2002 (3 years 7 months)

• Senior Software Engineer

  Viewlogic Systems, Inc.

  (Public Company; 51-200 employees; Computer Software industry)

  June 1996 — October 1998 (2 years 5 months)

• Senior Design Engineer

  MKS Instruments

  (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; MKSI; Semiconductors industry)

  July 1994 — June 1996 (2 years)

• Design Engineer

  Sensis Corporation

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Hardware industry)

  July 1993 — July 1994 (1 year 1 month)

• Member of Technical Staff

  Raytheon Missile Systems

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; RTN; Defense & Space industry)

  June 1991 — September 1992 (1 year 4 months)

Adam Elbirt’s Education

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

  PhD, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science (Minor), Management (Minor), 1998 — 2002

  Activities and Societies:

  Eta Kappa Nu

• Cornell University

  MEng, Electrical Engineering, 1992 — 1993

• Tufts University

  BSEE, Electrical Engineering, 1987 — 1991

  Activities and Societies:

  Alpha Sigma Phi Fraternity.

Additional Information

Adam Elbirt’s Websites:

• My Website

Adam Elbirt’s Interests:

Research interests include applying technology to sports, implementing information security in resource constrained systems, power and energy analysis of embedded processors using LabVIEW for data acquisition/analysis, and developing reconfigurable architectures for security applications. Personal interests include fishing and baseball.

Adam Elbirt’s Groups:

IEEE Senior Member
ACM
Eta Kappa Nu
Sigma Chi

•    Cornell University Alumni Network
•    Information Security Expert Center
•    On Startups - The Community For Entrepreneurs
•    Electrical/Electronics and Computer Development Engineers Group, 1500+ Members
•    Tufts University Alumni
•    SemiconductorJobs.com
•    Embedded
•    Information Security Community
•    Boston Innovators
•    Security Regulation
•    Worcester Polytechnic Institute Alumni Association
•    CRYPTOcrats
•    Boston Tech Professionals Network
•    FPGA - Field Programmable Gate Array
•    Worcester Polytechnic Institute Alumni
•    Information Security Experts
•    Embedded Systems Group
•    Information Security Network
•    LabVIEW Linked
•    Embedded Technologies
•    Computer Experts
•    Network Security Community
•    Defense Industry Network
•    Security Leaders Group
•    Defense & Aerospace Networking Professionals
•    Raytheon Veterans

Adam Elbirt’s Honors:

Award of Excellence for Outstanding Professor of the Year, 2004, Eta Kappa Nu, Epsilon Zeta chapter.
Nominated for the Teacher Who Exceeds Expectations Award, May 2004, Student Government Association, University of Massachusetts Lowell.
Oustanding Performer Award, 1997, Viewlogic Systems, Inc.

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