An Atlanta native, Beyah earned his master’s and Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Georgia Tech after completing his bachelor’s degree at North Carolina A&T State University.
Prior to his appointment as provost, Beyah served as Dean of the College of Engineering and Southern Company Chair at Georgia Tech from 2021 to 2025. Under his leadership, the College achieved top 10 national rankings across every engineering discipline, strengthening its reputation for innovation, research excellence, and student success.
Known for his collaborative leadership and commitment to mentorship, Beyah now serves as Georgia Tech’s chief academic officer, overseeing all academic units, including the Colleges, Library, and professional education, as well as academic and budgetary policy for the Institute.
Beyah is recognized as a leading expert in network security and privacy, with a research portfolio that bridges technology and societal impact. His work emphasizes interdisciplinary collaboration to solve real-world problems.
Master’s and Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology
Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, North Carolina A&T State University
IEEE Fellow (2024) – The highest echelon of membership in the world’s largest technical professional organization.
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Distinguished Scientist
Member of:
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE)
National Society of Black Engineers (Lifetime Member)
- Trustworthy IAP: An Intelligent Applications Profiler to Investigate Vulnerabilities of Consumer Electronic Devices
Jie Su, Zhen Hong, Lei Ye, Tao Liu, Sizhuang Liang, Shouling Ji, Gagangeet Singh Aujla, Raheem Beyah
IEEE Transactions on Consumer Electronics, 2024 - One Bad Apple Spoils the Barrel: Understanding the Security Risks Introduced by Third‑Party Components in IoT Firmware
Binbin Zhao, Shouling Ji, Jiacheng Xu, Yuan Tian, Qiuyang Wei, Qinying Wang, Chenyang Lyu, Xuhong Zhang, Changting Lin, Jingzheng Wu, Raheem Beyah
IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing (TDSC), 2024 - Detect Insider Attacks in Industrial Cyber‑physical Systems Using Multi‑physical Features‑based Fingerprinting
Zhen Hong, Lingling Lu, Dehua Zheng, Jiahui Suo, Peng Sun, Raheem Beyah, Zhenyu Wen - ACM Transactions on Sensor Networks, 2024
- ERACAN: Defending Against an Emerging CAN Threat Model
Zhaozhou Tang, Khaled Serag, Saman A. Zonouz, Z. Berkay Celik, Dongyan Xu, Raheem Beyah
ACM CCS, 2024 - Release the Hounds! Automated Inference and Empirical Security Evaluation of Field‑Deployed PLCs Using Active Network Data
Ryan Pickren, Animesh Chhotaray, Frank Li, Saman A. Zonouz, Raheem Beyah
ACM CCS, 2024 - Compromising Industrial Processes using Web‑Based Programmable Logic Controller Malware
Ryan Pickren, Tohid Shekari, Saman A. Zonouz, Raheem Beyah
NDSS, 2024 - SyzTrust: State‑aware Fuzzing on Trusted OS Designed for IoT Devices
Qinying Wang, Boyu Chang, Shouling Ji, Yuan Tian, Xuhong Zhang, Binbin Zhao, Gaoning Pan, Chenyang Lyu, Wenhai Wang, Raheem Beyah
IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy (IEEE S&P), 2024