Eminent Chair Professor in the Department of Computer Science & Software Engineering, Director of the Artificial Intelligence & Identity Research Lab – Samuel Ginn College of Engineering
Dr. Dozier is the Charles D. McCrary Eminent Chair Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering and director of the Artificial Intelligence & Identity Research Lab. His research interests include artificial intelligence, machine learning, cyber identity, neural networks and facial recognition. Dr. Dozier earned a Ph.D. in computer science at North Carolina State University, Raleigh. Prior to his arrival at Auburn in 2017, he was professor and chair of the Department of Computer Science at the North Carolina A&T State University, Greensboro, North Carolina, which was the first public HBCU in the nation to offer a Ph.D. in computer science.
In addition to several prominent leadership roles, Dr. Dozier was the founding director of the Center for Advanced Studies in Identity Science and the first director of the National Intelligence Science and Technology Center of Academic Excellence in the U.S. He has been the keynote speaker for numerous national cyber security expos and colloquiums, has been featured in Evolution magazine and was named “most promising in STEM” by United States Black Engineer & Information Technology. Dr. Dozier is the co-author of five book chapters, 36 refereed journal publications and more than 100 refereed conference publications. His research has been funded by the National Science Foundation, the U.S. Department of Defense, Bank of America, the Army Research Laboratory, the Department of Education, the National Reconnaissance Office and NASA.
