Richard Weiss teaches computer science,cybersecurity, and math and has been at Evergreen for nearly 20 years. Professor Weiss' academic interests include cybersecurity and cybersecurity education, computer vision and robotics, applications of machine learning, computer architecture, computational geometry, and differential geometry.
"I came to Evergreen in 2005 because of its interdisciplinary approach to education, and I stayed because of the students and their interest in exploring and learning".
Richard's current research focuses on the application of machine learning to cybersecurity education, he shares, "I have been working on the EDURange project since 2011". EDURange is a platform for developing hands-on cybersecurity exercises and a collection of exercises. Richard has published over 25 papers and received four grants from the National Science Foundation in support of his work.
About teaching, Professor Weiss shares, "my teaching goal is to empower students to learn about computer science and math". Richard centers his courses and teaching around his student's needs interests, allowing him to meet each student where they are in their learning. "I think it is important to understand the theory, but it needs to be grounded in the applications, which require a synthesis of knowledge that goes beyond computer science and math".
