Invited Talks and Attended Conferences/Workshops
- 17th IUP Cybersecurity Day | Oct 2024 | Indiana, PA
- Role: Host and Organizer | Description: Day-long event featuring a series of lectures presented by nationally recognized security experts from government, academia and industry.
- 2024 National Cybersecurity Education Colloquium (NCEC) | Oct 2024 | St. Louis, MO
- Role: Invited Speaker | Title: "IUP Chinese Language Immersion Program for Cybersecurity Students."
- DoD-Sponsored Cyber Service Academy Boot Camp | July 2024 | Washington, DC
- Role: Participant | Description: Boot camp sponsored by DoD and held at George Washington University. Also attended by seven IUP new students who were awarded the scholarship.
- Accompanied 15 cybersecurity students from across the US in a two-day visit to the NSA as part of the activities of IUP Chinese Immersion Program, the only program in the nation.
- 2024 Centers of Academic Excellence Community Symposium | April 2024 | Louisville, KY
- Role: Invited Speaker | Title: "Creating a Model Cybersecurity Eco-System in Western Pennsylvania to Strengthen the National Cyber Workforce."
- Round table discussion with Jake Braun, Acting Principal Deputy National Cyber Director at the White House | Dec 2023 | Pittsburgh, PA
- Role: Participants along with cybersecurity experts from CMU, PITT, IUP, WVU, and other stake holders in western PA including two PITT senior vice chancellors.
- 16th IUP Cybersecurity Day | Oct 2023 | Indiana, PA
- Role: Host and Organizer | Description: Day-long event featuring a series of lectures presented by nationally recognized security experts from government, academia and industry.
- 2023 National Cybersecurity Education Colloquium (NCEC) | Sept 2023 | Chicago, IL
- Role: Presenter | Title: “An Innovative and Immersive Chinese Language Pilot Summer Program for Cybersecurity College Students”
- 2023 Centers of Academic Excellence Community Symposium | June 2023 | Seattle, WA
- Role: Presenter | Title: “Establishing a Large-scale, Dynamic Consortium in Support of Cybersecurity Education”
- DoD-Sponsored Cyber Scholarship Boot Camp | July 2023 | Washington, DC
- Role: Participant |Description: Boot camp sponsored by DoD and also attended by eight IUP new students who were awarded the scholarship
- NSA GenCyber Directors Spring Meeting | May 2023 | Baltimore, MD
- Role: Participant
- DoD STEM Technical Exchange Conference | Feb 2023 | Washington, DC
- Role: Presenter | Title: “PC4A: A Model for Fostering Genuine Collaboration among Community Colleges to Advance Cybersecurity and STEM Education”
- Panel with PA Labor and Industry Secretary Jennifer Berrier | Dec 2022 | Saltsburg, PA
- Role: Participant | Topic: Discussion on STEM and Cybersecurity workforce development in the Commonwealth, sponsored by River Valley School District.
- 5th Annual ARM Meeting | Nov 2022 | Pittsburgh, PA
- Role: Participant | Description: Annual meeting of Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing.
- 15th IUP Cybersecurity Day | Oct 2022 | Indiana, PA
- Role: Host and Organizer | Description: Day-long event featuring a series of lectures presented by nationally recognized security experts from academia and industry.
- IEEE Applied Imagery Pattern Recognition Workshop (AIPR) | Oct 2022 | Washington, DC
- Role: Presenter | Title: “IoT Anomaly Detection Using a Multitude of Machine Learning Algorithms.”
- US Department of State Cybersecurity Delegation | Sep 2022 | Indiana, PA
- Role: Host and Presenter | Description: International delegation of 17 cybersecurity professionals who requested to visit IUP to learn more about cybersecurity initiatives. Held at IUP main campus in collaboration with Global Pittsburgh.
- CMU’s Heinz College Advisor Open House | Aug 2022 | Pittsburgh, PA
- Role: Participant | Description: Held at Carnegie Mellon University.
- DoD-Sponsored Cyber Scholarship Boot Camp | July 2022 | Gulf Port, MS
- Role: Participant | Description: Boot camp sponsored by DoD and also attended by eight IUP students who were awarded the scholarship.
- 2022 Centers of Academic Excellence Community Symposium | June 2022 | Atlanta, GA
- Role: Presenter | Title: “Benefits from a Novel Outreach Project that Supports Cybersecurity Professional Development at various Community Colleges in PA.”
