Rate My Professor Douglas Summerville

Douglas H. Summerville is a Distinguished Teaching Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Binghamton University, State University of New York. He received a BE degree in electrical engineering from The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art in 1991, an MS degree in electrical engineering in 1994, and a PhD degree in electrical engineering in 1997 from Binghamton University. A Binghamton alumnus, he served as Chair of the ECE Department from 2015 to 2025. Throughout his career, Summerville has focused on engineering education, research in hardware security, and departmental leadership.

Summerville's research specializations and teaching interests include embedded and digital systems design, hardware Trojans, covert hardware and tamper detection, and computer and network security in general. He has authored over 60 journal and conference papers. Notable publications include 'A Survey on the Application of FPGAs for Network Infrastructure Security' (IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials, 2011, with H. Chen and Y. Chen) and 'Ultra-Lightweight Deep Packet Anomaly Detection for Internet of Things Devices' (2015 IEEE Sarnoff Symposium, with K. M. Zach and Y. Chen). He authored two textbooks: 'Embedded Systems Interfacing for Engineers using the Freescale HCS08 Microcontroller I: Assembly Language Programming' (2009) and 'Embedded Systems Interfacing for Engineers using the Freescale HCS08 Microcontroller II: Digital and Analog Hardware Interfacing' (2009). His work has received over 840 citations on Google Scholar, influencing fields of embedded systems and network security.

Summerville has received major awards including designation as a SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor in 2025, the SUNY Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Faculty Service (2006-07), the SUNY Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching (2011-12), and the Binghamton University Council/Foundation Award for Service to the University, as well as several other teaching awards. He is a senior member of the IEEE and a member of the ASEE.