Alexander Cooper

ahcoope3[at]ncsu.edu

About

Hello, I'm a PhD student in Computer Science at North Carolina State University (NCSU). I'm located in the Raleigh-Durham area.

I am a member of the Wolfpack Security and Privacy Research (WSPR) Lab, the Secure Software Supply Chain Center (S3C2) and the Neurocomputational Ethics Research Group (NCERG).

Current Projects

Interview Study on Emerging Agentic AI in Adversarial Cyber Security

I'm recruiting senior security researchers and practitioners for an interview study on the use of agentic AI in adversarial cybersecurity. We're especially interested in how practitioners think about delegation, oversight, and intervention as system autonomy and control evolve.

Research Interests

Normative and conceptual issues in computer security and privacy, including computer and information ethics, moral philosophy, philosophy of technology and science, and bioethics.

Education

North Carolina State University
2025–present Ph.D. student, Computer Science
2025 M.S., Computer Science
Thesis: Exploring Ethical Considerations in Computer Security Research
California Institute of the Arts
2017 B.F.A., Fine Art