David Kotz is the Pat and John Rosenwald Professor in the Department of Computer Science at Dartmouth College, where he also served 15 years in administrative roles as Provost, Associate Dean, and center director. His current research involves security and privacy in smart homes and wireless networks. He has published over 280 refereed papers, received 12 patents, obtained $89m in grant funding, given over 200 invited lectures, and mentored over 100 research students and postdocs. He is a AAAS Fellow, an ACM Fellow, an IEEE Fellow, and an elected member of Phi Beta Kappa. He was a Visiting Fellow at Imperial College London (2025-26), a Visiting Professor at ETH Zürich (2019-20), and a Fulbright Fellow to India (2008-09). He received his AB in Computer Science and Physics from Dartmouth in 1986, and his PhD in Computer Science from Duke University in 1991.