Dr. Vitaly Ford, on Being a New Professor at Arcadia
“Be persistent and explore. Find your passion, take it apart, and study it from top to bottom. As they say, ‘get comfortable with being uncomfortable.’”
The newest assistant professor of Computer Science and Mathematics, Dr. Vitaly Ford, is a cybersecurity specialist from Russia. Dr. Ford is a graduate of Ural Federal University (B.S. in Information Systems and Technology) and Tennessee Tech (M.S. and Ph.D. in computer science). As he acclimates to a new university and city, he has already organized a picnic for the Computer Science and Math departments, and has been holding weekly meetings with students, mentoring them as they compete in the National Cyber League cybersecurity competition.