- Wireless Gas Sensors in IoT Applications: Overview and Trends Project | June 2022
- Role: Invited Subject-matter Expert | Description: Research project sponsored by the German-based International Institute for Research Performance and Innovation Management
- NSA GenCyber Directors Spring Meeting | May 2022 | Arlington, VA
- Role: Participant
- CAE Designation Ceremony | Apr 2002 | Annapolis, MD
- Role: Participant | Description: Received IUP CAE Designation Certificate with IUP Dean. Held at the United States Naval Academy.
- 6th IUP Cybersecurity Seminar | Nov 2021 | Virtual
- Role: Organizer and Participant | Description: Presenters include several security experts.
- 14th IUP Cybersecurity Day | Oct 2021 | Indiana, PA
- Role: Host and Organizer | Description: This event featured a series of lectures presented by nationally recognized security experts from academia and industry and was held at IUP.
- NSA GenCyber Directors Spring 2021 Meeting | Apr 2021 | Virtual
- Role: Invited Presenter | Title: “Tips for a Successful Virtual Camp.”
- 2020 Centers of Academic Excellence Community Symposium | Nov 2020 | Virtual
- Role: Invited Presenter | Title: “An Evaluation of Cybersecurity Students’ Needs for Program Improvement.”
- Fifth IUP Cybersecurity Seminar | Nov 2020 | Virtual
- Role: Organizer and Participant| Description: Presenters include several security experts.
- 13th IUP Cybersecurity Day | Oct 2020 | Virtual
- Role: Host and Organizer | Description: This event featured a series of lectures presented by nationally recognized security experts from academia and industry and was held at IUP.
- Great Decisions Foreign Policy Lecture Series | Mar 2020 | Cancelled due to the Pandemic
- Role: Invited Presenter | Title: “Artificial Intelligence and Data.”
- 2019 Centers of Academic Excellence Community Symposium | Nov 2019 | Phoenix, AZ
- Role: Participant
- 12th IUP Cybersecurity Day | Oct 2019 | Indiana, PA
- Role: Host and Organizer | Description: This event featured a series of lectures presented by nationally recognized security experts from academia and industry and was held at IUP.
- 4th IUP Cybersecurity Seminar | Nov 2019 | Indiana, PA
- Role: Organizer and Participant | Description: Presenters include several security experts. Held at the KCAC Convention Center.
- NSA GenCyber Directors Fall Meeting | Sep 2019 | Washington, DC
- Role: Presenter | Title: “Representative Activities and Materials of the IUP 2019 GenCyber Camp.”
- Great Decisions Foreign Policy Lecture Series | Mar 2019 | Indiana, PA
- Role: Invited Presenter | Title: “Cyber Conflicts and Geopolitics.”
- 2018 Centers of Academic Excellence Community Symposium | Nov 2018 | Miami, FL
- Role: Invited Presenter | Title: “An Innovative and Successful Model to Promote Cybersecurity Education.”
- 11th IUP Cybersecurity Day | Oct 2018 | Indiana, PA
- Role: Host and Organizer | Description: This event featured a series of lectures presented by nationally recognized security experts from academia and industry and was held at IUP.
- NSA GenCyber Directors Fall Meeting | Sep 2018 | Phoenix, AZ
- Role: Presenter | Title: “Representative Activities and Materials of the IUP 2018 GenCyber Camp.”
- NSA Principals Meeting | June 2018 | Huntsville, AL
- Role: Participant
- NSA GenCyber Directors Spring Meeting | Apr 2018 | Bellevue, WA
- Role: Presenter | Title: “IUP GenCyber 2017 Camps Presentations and Activity Demonstrations.”
- 2017 Centers of Academic Excellence Community Symposium | Nov 2017 | Dayton, OH
- Role: Invited Presenter | Title: “An Interdisciplinary, Multifaceted Approach to Enhance Cybersecurity Education in Western Pennsylvania.”
- 2017 NICE Conference and Expo | Nov 2017 | Dayton, OH
- Role: Participant
- 10th IUP Cybersecurity Day | Oct 2017 | Indiana, PA
- Role: Host and Organizer | Description: This event featured a series of lectures presented by nationally recognized security experts from academia and industry and was held at IUP.
- NSA GenCyber Directors Fall Meeting | Sep 2017 | Orlando, FL
- Role: Presenter | Titles: “Representative engaging activities at IUP’s 2017 GenCyber summer student camp,” and “IUP GenCyber 2017 Camp Presentations and Activity Demonstrations.”
