Academic Service: Dr. Shiu-Kai Chin is Professor (Emeritus) and Research Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at Syracuse University (SU). His research focuses on mission assurance and formally verifying system security and trustworthiness using higher-order logic. Dr. Chin and Dr. / Col. (USAF retired) William “Dollar” Young developed STORM (System-Theoretic Technical and Operational Risk Management). STORM integrates Dollar’s STPA-Sec (System Theoretic Process Analysis for Security) with Shiu-Kai’s CSBD (Certified Security by Design). STORM has been developed and applied to specific problems with support from the Air Force Research Laboratory Information Directorate (AFRL/RI), the National Security Agency (NSA), Northrop Grumman, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), and the National Science Foundation (NSF). He and Dr. Susan Older wrote the textbook, Access Control, Security, and Trust: A Logical Approach, CRC Press, 2010.

At SU, he served in several roles including Program Coordinator for the MS Cyber Security Program, Program Director for Computer Engineering, Director for the NY State Center for Advanced Technology in Advanced Systems Engineering, Interim Dean of the College of Engineering and Computer Science, Provost’s Faculty Fellow, Co-Chair Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility (DEIA) Strategic Plan Taskforce, and Co-Lead DEIA Office and DEIA Strategic Plan Implementation.

In 2024, he received the Chancellor’s Medal, SU’s highest honor, in recognition of “his impactful, accomplished career at Syracuse University as a faculty member and as an innovative academic leader who has inspired and engaged others in transformational initiatives.”

Industry Service: For eleven years, Dr. Chin was an engineer at General Electric’s Aerospace Business Group’s Electronics Laboratory (ELAB). At ELAB he served several roles including a VLSI (Very Large Scale Integrated) chip designer, Senior Engineer, and Program Manager. His products include: (1) a nuclear fuel-rod monitor for GE boiling water reactors – including the Kuosheng Nuclear Power Plant in Taiwan, produced by GE Nuclear, (2) a custom memory management unit for the STAR heart imaging system produced by GE Medical Systems, and (3) the Module Signal Controller - the first full-custom radiation-hard CMOS controller fully integrated with C-band GaAs T/R modules for space-based phased array radars, developed for the AFRL Sensors Directorate. Dr. Chin is a graduate of the 3.5-year GE Advanced Course in Engineering (ACE) leadership program.

Government Service: For four years, Dr. Chin was a research scientist at the AFRL Defensive Information Warfare Branch. His duties included: (1) building integrated circuits through the MOSIS fabrication service that were designed and verified using formal logic, (2) reasoning about security properties of network protocols such as NSA's MISSI (multi-level information system security initiative) and Privacy Enhanced Mail (PEM), (3) planning technology development programs, (4) developing examples for use by educators, and (5) representing AFRL on the InfoSec Research Council. He was an instructor in the AFRL Advanced Course in Engineering (ACE) Cybersecurity Boot Camp from its founding in 2003 through 2020.

Community Service: He is a Commissioner and Financial Officer for the Syracuse Regional Airport Authority. He is on the Board of Directors of InterFaith Works and served as its chair. He is an Honorary Trustee and the longest serving Trustee of WCNY, Public Broadcasting in Central New York. He served 17 years on the board of the Griffiss Institute. In 2023 he was awarded a Lifetime Service Award from the Griffiss Institute. In 2024 he was awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award by TACNY (Technology Alliance of Central New York).