Golden G. Richard III // hacker in professorial clothing

Bio & Contact

Golden G. Richard III

Mailing Address
Prof. Golden G. Richard III
5261 Highland Rd
PMB 333
Baton Rouge, LA 70808
On Campus
Office: DMC (CCT) 1081A — Applied Cybersecurity Lab
Cell: 504-957-5814
Email: golden@cct.lsu.edu
Courses — Spring 2026
CSC 4360: Malware Analysis and Reverse Engineering
Education
Ph.D., Computer Science, The Ohio State University, 1995
M.S., Computer Science, The Ohio State University, 1991
B.S., Computer Science, University of New Orleans, 1988 (honors)
Curriculum Vitae
Full CV (PDF)

Bio

Golden G. Richard III is an applied computer scientist working in cybersecurity and a Fellow of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences. He has over 45 years of practical experience in computer systems and computer security. He is currently Professor of Computer Science and Engineering, Director of the LSU Cyber Center and the Applied Cybersecurity Lab (ACL), and Associate Director for Cybersecurity at the Center for Computation and Technology (CCT), all at LSU.

His primary research interests are memory forensics, digital forensics, malware analysis, exploit development, reverse engineering, systems programming, operating systems, high performance computing, and massively threaded applications. Dr. Richard earned his B.S. in Computer Science from the University of New Orleans and his M.S. and Ph.D. in Computer Science from The Ohio State University. His first floppy drive cost $600 and required financing; despite that, he’s still very much alive.