Vitaly Ford
Assistant Professor at Tennessee Technological University
Cheltenham Township, Pennsylvania, United States
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Top SchoolVitaly Ford is an Assistant Professor and cybersecurity-focused software architect with eight years of experience blending hands-on engineering, research, and teaching at Arcadia University and Tennessee Tech. He holds a PhD in Computer Science (Cybersecurity) and has a track record coaching award-winning collegiate red and blue teams, directing cybersecurity R&D, and coordinating a student WiCyS chapter. Vitaly’s background spans practical systems development—from precision computer vision measurement tools to incident response and Linux administration—giving him unusual depth across hardware-adjacent vision systems and cyber defense. A passionate educator obsessed with making computer science accessible, he mentors students into competition winners and research contributors while maintaining active academic and community roles. He also publishes and shares work through his personal link portfolio, signaling a commitment to open dissemination beyond traditional papers.
9 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
5.0 out of 5.0, 5.0 out of 5.0 at Russia, Yekaterinburg, Math SchoolEngineer's degree, Information Systems and Technologies, 5.0 out of 5.0, Engineer's degree, Information Systems and Technologies, 5.0 out of 5.0 at Ural Federal UniversityDoctor of Philosophy (PhD), Computer Science (Cybersecurity), 4.0, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Computer Science (Cybersecurity), 4.0 at College of Engineering at Tennessee Technological University
Russian, English
Github Skills (15)
cybersecurity6
application6
fine-tuning6
llm5
vector-database5
ocr5
parser2
document-processing2
parsing2
llama-index2
information-extraction2
python1
agent1
json-api1
flask1
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
vitalyford/gencybercoin
May 2018 - Mar 2022
GenCyberCoin is a project sponsored by NSA/NSF GenCyber program.
Contributions:253 commits, 24 PRs, 140 pushes in 3 years 10 months
nsfnsa
vitalyford/vitalyford.github.io
Aug 2017 - Jul 2026
Contributions:15 PRs, 163 pushes, 16 branches in 9 years
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