Bhagirath Narahari received his PhD from the University of Pennsylvania in 1987. He joined The George Washington University in 1987, where he is currently a Professor in the Department of Computer Science. From 1999 – 2002 he was the founding Chair of the Department of Computer Science. His research interests are in the areas of  Software Security, Architecture support for trustworthy computing, Computer Architecture, Embedded Systems, Pervasive computing, Networks, and Parallel Computing. Since Fall 1999, he has collaboratively formed and led the GWU research group in embedded systems and compilers. Prof. Narahari has published several refereed articles in various areas of embedded systems, security, architecture, networks, parallel processing and computer systems.  His current research focuses on compiler, operating system and hardware support for software security, with projects funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR).  Prof. Narahari's prior research has been funded by the National Science Foundation, AFOSR, Rome Air Force Labs, NASA, NSA and America Online (AOL), and included research in power-aware computing,  embedded systems, optimizing compilers,  software systems and specification, and pervasive computing. His research projects have included both fundamental research and software deliverables including an open source research compiler infrastructure for the Intel Itanium processor.