- NSA Principals Meeting | June 2017 | Huntsville, AL
- Role: Participant
- NSA GenCyber Directors Spring Meeting | May 2017 | San Antonio, TX
- Role: Presenter | Titles: “IUP GenCyber 2016 Best Practices for Combination Camps,” “Online Safety and Ethics in IUP GenCyber Summer 2016 Camp,” and “IUP GenCyber 2016 Camp Presentations and Activity Demonstrations,”
- 7th Graduate Scholars Forum | Apr 2017 | Indiana, PA
- Role: Participant | Description: Sponsored by IUP.
- 2nd IASD Technology Day | Jan 2017 | Indiana, PA
- Role: Invited Presenter | Title: “Essential Fundamentals of Cybersecurity.”
- 2016 Centers of Academic Excellence Community Symposium | Nov 2016 | Kansas City, MO
- Role: Invited Presenter | Title: “Fostering a Strong Cybersecurity Culture in High and Middle School Students and Teachers through a Holistic Multidisciplinary Approach.”
- 2016 NICE Conference and Expo | Nov 2016 | Kansas City, MO
- Role: Participant
- IEEE Frontiers in Education International Conference | Oct 2016 | Erie, PA
- Role: Presenter | Title: “Can Online Delivery Result in Comparable Achievement of Course Outcomes and Student Success in Different Computer Science Courses?”
- NSA GenCyber Directors Fall Meeting | Sep 2016 | Boston, MA
- Role: Presenter | Title: “IUP GenCyber 2016 Camp Presentations and Activity Demonstrations.”
- 2016 National Cyber Summit | June 2016 | Huntsville, AL
- Role: Participant
- NSA GenCyber Directors Spring Meeting | May 2016 | San Francisco, CA
- Role: Participant
- 6th Graduate Scholars Forum | Apr 2016 | Indiana, PA
- Role: Participant | Description: Sponsored by IUP.
- Science Inspires Series | Nov 2015 | Indiana, PA
- Role: Invited Presenter | Title: “A Novel System for Searching Image Databases using Evolutionary Algorithms.”
- 2015 NICE Conference and Expo | Nov 2015 | San Diego, CA
- Role: Participant
- 2015 Centers of Academic Excellence Community Symposium | Nov 2016 | San Diego, CA
- Role: Invited Presenter | Title: “A Novel Approach to Involve Undergraduate Students in Multidisciplinary IA Research.”
- Upward Bound Cybersecurity Workshops | Summer 2015 | Indiana, PA
- Role: Facilitator and Presenter | Description: Offered to math and science students.
- 19th Colloquium for Information Systems Security Education | June 2015 | Las Vegas, NV
- Role: Participant
- 5th Graduate Scholars Forum | Apr 2015 | Indiana, PA
- Role: Participant | Description: Sponsored by IUP.
- 11th International Conference on Technology, Knowledge, and Society | Feb 2015 | Columbia, MD
- Role: Invited Presenter | Title: “Measuring the Effect of Course Contents on the Perceived Effectiveness and Student Satisfaction in Online Computer Science Courses.”
- 2014 NICE Conference | Nov 2014 | Columbia, MD
- Role: Participant
- Centers of Academic Excellence Community Meeting | Nov 2014 | Columbia, MD
- Role: Presenter | Title: “Lessons Learned from the Long-term Offering of a Multidisciplinary IA Program.”
- 7th IUP Information Assurance Day | Oct 2014 | Indiana, PA
- Role: Host and Organizer | Description: This event featured a series of lectures presented by nationally recognized security experts from academia and industry and was held at IUP.
- ACM Symposium on Access Control Models and Technologies | June 2014 | Ontario, Canada
- Role: Participant
- 4th Graduate Scholars Forum | Apr 2014 | Indiana, PA
- Role: Participant | Description: Sponsored by IUP.
- Characterization of Cyberspace Roundtable | Jan 2014 | Indiana, PA
- Role: Participant | Description: Funded by a grant from IBM and held at the IUP Studio.
- 6th IUP Information Assurance Day | Oct 2013 | Indiana, PA
- Role: Host and Organizer | Description: This event featured a series of lectures presented by nationally recognized security experts from academia and industry and was held at IUP.
- 14th ACM Conference on Information Technology Education | Oct 2013 | Orlando, FL
- Role: Invited Presenter | Title: “Does Language Choice Influence the Effectiveness of Online Introductory Programming Courses?”
