Cleotilde Gonzalez
Research Professor, Social & Decision Sciences
Cleotilde (Coty) Gonzalez is a research professor of decision sciences in the Department of Social and Decision Sciences and the founding director of the Dynamic Decision Making Laboratory (DDMLab) at Carnegie Mellon University. She is also affiliated to the Security and Privacy Institute (CyLab), the Center for Behavioral Decision Research (CBDR) and other research centers at Carnegie Mellon University. Her work focuses on the experimental studies and computational representations of the cognitive processes involved in decisions from experience in dynamic environments.
She is a Fellow of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society and member of the Governing Board of the Cognitive Science Society. She is part of editorial boards of various prestigious journals including: Cognitive Science Journal, Decision, the Journal of Experimental Psychology-General, the Journal of Behavioral Decision Making, the Human Factors Journal, and the System Dynamics Review. Gonzalez has published hundreds of papers in journals and peer-reviewed proceedings involving a diverse set of fields deriving from her contributions to Cognitive Science. Her work includes the development of a theory of decisions from experience called Instance-Based Learning Theory (IBLT), from which many computational models have emerged in areas as diverse as: cybersecurity, network science, human-machine teaming, and others. She has been principal or co-investigator on a wide range of multi-million and multi-year collaborative efforts with government and industry, including current efforts on Collaborative Research Alliances; Multi-University Research Initiative grants from the Army Research Laboratories and Army Research Office; and large collaborative projects with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA).
Gonzalez has mentored more than 30 post-doctoral fellows and doctoral students, many of whom have pursued successful academic and industry careers.
She is an avid painter and biker, activities that she enjoys in her free time.
Her full CV can be downloaded from her personal webpage.
Education
1996 Ph.D. Management Information Systems, Texas Tech University
1992 M.Sc. Management Information System, Texas Tech University
1990 M.B.A. Business, Universidad de las Americas-Puebla
1986 B.Sc. Business & Engineering, Universidad de las Americas-Puebla
Research Interests
Media mentions
CyLab Security and Privacy Institute
CyLab researchers awarded MURI grant to study human-bot teams
Lujo Bauer, Matt Fredrikson, and Cleotilde Gonzalez are part of a team of researchers that was named a winner of a prestigious US Department of Defense (DoD) Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative (MURI) Award.
CyLab Security and Privacy Institute
Phishing, fairness, and more: CyLab’s 2021 seed funding awardees
Over $350K in seed funding has been awarded to 14 different faculty and staff in seven different departments across three colleges at CMU.
CyLab Security and Privacy Institute
Gonzalez named 2021 Fellow of Cognitive Science Society
The Cognitive Science Society announced seven research scientists, including CyLab’s Cleotilde Gonzalez, as 2021 Fellows. Gonzalez joins a selected group of 120 researchers, who have been recognized for their sustained excellence and impact on the cognitive science community.
CyLab Security and Privacy Institute
Cyber defense is an art in human deception
CyLab's Coty Gonzalez and her research group presented two studies on cyber deception at this week’s Human Factors and Ergonomics Society annual meeting. CyLab director Lorrie Cranor gave the meeting’s keynote talk.