James Solderitsch

Jim Solderitsch is currently an Adjunct Professor in Computing Sciences after a 6 year role as an Associate Professor of Practice in the Electrical and Computer Engineering department at Villanova University. He re-joined the Villanova faculty in the Fall of 2014 after having spent over 25 years in industry in various research and development roles including a 4 year senior role within the Accenture Tech Labs Cybersecurity research group. He began his academic career at Villanova, after finishing his PhD at Lehigh University, in the Villanova Mathematical Sciences department where he had a leading role in establishing Villanova's Bachelor of Science in Computer Science program. His current interests, besides Cyber-Physical Systems and the Internet of Things, include Blockchain, Big Data Analytics for Security, Machine Learning in a security context, and Security for Industrial Control Systems and the Internet of Things.