- Characterization of Cyberspace Roundtable | Oct 2013 | Indiana, PA
- Role: Participant | Description: Funded by a grant from IBM and held at the IUP Studio.
- NIST NICE Workshop | Sep 2013 | Gaithersburg, MD
- Role: Participant | Description: The workshop theme was "Navigating the National Cybersecurity Education Interstate Highway."
- Centers of Academic Excellence Community Meeting | Sep 2013 | Gaithersburg, MD
- Role: Participant | Description: Sponsored by: California State University San Bernardino, Cyber Security Center and supported by: NSF, NSA, & DHS.
- Intelligence Process & Policy Group Presentation | May 2013 | Indiana, PA
- Role: Invited Subject Matter Expert | Description: The topic of this presentation was on cyberspace's risk to U.S. national security for the next 2-5 years and was sponsored by the IUP Political Science Department.
- 3rd Graduate Scholars Forum | Apr 2013 | Indiana, PA
- Role: Participant | Description: Sponsored by IUP.
- Great Decisions 2013 Program | Feb 2013
- Role: Presenter | Title: “Recent Changes in Egypt.”
- 1st IASD Technology Day | Jan 2013 | Indiana, PA
- Role: Invited Panel Member | Panel Title: “Academic Integrity in Online and Technology Rich Environments.”
- 5th IUP Information Assurance Day | Nov 2012 | Indiana, PA
- Role: Host and Organizer | Description: This event featured a series of lectures presented by nationally recognized security experts from academia and industry and was held at IUP.
- University Assessment Workshop | Oct 2012 | Indiana, PA
- Role: Participant | Description: Presented by Dr. Doug Eder.
- 13th ACM Conference on Information Technology Education | Oct 2012 | Calgary, Canada
- Role: Presenter | Title: “Comparing Achievement of Intended Learning Outcomes in Online Programming Classes with Blended Offerings”
- This paper won the Best Paper Award.
- International Conference on Computer Science and Engineering | July 2012 | Dubai, UAE
- Role: Presenter | Title: “Evaluating Students’ Perception of the Effectiveness of Online Computer Programming Courses.”
- 2nd Graduate Scholars Forum | Apr 2012 | Indiana, PA
- Role: Participant | Description: Sponsored by IUP.
- TracDat Workshop for IUP Faculty | Feb 2012 | Indiana, PA
- Role: Participant | Description: Presented by Dr. Cercone.
- College Technology Day | Jan 2012
- Role: Participant | Description: Day-long event featuring many sessions on a wide spectrum of technology related topics.
- 4th IUP Information Assurance Day | Nov 2011 | Indiana, PA
- Role: Participant | Description: This event featured a series of lectures presented by nationally recognized security experts from academia and industry and was held at IUP.
- 15th International Conference on Internet and Multimedia Systems and Applications | May 2011 | Washington, DC
- Role: Presenter | Title: “A Novel System for Searching Image Databases using Evolutionary Algorithms.”
- 6th Undergraduate Scholars Forum | Apr 2011 | Indiana, PA
- Role: Participant | Description: Sponsored by IUP.
- Introduction to Desire2Learn Workshop | Mar 2011 | Indiana, PA
- Role: Participant | Description: Offered through the IUP Information Technology Services.
- Secret Service Homeland Security Talk | Feb 2011 | Indiana, PA
- Role: Participant | Description: Presented by Mr. Eric Zahren and sponsored by the John P. Murtha Institute for Homeland Security.
- 3rd IUP Information Assurance Day | Nov 2010 | Indiana, PA
- Role: Participant | Description: This event featured a series of lectures presented by nationally recognized security experts from academia and industry and was held at IUP.
- 25th PACISE Conference | Apr 2010 | West Chester, PA
- Role: Presenter | Title: “On-line Delivery of the First Programming Course in an Undergraduate Computer Science Degree: Is it Possible?”
- 5th Undergraduate Scholars Forum | Apr 2010 | Indiana, PA
- Role: Participant | Description: Sponsored by IUP.
- 2nd IUP Information Assurance Day | Nov 2009 | Indiana, PA
- Role: Participant | Description: This event featured a series of lectures presented by nationally recognized security experts from academia and industry and was held at IUP.
