John Villasenor

John Villasenor

Professor of Public Policy, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Management, and Law

Education:

Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, Stanford University
M.S. in Electrical Engineering, Stanford University
B.S. in Electrical Engineering, University of Virginia

Areas of Interest:

Cybersecurity, Digital Media, Information Technology, Innovation, Intellectual Property

Phone:

(310) 825-7667

Email:

villa@ee.ucla.edu

Office Location:

TBD
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John Villasenor is a professor of public policy, electrical and computer engineering, management, and law at UCLA, a nonresident senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, and a National Fellow at the Hoover Institution. He is also a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, and an affiliate of the Center for International Security and Cooperation (CISAC) at Stanford. Villasenor’s work considers the technology, policy, and legal issues arising from key technology trends including the growth of artificial intelligence, the increasing complexity and interdependence of today’s networks and systems, and continued advances in computing and communications.

He has written for the AtlanticBillboard, the Chronicle of Higher EducationFast CompanyForbes, the Huffington Post, the Los Angeles Times, the New York Times, Scientific AmericanSlate, and the Washington Post, and for many academic journals. Prior to joining the faculty at UCLA, Villasenor was with the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, where he developed methods of imaging the earth from space. He holds a B.S. from the University of Virginia, and an M.S. and Ph.D. from Stanford University.

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