Professor of Computer Science
Email: tomroberts@uttyler.edu
Building: COB 315.09
Department: Computer Science
Tom Roberts
Degrees
- Ph.D. Auburn University
- M.B.A Auburn University
- B.A. University of Oklahoma
Biography
Tom L. Roberts is a Professor of Information Systems for the Computer Science Department
in the College of Business & Technology at the University of Texas at Tyler. He was
formerly the Director of the Center of Information Assurance, Information Systems
Coordinator and Clifford R. King Professor of Information Systems at Louisiana Tech
University. He received his MBA and Ph.D. in Information Systems from Auburn University
and BA degree from the University of Oklahoma.
At Louisiana Tech, Dr. Roberts was the Project Lead for the university's pursuit of
NSA/DHS National Center of Excellence in Cyber Defense Education (CAE) and NSA/DHS
National Center of Excellence in Cyber Defense Research (CAE-R). Currently, Louisiana
Tech is one of only 35 universities in the United States to achieve both designations.
Teaching and Research Interests
Dr. Roberts' teaching interests include cyber security, digital forensics, IT risk
assessment, ethical hacking, and research methods. His research interests include
behavioral information security, cybersecurity, information privacy and disclosure,
information quality, data analytics, sports data analytics, healthcare informatics
and IT research methods.
He has published over 40 refereed journal articles and book chapters and has more
than 60 conference proceedings and presentations. This list includes publications
in many top journals such as MIS Quarterly, Journal of Management Information Systems,
Journal of the Association for Information Systems, Information Systems Journal, European
Journal of Information Systems, Information & Management, Computers & Security, IEEE
Transactions in Software Engineering, IEEE Transactions in Systems, Man, and Cybernetics,
IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication and others.
Curriculum Vitae