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Department of Computer and Information Sciences
1333 Wahnish Way
308-A Banneker Technical Bldg.
Tallahassee, Florida 32307
 
 
 

National Centers of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance Education (CAE/IAE) Program Criteria for Measurement
Florida A&M University - CRITERIA 8

Description:
Faculty active in current IA/Cybersecurity practice and research. It is clearly demonstrated that the faculty is active in current IA/Cyber practice and research, contributes to IA literature, and are members of IA professional socities, are subject matter experts or attend/present at professional IA conferences.
 
Criteria 1 Criteria 2 Criteria 3 Criteria 4 Criteria 5 Criteria 6 Criteria 7 Criteria 8
A.  Peer reviewed publications – papers (electronic or traditional) on IA/Cybersecurity as evidenced in refereed journals or conference proceedings within the past 3 years. Provide links to actual papers not subscription service.

Sample of Faculty IA Publications:
  1. Maynard Yates and Hongmei Chi. 2011.   "A framework for designing benchmarks of investigating digital forensics tools for mobile devices". In Proceedings of the 49th Annual Southeast Regional Conference (ACM-SE '11). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 179-184
  2. Will Davis, III and Hongmei Chi. 2011.  "Cyber threat analysis for university networks via virtual honeypots". In Proceedings of the 49th Annual Southeast Regional Conference (ACM-SE '11)
  3. Xavier Simms and Hongmei Chi. 2011. "Enhancing cryptography education via visualization tools". In Proceedings of the 49th Annual Southeast Regional Conference (ACM-SE '11).
  4. Hongmei Chi, Edward L. Jones, and Jude Desti, “Broadening Information Assurance Awareness by Gaming,” The 2010 International Conference on Frontiers in Education: Computer Science and Computer Engineering (FECS'10) July 12-15, 2010, Las Vegas, NV, USA.
  5. J. Desti and H. Chi, “A Framework for Smart Trusted Indicators for Browsers”, WorldComp 2010, Las Vegas, July 12-15, 2010.
  6. Jude Desti, Hongmei Chi, 2010.  "A Framework for Smart Trusted Indicators for Browsers (STIB)". Security and Management 2010: 361-367.
  7. Hongmei Chi, Felecia Dix-Richardson, and Deidre Evans. 2010.  "Designing a computer forensics concentration for cross-disciplinary undergraduate students". In 2010 Information Security Curriculum Development Conference (InfoSecCD '10). 52-57.
  8. Christy Chatmon, Hongmei Chi, and Will Davis. 2010.  "Active Learning Approaches to Teaching Information Assurance". In 2010 Information Security Curriculum Development Conference (InfoSecCD '10). 1-7.  <Best Paper Award>
  9. Edward Jones, Deidre Evans, Hongmei Chi, Christy Chatmon. "Increasing Minority Participation in Information Assurance", the 6th Annual Information Assurance Symposium.  2009.
  10. Kevin R. Lawrence and Hongmei Chi. 2009. "Framework for the design of web-based learning for digital forensics labs". In Proceedings of the 47th Annual Southeast Regional Conference (ACM-SE 47). ACM, New York, NY, USA, Article 76 , 4 pages.
  11. H. Chi, E. L. Jones, C. Chatmon, and D. Evans, “Design and Implementation of Digital Forensics Labs,” Proc. 12th IASTED International Conf. on Computers and Advanced Technology in Education,  November 22-24, 2009,  St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands. <Presentation>
  12. E. Jones, “Broadening Information Assurance Awareness and Competence: The FAMU Roadmap,” 4th Annual Information Assurance Symposium: Ethical Hacking – Is There Really Such a Thing?, January 22, 2009, Hampton, Virginia (presentation).
  13. K. Lawrence and H. Chi. Framework for the Design of Web-based Learning for Digital Forensics Labs. Proceedings of the 47th ACM Southeast Conference (ACMSE 2009), March 19-21, 2009, Clemson, South Carolina.
C.  Faculty is involved in writing grants and obtaining funding for IA education and/or research development or lab equipment. Provide synopsis of IA related grants, funding, equipment donations, or other funding to include date and approximate monetary value for the past 3 years. 

