Background
Gligor was born in Zalău, Romania where he earned a national scholarship to study in the United States.
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Virgil Dorin Gligor
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University of California, Berkeley.
Career
He worked as a professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Maryland from 1976 until 2007. In 2008, he became a professor at Carnegie Mellon University where he is also co-Director of the University’s CyLab.
Achievements
Politics
According to Gligor, his childhood in the "very controlled environment" of Romanian communism and the later authoritarian regime of Nicolae Ceauşescu informed his belief that "security cannot be an excuse for compromising individual and institutional freedom." He earned his Bachelor of Science, Master of Science, and Doctor of Philosophy degrees from the University of California at Berkeley.
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American