Fariborz Farahmand is a Teaching Professor in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Georgia Tech. He earned his master's degree in structural mechanics from the University of Manitoba, Canada, followed by a master's degree and a Ph.D. in computer science from Georgia Tech. He later completed a postdoctoral fellowship at Purdue University.

His research interests include AI and its applications in engineering education, AI safety and security, human-level AI, probabilistic reasoning, and cyber-physical systems. Fariborz has pioneered applications of causal (versus statistical) inference and the "do-operator" (a mathematical tool for intervention) to engineering education. Additionally, he applied neuroscience to cyber privacy research—establishing the new field of neuroprivacy—and integrated behavioral economics, vector spaces, and security engineering into mechanical engineering research. He has served as the principal investigator for various research and educational projects funded by the National Science Foundation, the Air Force Research Laboratory, and the Department of Homeland Security. His research and teaching achievements have been recognized with multiple awards and implemented by international organizations worldwide.

He is a member of Georgia Tech Faculty Senate, and a senior member of IEEE.