Awarded:
  1. FAMU CUDA Teaching Center ($60,000 equipments) (Year 2010 and Year 2011) http://www.cis.famu.edu/~cstem/CTC/
  2. Department of Education (Year 2009--2012, Total $600,000) http://www.cis.famu.edu/~cstem/
  3. Xerox Corporation, “RFID-Enabled Secure Intelligent Office,” (PI Jones, Co-PIs Allen, Chatmon), $60,000/3years, 2009-2012, awarded January 2009, NOTE:29 submissions, 7 awards, only 1 to HBCU.
  4. U.S. Department of Education Minority Science and Engineering Improvement Program (MSEIP), “MSEIP: Broadening Information Assurance Awareness and Competency (BIAAC),” PI, $600,000/3 years, 2008-2011 (extended to 9/30/2012), Award P120A080094.   <Abstract> <Website>  <Press Release>
Submitted:
  1. NSF TUES Program, “TUES: Broadening Digital Forensics Education at FAMU”, H. Chi, PI; Co-PIs D. Evans, P. Gray-Ray, F. Dix-Richardson. $200K over 2 years, submitted April 2010.
  2. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Risk, Economics and Operations Research (REOR) of Terrorism and All Hazards (Center), subcontract to Carnegie Mellon University. PI, E. Jones; Co-PIs H. Chi, P. Gray-Ray. $500,000 over 5 years, 2010-2015, submitted April 2010.
  3. NSF CCLI, “CCLI: Collaborative Project: Broadening Digital Forensics Education in North Florida,” (PI Chi, Co-PIs Evans, Gray-Ray, Dix-Richardson; Stewart, TCC) $250,000/3 years, 2009-2012, submitted May 2009.
 
D.  Faculty members are subject matter experts (IA/Cybersecurity) for accrediting bodies and professional societies for IA/Cybersecurity, (e.g., ACM, IEEE, regional accreditation, professional accreditation, etc.). Faculty members are active members in IA/Cybersecurity organizations (ISSA, Cyberwatch, Infraguard, etc.) List involvement for last 3 years.
  1. Dr. Chi is on the Conference Program Committee for the following:
    • Workshop on Cybercrime and Computer Forensics (WCCF 2009), Dallas, June 8, 2009.
    • Third Workshop on Applications of Graph Theory in Wireless Ad hoc Networks and Sensor Networks 2011.
  2. Dr. Chi was a Reviewer for the following:
    • Cyberwatch Curriculum participant for Computer Forensic Course, 2012.
    • Reviewer for (Journal) Computer & Security, 2009-2011.
    • Reviewer for International Journal of Network and Security, 2008-2011.
    • IEEE Internal Conference on Intelligence and Security Information, 2008.
  3. Dr. Evans was a Reviewer for the following:
    • Reviewer for 14th Colloquium for Information Systems Security Education (CISSE), 2009-2010.
 
E.  Faculty members are engaged in and/or initiate student IA programs (Example: faculty-driven student discussion groups, IA clubs, lunch bunch, etc.) within the last 3 years.

  1. Weekly IA research meetings with Graduate/Undergraduate students.
 
F.  Faculty presents IA/Cybersecurity content at major Regional/National/International conferences and events. Provide synopsis of involvement for the last 3 years.

  1. (Chatmon/Jones) Presentation at the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Recruitment Center for a Cyber Security Information Exchange at Headquaters in McLean, VA (June 29-30, 2011).  Presentation.  <Invitation>
  2. (Chatmon) Team for Ubiquitous Secure Technology (TRUST) Sixth Annual Women’s Institute in Summer Enrichment (WISE 2011) held at Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburg, PA (July 15-19, 2011) . Poster Presentation.
  3. (Chatmon, Chi)  C-STEM/BIACC Summer 2011 Workshop held at Florida A&M University (June 13-16, 2011).  Speaker.
  4. (Chi) ACM Southeast Conference (March 25, 2011), held at Kennesaw, GA. “A Framework for Designing Benchmarks of Investigating Digital Forensics Tools for Mobile Devices”. Presenter.
  5. (Chatmon)  Best Paper Award – “Active Learning Approaches to Teaching Information Assurance” Information Security Curriculum Development Conference (INFOSECCD). Kennesaw, Georgia, Presenter. (2010).   <Best Paper Award Certificate>
  6. (Evans) InfoSecCD – Information Security Curriculum Development Conference (October 1-2, 2010), held at “Designing a Computer Forensics Concentration for Cross-disciplinary Undergraduate Students”. Presenter.
  7. (Chi) World Congress in Computer Science Computer Engineering and Applied Computing (July 12-15, 2010), held in Las Vegas, Nevada. “A Framework for Smart Trusted Indicators for Browsers (STIB)”. Presenter.  (2010).
  8. (Chi) 48th ACM Southeast Conference (April 15-17, 2010), held at Oxford, MS. “Framework for Access Controls Model in Enterprise Healthcare via SAML”. Presenter.