- Cyber Threats: Challenges and Reponses Roundtable | Sep 2009 | Indiana, PA
- Role: Invited Participant | Description: Sponsored by the Ridgeway Center for International Security Studies at the University of Pittsburgh and the John P. Murtha Institute for Homeland Security.
- 24th Annual PACISE Conference | Apr 2009 | Slippery Rock, PA
- Role: Presenter | Title: “On-line Delivery of the First Programming Course in an Undergraduate Computer Science Degree: Is it Possible?”
- 4th Undergraduate Scholars Forum | Apr 2009 | Indiana, PA
- Role: Participant | Description: Sponsored by IUP.
- Fiscal and Temporal Prudence for a More Diverse PASSHE Workshop | Mar 2009 | Virtual
- Role: Participant | Description: Half-day assessment workshop facilitated by Dr. Bonnie Green.
- Developing an Idea into a Project: A Project Development Workshop | Feb 2009 | Virtual
- Role: Participant | Description: Sponsored by the IUP-RI and facilitated by Dr. Russell Pimmel from the NSF.
- 1st Annual IUP Information Assurance Day | Nov 2008 | Indiana, PA
- Role: Participant | Description: This event featured a series of lectures presented by nationally security experts from academia and industry and was held at the IUP main campus.
- Improvised Explosive Devices Webinar| Oct 2008 | Indiana, PA
- Role: Participant | Description: Presented by the Department of Homeland Security and hosted by the Murtha Institute.
- A Hands-on Workshop for Integrating Technology into Your Pedagogy | Oct 2008 | Indiana, PA
- Role: Participant | Description: One -day workshop sponsored by the Center for Teaching Excellence (CTE) at IUP and presented by Dr. Gian Pagnucci.
- ACPAC Emerging Technology Committee | June 2008 | Indiana, PA
- Role: Presenter | Title: “Exploring the Applicability of Deploying Remote Proctoring Systems to Ensure the Integrity of On-line Testing.”
- Classroom Civility Workshop | May 2008 | Indiana, PA
- Role: Participant | Description: Half-day sponsored by the CTE at IUP and conducted by Dr. Barbara Frey.
- Best Practices in On-line Pedagogy Workshop| May 2008 | Indiana, PA
- Role: Participant | Description: One-day workshop sponsored by CTE at IUP and presented by Dr. Frey.
- Creating Meaningful Writing Assignments: An application workshop | May 2008 | Indiana, PA
- Role: Participant | Description: Half-day workshop hosted by IUP, facilitated by Dr. Sitler.
- 2008 Annual Writing Workshop for Faculty | May 2008 | Indiana, PA
- Role: Participant | Description: Two-day workshop facilitated by Dr. Robert Yagelski and hosted by IUP.
- Eighth Annual Conference of Academy of Business and Information Technology (ABIT) | May 2008 | City, State
- Role: Presenter and Session Chair| Title: “Designing a Prototype Digital Video Steganographic System.”
- 23rd Annual PACISE Conference| Apr 2008 | Kutztown, PA
- Role: Presenter and Reviewer | Title: “What Do You Need to Know about Multimedia Security?”
- Undergraduate Scholars Forum | Apr 2008 | Indiana, PA
- Role: Participant | Description: Sponsored by IUP.
- Second Annual Homeland Defense and Security Education Summit | Mar 2008 | College Park, MD
- Role: Participant | Description: Sponsored by the University of Maryland.
- Policy Regarding Terrorists’ Use of the Internet Roundtable | Mar 2008 | Indiana, PA
- Role: Invited Participant | Description: Second research roundtable sponsored by the Center for National Preparedness at the University of Pittsburgh and the John P. Murtha Institute for Homeland Security at IUP.
- Integrative Learning Workshop| Feb 2008 | Indiana, PA
- Role: Participant | Description: One-day workshop sponsored by the CTE at IUP and presented by Dr. Matt Fisher.
- Plagiarism 101: Keys to Prevent Academic Misconduct Conference| Nov 2007 | Indiana, PA
- Role: Participant | Description: Audio conference presented by Dr. Dennis Gregory at IUP.
- Second Life Workshop| Nov 2007 | Indiana, PA
- Role: Participant | Description: One-day workshop convened by Dr. James Lenze of the Department of Communications Media at IUP.
- What do the Best College Teachers Do? Workshop| Oct 2007 | Indiana, PA
- Role: Participant | Description: One-day workshop sponsored by the CTE at IUP and presented by Dr. Ken Bain.
