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 cyberphysical systems
Education
- PhD, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005
Honors & Awards
- 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 cyberphysical 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 19, 2023
Why FDA’s New Cyber Device Regs Are a ‘Watershed Moment’
ECE/Khoury Professor Kevin Fu was featured in the Bank Info Security article “Why FDA’s New Cyber Device Regs Are a ‘Watershed Moment’” for how the new regulations will ensure uniformity.

Jan 31, 2023
Kevin Fu and Raymond Fu Elected AAAS Fellows
ECE/Khoury Professors Kevin Fu and Yun Raymond Fu were elected as American Association for the Advancement of Science 2022 Fellows in the Information, Computing & Communication section.

Jan 18, 2023
Fu Selected as ACM Fellow
ECE/Khoury Professor Kevin Fu was named a Fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery for contributions to computer security, and especially to the secure engineering of medical devices.

Dec 20, 2022
New Faculty Spotlight: Kevin Fu
Kevin Fu joins the Electrical and Computer Engineering department in January 2023 as a Professor with a joint appointment in Khoury College of Computer Sciences.