Anu G. Bourgeois

Health Informatics, Security & Privacy, Wireless & Sensor Networks, and CS Education

Anu Bourgeois is a Professor in the Department of Computer Science at Georgia State University. She earned her Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Louisiana State University. Her research focuses on distributed computing, particularly in health informatics, security and privacy, wireless and sensor networks, and their intersections.

From 2006 to 2019, Dr. Bourgeois served as the Undergraduate Director for the CS Department at GSU, fostering her passion for computer science education research and broadening participation in computing.

Dr. Bourgeois has held significant leadership roles in major conferences, including serving as General co-Chair for the 37th and 34th IEEE International Parallel and Distributed Processing Symposium (2023 and 2020), Program co-Chair for the 12th IEEE International Conference on Internet of Things (2019), and the 9th IEEE International Conference on Social Computing and Networking (2016). She actively contributes to organizing and program committees for numerous other conferences and workshops.

Currently, Dr. Bourgeois serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Advances in Networks, the IPDPS Steering Committee, and advisory boards for IEEE TCPP, the MS Pathways Consortium, the Georgia Department of Education (GaDOE) Computer Science, and the DeKalb County School District Business and CS Board (as President).

Her research has been supported by federal agencies, including NSF, NIH, DoD, and CDC; state agencies such as GaDOE; industry leaders like Google and Facebook/Meta; and private foundations such as CIC and Reboot Representation.

She is a Senior Member of IEEE.