- Medieval Ideology and 21st Century Technology: Al Qaeda, Terrorism and the Internet Roundtable | Oct 2007 | Indiana, PA
- Role: Invited Participant | Description: Research roundtable series sponsored by John P. Murtha Institute for Homeland Security at IUP.
- Getting Your Course Online Workshop| July 2007 | Indiana, PA
- Role: Participant | Description: 12-hour workshop hosted by IUP Instruction Design Center.
- 7th Annual ABIT Conference | Apr 2007 | Pittsburgh, pa
- Role: Presenter | Title: “Multimedia Data Security: Present Status and Future Directions.”
- 22nd Annual PACISE Conference| Mar 2007 | Lock Haven, PA
- Role: Presenter, Panel Member, and Reviewer| Titles: “Addressing the Impact of the MPEG-7 Standard upon Video Retrieval Systems,” and “Privacy in the age of Information Technology.”
- The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Workshop | Feb 2007 | Indiana, PA
- Role: Participant | Description: One-day workshop sponsored by CTE and presented by Dr. Maryellen Weimer.
- Computer Construction, Installation and Configuration of a Secure Operating System Workshop | Jan 2007 | Indiana, PA
- Role: Supervisor | Description: Half-day workshop hosted by the IA Group at IUP and co-sponsored by Murtha Institute for Homeland Security.
- 10th IASTED International Conference on Internet and Multimedia Systems and Applications| Aug 2006 | Honolulu, HI
- Role: Presenter | Title: “A Survey on Current Challenges and Future Trends for Multimedia Information Retrieval Systems.”
- 6th Annual ABIT Conference | Apr 2006 | Pittsburgh, PA
- Role: Presenter | Title: “Performance Evaluation of Intrusion Detection Systems.”
- 21st Annual PACISE Conference | Apr 2006 | Indiana, PA
- Role: Presenter | Title: “Multimedia Information Retrieval: Definition, Motivations, Challenges, Future trends, and an example of a real-world application.”
- Network Security Workshop| Aug 2003 | Indiana, PA
- Role: Participant | Description: Hands-on workshop held and Indiana University of PA.
- 7th Annual CISSE Conference | June 2003 | Washington, DC
- Role: Participant | Description: Colloquium for Information Systems Educators
- Nanofabrication Workshop for Educators | May 2003 | State College, PA
- Role: Participant | Description: Weeklong hands-on workshop held at Penn State University.
- Third Annual ABIT Conference | May 2003 | Pittsburgh, PA
- Role: Presenter | Title: “Perception-level Evaluation of Video Similarity in Content-based Retrieval Systems.”
- Annual CNSS Conference | Apr 2003 | Williamsburg, VA
- Role: Participant | Description: Committee on National Security Systems.
- 18th Annual PACISE Conference| Apr 2003 | Shippensburg, PA
- Role: Presenter | Title: “Steganography: Basic Principles and Current Research Directions.”
- IUP Computer Science Department| Oct 2002 | Indiana, PA
- Role: Invited Presenter | Title: “Video-Content Based Retrieval Techniques.”
- IUP Computer Science Department| Apr 2002 | Indiana, PA
- Role: Invited Presenter | Title: “Introduction to the Structure of Computer Processors.”
- 6th Joint Conference on Information Sciences | March 2002 | Durham, NC
- Role: Presenter | Title: “Adaptive Key Frames Selection Algorithms for Summarizing Video Data.”
- Norfolk State University | Feb 2002 | Norfolk, VA
- Role: Invited Presenter | Title: “Introduction to Image and Video Retrieval Techniques.”
- Department of Computer Science at ODU| July 2000 | Norfolk, VA
- Role: Presenter | Title: “Video Indexing and Retrieval Techniques Based on Human Perception.”
- Department of Computer Science at ODU| Apr 2000 | Norfolk, VA
- Role: Presenter | Title: “Server Admission Control Mechanisms for VOD in MDBMS.”
- 5th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence Applications | March 1997 | Cairo, Egypt
- Role: Presenter | Title: “Architecture of Neural Networks Using Genetic Algorithms.”
Research and Work Experience
Professor of Computer Science at Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, PA. 2010-present. (Associate Professor from 2002-2010)
- In addition to teaching undergraduate courses (Please see Teaching page for details), I have been heavily involved in the department Information Assurance and Cybersecurity Program funded by grants from DoD, NFS, Cisco and NSA.
