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Chad Arnold Bollmann

Assistant Professor
Electrical and Computer Engineering

Phone: (831) 656-1819

Overview

Chad Bollmann is a Commander in the U.S. Navy and Permanent Military Professor in the Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering at the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) in Monterey, CA.
He received a B.S. in Ocean Engineering from the United States Naval Academy in 1996, M.S. degrees in Nuclear Engineering and Technology & Policy from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1998, and his Ph.D in Electrical Engineering from NPS in 2018. Prior to his selection as a Permanent Military Professor, he served from 1998 to 2012 as a submarine warfare officer aboard Los Angeles and Ohio-class nuclear submarines. His research interests include computer network traffic modeling and anomaly detection, 5G and wireless communications security, and computer hardware and software reverse engineering.
NPS Experience
  • 2014 - current: Assistant Professor
Research Interests
Computer network security, predictive analytics and security in cognitive systems, network traffic modeling and analysis, and alpha-stable distributions.
Teaching Interests
Cyber security, computer networks, network traffic modeling and analysis.

Scholarly Work

Publications
  • Research Reports
  • Bollmann, C. A, (2019). Cyber System Assurance through Improved Network Anomaly Modeling and Detection.
Presentations
  • Discussants
  • Bollmann, C. A., Radio Interview, "Naval Postgraduate School Conducts Education And Research In Cyber Warfare," NPR, https://www.kazu.org/kazu-news/2021-09-30/naval-postgraduate-school-conducts-education-and-research-in-cyber-warfare. (September 1, 2021).
  • Bollmann, C. A. (Discussant), Walzer, L. M. (Discussant), & Butrimus, V. (Discussant), Politico Pro, "The cyber bug in the EU's Green Deal," EAG. (September 1, 2021).
  • Bollmann, C. A. (Discussant), Walzer, L. M. (Discussant), & Butrimus, V. (Discussant), Politico Pro, "What the US Colonial pipeline cyberattack means for Europe," EAG. (September 1, 2021).
  • Lectures
  • Bollmann, C. A. (Author & Presenter), NPS Junior Faculty Research Seminar, "Stable Distributions for Network Anomaly Detection," NPS, CA, United States. (May 18, 2022).
  • Oral Presentations
  • Bollmann, C. A. (Author & Presenter), 6th Annual NMIOTC Maritime Cybersecurity Conference, "A PROTOTYPE AIS INPUT SANITIZER TO CONSTRAIN THE ATTACK SURFACE OF INTEGRATED BRIDGE AND NAVIGATION SYSTEMS," NATO Maritime Interdiction Operations Training Center, NMIOTC Headquarters, CA, Greece. (September 28, 2022).
  • Bollmann, C. A. (Author & Presenter), NPS Teaching Fellows, "Overhauling Introductory Cyber Courses - Teaching Fellows Wrap-Up," NPS Office of Teaching and Learning, Online. (October 1, 2021).
  • Posters
  • Bollmann, C. A. (Author & Presenter), International Conference on Signal Processing and Communication Systems, "Modeling Worm Propagation and Insider Threat in Air-Gapped Network using Modified SEIQV Model," IEEE, Hilton Conference Center, Australia. (December 19, 2019).