Sean R. O'Melia
Sean R. O'Melia is an assistant leader in the Secure Resilient Systems and Technology Group. Since joining the Laboratory in 2008, he has worked on a range of topics spanning automated intrusion and detection for tactical networks, security for open-architecture airborne platforms, and usable key management technology for space-based national security systems. O'Melia works closely with partners in other technical focus areas at the Laboratory to ensure that cybersecurity and resiliency are integrated into systems to best support national security missions. In 2012, he was a co-recipient of an R&D 100 Award for the Lincoln Open Cryptographic Key Management Architecture (LOCKMA).
O'Melia received BS and MS degrees in computer engineering from the University of Massachusetts Lowell in 2005 and 2007, respectively. His graduate research focused on instruction set extensions for enhancing the performance of symmetric-key cryptographic algorithms. He is a senior member of IEEE and a member of the Tau Beta Pi and Eta Kappa Nu engineering honor societies. He has served on multiple occasions as a program committee member for the IEEE Military Communications (MILCOM) Conference.