- My research over the past period addresses the following topics (most recent first):
- Investigating innovative approaches to solve challenging security problems via the use of AI and Machine Learning techniques.
- Adopting an inherently interdisciplinary approach to explore challenges facing cybersecurity education and proposed innovative solutions.
- Exploring effective approaches for instilling fundamentals of cybersecurity at K-12 levels.
- Researching how to comprehensively assess the effectiveness of online course delivery using a multitude of performance criteria.
- Working with Multidisciplinary researchers to characterize cyberspace and research novel techniques to minimize misuse and exploitations.
- Employing various approaches for reliably measuring Computer Science courses learning outcomes and delivering various programming courses online.
- Identifying various security concerns when dealing with multimedia data and proposing creative solutions to such problems.
- Developing efficient techniques to hide/discover secret messages embedded into video media.
- Investigating advanced methodologies to secure wireless transmission. These efforts were compiled in courses that were part of the developed Master of Sciences in Information Assurance (MSIA). This program is now on hold.
- I have played a leading role in several multidisciplinary research groups that comprises several faculty members. These groups have prepared several proposals on security aspects that include systems for detecting radioactive plumes, digital forensics, biometric identification, and models to analyze terror use of the Internet. Some of these proposals have already been submitted to DoD, DOJ, NSF, NSA and other funding sources.
- Other research projects that I have conducted after receiving my Ph.D. include:
- Studying effective techniques of applying quantum cryptography to ensure the security of financial transactions.
- Examining security problems associated with the vast growing use of mobile commerce and suggesting applicable solutions to them.
- The development of a multidisciplinary educational system (Integrated Multifunction Computer-Control Education System - IMFCCES) aiming at the creation of networked, interactive classrooms. The system design was used to submit two proposals for external funding to the USAid program in Egypt.
- It is worth noting that the majority of the results of these research efforts are published in various international journals and conferences and/or employed to submit a range of proposals to diverse funding sources (please see Grants, Publications, and Scholarly Activities sections for more details).
Ph.D. Research: Computer Science Department at Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA. 1999-2002.
- The basic objective of my Ph.D. dissertation was to propose techniques constituting a fully content-based system for retrieving video data. These techniques target the efficiency, reliability, scalability, extensibility, and effectiveness requirements of such applications. These techniques cover video abstraction and segmentation, key frames extraction, indexing scheme, and video retrieval and similarity matching. The developed system, denoted as VCR for Video Content-based Retrieval, achieved significant performance improvement compared to other systems for segmenting and summarizing video data. Moreover, the proposed similarity matching model represents a novel contribution to the field.
Research Assistant: Computer Science Department at Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA. 1998-2002.
- IRI-h (Interactive Remote Instruction-heterogeneous) Project: I worked for three years in IRI-h, which is a Java-based system to enable active learning over the Internet. It works for any operating system supported by Java as well as for heterogeneous network environments. This project features scalability, support for home users, interoperability and other desirable capabilities. I worked on the design and implementation of the audio and video modules and on analyzing, designing, implementing, and mobile-menu the recording and playback functionalities of all used streams. This multi-million-dollar project was primarily funded by grants from NSF, Sun Microsystems, and COX Cable Company.
- Another project I joined for approximately a year was concerned with the investigation and design of efficient routing algorithms for Mobile Ad Hoc Networks (MANET). Using a simulated environment, the proposed system performance was very sound under various circumstances. This project was funded by the Office of Naval Research (ONR).
- For a semester, I explored the performance of a parallel machine (SGI Origin). The memory hierarchy performance was of special interest, thus, TLB misses, primary data cache misses, and secondary data cache misses were the main performance criteria considered, in addition to the number of clock cycles.
Researcher: Departments of Electronics and Communications Engineering and Computers Engineering and Control at Zagazig University, Egypt, 1994-1998.
- My research at that time focused on Neural Networks and Optimization Techniques. The genetic algorithms (one of the evaluated optimization techniques) were used to design and implement a system capable of identifying the optimal, or near optimal neural network architecture that can be used to solve an arbitrary problem.
- I also developed customized database software packages for medical applications.
Lecturer and Teaching Assistant: Departments of Electronics and Communications Engineering and Computers Engineering and Control at Zagazig University, Egypt, 94-98.
- I taught and assisted in teaching various undergraduate computer science and engineering courses.
- As an undergraduate student, my graduation project was to design and implement a cross-assembler for the Z-80 microprocessors, using the 80x86 assembly languages. 1993.