Elisa Bertino

American academic

Elisa Bertino is a professor of computer science at Purdue University where is acting as the research director of CERIAS, the Center for Education and Research in Information Assurance and Security. In May 2026 she was elected President of the Association for Computing Machinery, the world's largest association of computing professionals.²

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Born 1957.¹

About

Bertino's research interests include data privacy and computer security.

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Companies

Association for Computing MachineryChair Jul 1, 2026 to now¹⁴

Early life and education

Date not recordedUniversity of Pisa³

Bertino received her Ph.D. from the University of Pisa in 1980 under the supervision of Costantino Thanos. After postdoctoral research on IBM System R at the IBM Almaden Research Center, and then working for the Microelectronics and Computer Technology Corporation, she returned to academia. She was for many years on the faculty of the University of Milan, and chaired the computer science department there.

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Career

Occupation: computer scientist, university teacher.⁷

Since 2026Chair, Association for Computing Machinery⁶
Date not recordedWorked at University of Milan⁴
Date not recordedWorked at Purdue University^{4 5}
Date not recordedWorked at University of Genoa^{4 5}

Personal life

Born1957, Rome⁸
CitizenshipItaly⁹

Awards

2021Inspiring Fifty Italy^{10 13}
2019Athena Lecturer^{10 12}
2016Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science^{5 10}
2005Tsutomu Kanai Award^{5 10}
2003ACM Fellow^{10 11}
Date not recordedIEEE Fellow^{5 10}

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