The Department of Computer Sciences at the Florida institute of Technology invites applications for two open faculty position beginning in August 2013. Required qualifications include an earned Ph.D. with a specialization in computer security, evidence of the ability to develop and sustain an active research program, and a sincere interest in quality teaching at...
Read more →“All your base are belong to US”, co-authored with Richard Ford, will be presented at the 2012 New Security Paradigms Workshop (NSPW) in Bertinoro, Italy.
Read more →Florida Tech’s Harris Institute for Assured Information – created through a partnership with global security leader the Harris Corporation – is now offering a Master of Science in Information Assurance and Cybersecurity as well as a For-Credit Graduate Certificate in Information Assurance and Cybersecurity, both available 100% online. “Cyber attacks are becoming more frequent...
Read more →There is potential funding to support a Ph.D. student in computer science (with an interest in cybersecurity, multimedia, information retrieval, biologically-inspired computing, or a related field) starting fall 2012. The position will be associated with the Harris Institute for Assured Information and Department of Computer Sciences at the Florida Institute of Technology. More information...
Read more →Prof. Oge Marques at FAU has published a new book — Practical Image and Video Processing Using MATLAB. Here is his blog post announcing availability. I’m excited to see the final, published version!
Read more →Next week I start a new job as Assistant Professor of Computer Sciences at the Florida Institute of Technology. My main goal is to develop a new graduate curriculum in cybersecurity. My home will be within the Harris Institute for Assured Information. I had a great time in 3+ years at Harris Corp. and...
Read more →The IEEE Conference on Cognitive Methods in Situation Awareness and Decision Support (CogSIMA 2011) is coming up next month in Miami. From the conference: “The aim of IEEE CogSIMA 2011 is to provide a venue for presenting scientific results of studies of complex, heterogeneous dynamical systems that include humans, physical systems and computer agents...
Read more →The November/December 2010 issue of the IEEE Security & Privacy magazine features cloud computing. I had the pleasure of contributing the “Basic Training” column. The article, “Secure Multimedia Communications“, discusses some basic issues related to security and multimedia communications systems.
Read more →Here are a few releases I really enjoyed in 2010. Also available are favorites for 2009, 2008, 2007, and 2006! 2010 The Pineapple Thief — “Someone Here is Missing” Alan Parsons — “Eye 2 Eye Live in Madrid” Spock’s Beard — “X” Glass Hammer — “If” Orphaned Land — “The Never Ending Way of...
Read more →“A hybrid cognitive-neurophysiological approach to resilient cyber security” has been accepted to MILCOM 2010. The paper was written with Gisela Bahr, Carey Balaban, Matthew Bell, Kevin Fox, Ronda Henning, and Wayne Smith. In this work, we investigated the applicability of cognitive and neurophysiological models to challenges facing cyber security. The full citation is available...
Read more →Link MELBOURNE, FLA.—The Harris Institute for Assured Information at Florida Institute of Technology and the Space Coast Chapter of the Information Systems Security Association (ISSA) present a monthly lecture series on security trends and topics. This month’s meeting, which is free and open to the public, is scheduled for July 15, at 6:30 p.m....
Read more →Here are some of my favorite new releases from 2008 and 2009. Although I posted in 2006 and 2007, I skipped last year. As a result, 2008 will also be featured in this post. 2009 IQ — “Frequency” Porcupine Tree — “The Incident” Transatlantic — “The Whirlwind” Dream Theater — “Black Clouds and Silver...
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