Kevin Fu
Professor,
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Professor,
Khoury College of Computer Sciences
Affiliated Faculty,
Bioengineering
Contact
- k.fu@northeastern.edu
- 360 Huntington Ave
Boston, MA 02115
Research Focus
Protecting emerging sensor technology in biomedical engineering and cyber-physical systems
Education
- PhD, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005
Honors & Awards
- 2023 Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation (AAMI) & MedCrypt Cybersecurity Visionary Award
- 2022 American Association of Advancement of Science (AAAS) Fellow
- 2022 Association of Computing Machinery (ACM) Fellow
- 2018 IEEE Fellow
- 2013 IEEE Senior Member
- 2011 Association of Computing Machinery (ACM) Senior Member
- 2009 NSF CAREER Award
Research Overview
Protecting emerging sensor technology in biomedical engineering and cyber-physical systems
Selected Publications
- “Protecting COVID-19 Vaccine Transportation and Storage from Analog Cybersecurity Threats” by Yan Long, Sara Rampazzi, Takeshi Sugawara, Kevin Fu. In AAMI Biomedical Instrumentation & Technology, pp. 112–117, September/October, 2021.
- “Cybersecurity of Cardiac Implantable Electronic Devices ” by David Slotwiner, Arnab Ray, Kevin Fu, Bruce L. Wilkoff. In Efimov I.R., Ng F.S., Laughner J.I. (eds) Cardiac Bioelectric Therapy Computers in Biology and Medicine, Springer, Cham., January 2021.
- “On Cuba, Diplomats, Ultrasound, and Intermodulation Distortion” by Chen Yan, Kevin Fu, Wenyuan Xu. In Computers in Biology and Medicine, Elsevier Press, Volume 104, January 2019, Pages 250-266. (previously released as University of Michigan Technical Report CSE-TR-001-18).
- “Cybersecurity concerns and medical devices: Lessons from a pacemaker advisory” by Dan Kramer, Kevin Fu. In Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), October 18, 2017.
- “Cybersecurity and medical devices: A practical guide for cardiac electrophysiologists” by Ben Ransford, Dan Kramer, Denis Foo Kune, Julio Auto de Medeiros, Chen Yan, Wenyuan Xu, Thomas Crawford, Kevin Fu. In Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology (PACE), 40(8), July, 2017.
Apr 08, 2025
Fu Addresses US Congressional Hearing on Cybersecurity Risks in Medical Devices
ECE Professor Kevin Fu raised concerns about the vulnerability of medical equipment to cybersecurity attacks when he spoke at a U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce subcommittee hearing. Fu served as the first director of medical device security at the Food and Drug Administration from 2021-2022.
Jan 31, 2025
2024 Stanford University Annual Assessment of Author Citations
The following COE professors are among the top scientists worldwide selected by Stanford University representing the top 2% of the most-cited scientists with single-year impact in various disciplines. The selection is based on the top 100,000 by c-score (with and without self-citations) or a percentile rank of 2% or above. The list below includes those who published a paper in 2024 or later.
Sep 19, 2024
Explaining Continued Consequences of Cyberattack on a Healthcare Provider
ECE/Khoury Professor Kevin Fu explains why some healthcare providers may still be suffering from a cyberattack that occurred this February on medical payment processing provider Change Healthcare and how the continued consequences represent a need for heightened government scrutiny.
Jul 22, 2024
Major Consequences of IT Outage
ECE/Khoury Professor Kevin Fu and ECE Professor and Interim Chair Josep Jornet explain the causes and implications of the Microsoft tech outage that grounded flights from major airlines and limited healthcare and financial services worldwide.
Mar 20, 2024
Securing Health Care Infrastructure Against Potentially Devastating Cyberattacks
ECE/Khoury Professor Kevin Fu advises the health care industry to more effectively protect its infrastructure from hackers who can infiltrate medical devices such as cancer radiation therapy machines.
Feb 28, 2024
Change Healthcare Cyberattack Caused by Flawed Cybersecurity Systems
ECE/Khoury Professor Kevin Fu explains how the poor design of Change Healthcare’s cybersecurity systems led to a nearly weeklong cyberattack.
Feb 12, 2024
New Technique Can Spy on Your Security Cameras Through Walls
ECE/Khoury Professor Kevin Fu was featured in the Interesting Engineering article “New Technique Can Spy on Your Security Cameras Through Walls” and the Tech-Fy article “Shocking! Hackers Can Spy on […]
Feb 09, 2024
Eavesdropping Cyberthreats Through Modern Security Cameras
Research of ECE/Khoury Professor Kevin Fu, who specializes in cybersecurity, uncovered a way to eavesdrop on most modern cameras, from home security cameras and dash cams to the camera on your phone. Called EM Eye, short for Electromagnetic Eye, the technique can capture the video from another person’s camera through walls in real time.
Dec 07, 2023
2023 Stanford University Annual Assessment of Author Citations
The following COE professors are among the top scientists worldwide selected by Stanford University representing the top 2% of the most-cited scientists with single-year impact in various disciplines. The selection is based on the top 100,000 by c-score (with and without self-citations) or a percentile rank of 2% or above.
Oct 25, 2023
Crickets May Be the Cause of Havana Syndrome
ECE/Khoury Professor Kevin Fu believes the real cause of the mysterious Havana syndrome is caused by the chirps of the short-tailed West Indies cricket.