Faculty Achievement 2010-11
Faculty Publications
Dr. Li Yang
Book:
Applied Cryptography for Cyber Security and Defense: Information Encryption and Cyphering, editors. With Hamid R. Nemati, 2010.
Book Chapters:
“Managing Secure Database Systems” in Readings and Cases in MoIS, Vol II, 2010.
“A Resilient Fair Electronic Contract Signing Protocol” in Security and Privacy Assurance in Advancing Technologies: New Developments, 2011 with Harkeerat Bedi.
Journal Papers:
Ran Tao, Li Yang, et al., A Host-Based Intrusion Detection System Using Architectural Features to Improve Sophisticated Denial-of-Service Attack Detections, International Journal of Information Security and Privacy, 2010.
Anyi Liu, Jim Chen, Li Yang, Observer: A Real-time Model-less Architecture To Detect Covert Channels In A Highly Virtualized Environment, Proceedings of the 5th Annual IFIP WG 11.10 International Conference on Critical Infrastructure Protection, Hanover, NH, March 2011.
Xiaohui Cui, Li Yang, and Thomas E. Potok, Analyzing the non-western culture society online opinion dynamics, Human Social Culture Behaviour (HSCB) Focus, Chantilly, VA, February, 2011.
Wade Gasior, Li Yang, Ignatius Fomunung, Mark Hairr, and Ronald Bailey, So you want to drive an electric vehicle, Electric Vehicle Symposium (EVS25), Shenzhen, China, November, 2010
Dr. Joseph M. Kizza
Books:
Computer Network Security and Cyber Ethics – 3rd Edition
Guide to Computer Network Security – 1st Edition Paperback – a reprint.
Guide to Computer Network Security – 1st Chinese Edition – due December 2011.
Journal Papers:
“Technology and Academic Dishonesty – Part II: A Focus on Academicians and Other Researchers”. International Journal of Computing and ICT Research, Vol. 4 Issue, June, 2010.
“Using Subgraph Isomorphism as a Zero Knowledge Proof Authentication in Timed Wireless Mobile Networks”, with Lindsay Bramlett and Elizabeth Morgan. International Journal of Computing and ICT Research, Vol. 4 Special Issue, September, 2010.
“Does Africa Need More PhDs or [First] Degrees?”. International Journal of Computing and ICT Research, Vol. 4 Special Issue, September, 2010.
“The African Development Dilemma: Quality or Mass Education” ”. International Journal of Computing and ICT Research, Vol. 4 Issue 2, December, 2010.
“Does Africa Need More PhDs or [First] Degrees?”. International Journal of Computing and ICT Research, Vol. 4 Special Issue, September, 2010.
“The African Development Dilemma: Quality or Mass Education”. International Journal of Computing and ICT Research, Vol. 4 Issue 2, December, 2010.
“Reaching out: Efforts to Build Sustainable African Research and Innovation Capacity” with Tim Waema and Mammo Muchie. African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development. Vol. 2, No. 2, 2010.
Dr. Mina Sartipi
“Energy-Efficient Data acquisition in Wireless Sensor Networks Using Compressed Sensing” Proceedings of IEEE Data Compression Conference, March 2011, with R. Fletcher.
Dr. Stephanie Smullen
"A Gender Comparison of Economists' Publications" by Hutchinson, Loizeaux, Pratt, and Smullen, Journal for Economic Educators, Fall 2010.
Dr. Yu Cao
S. Hu, Y. Cao, J. Zhang, W. Kong, K. Yang, X. Li, Y. Zhang, "Granger Causality's Shortcomings and New Causality Measure," in Proc. of IEEE International Symposium on Neural Networks (ISNN 2011), Guilin, China, 2011 (selected as one of the outstanding papers and invited for extension and publication in a special issue of Journal)
S. Hu, Y. Cao, J. Zhang, W. Kong, K. Yang, X. Li, Y. Zhang, "Evidence for Existence of Real Causality in the Case of Zero Granger Causality," in Proc. of The International Conference on Information Science and Technology (ICIST 2011), Nanjing, China, 2011
Y. Cao, H. Müller, C. E. Kahn, Jr., E Munson, "Multi-modal Medical Image Retrieval," in Proc. of SPIE Medical Imaging, Orlando, FL, 2011
S. Philip, Y. Cao, M. Li, "Sensor Based Time Series Classification of Body Movement," in Proc. of Workshop on Bio-inspired Models and Technologies for Ambient Information Society, in conjunction with the International ICST Conference on Bio-Inspired Models of Network, Information, and Computing Systems (Bionetics 2010), Boston, MA, 2010. (Oral)
Faculty Presentations
Dr. Mina Sartipi
M. Sartipi, “Compressive Sensing with the Encoder side Information”, Submitted to IEEE Globecom, February 2011.
M. Sartipi, P. Modur, “Multiple Description Coding using Belief Propagation”, submitted to Military Communication Conference, March 2011.
Dr. Li Yang
Anyi Liu, Jim Chen, Li Yang, Detecting Covert Timing Channel in a Networked Virtual Environment, The 25th Annual WG 11.3 Conference on Data and Applications Security and Privacy, under review, 2011.
Lei Zhang, Alvin Lim, Li Yang, Maximum Residual Energy Routing with Transmission Distance Extension, under review, 2011.
Kai Qian, Li Yang, Innovative CS Capstone Project For Green Smart Computing With WSN In A Box, The 10th IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies, 2010.
Swetha Dasireddy, Wade Gasior, Xiaohui Cui and Li Yang, Visualization and Clustering in Network-based Intrusion Detection, the Proceedings of Cyber Security and Information Intelligence Research Workshop, ACM Digital Library, Oak Ridge, TN 2010.
Rajeshwar Katipally, Wade Gasior, Xiaohui Cui and Li Yang, Multi stage attack Detection system for Network Administrators using Data Mining, the Proceedings of Cyber Security and Information Intelligence Research Workshop, ACM Digital Library, Oak Ridge, TN 2010.
Li Yang, Wade Gasior, Woodlyn Madden, Mark Hairr, Ronald Bailey, Electronic Vehicle Simulation and Animation, 51st Annual Transportation Forum, March 2010.
Li Yang, et al. A fine-grained reputation system for reliable routing in wireless ad hoc network, Journal of Security and Communication Network, 2010.
Dr. Claire McCulluogh
“What Makes a College Graduate 'Educated'?: A Proposed Curriculum Revision Across Disciplines,” , the American Society for Engineering Education Southeastern Region conference, Charleston, SC, April 10-12, 2011.
Dr. Joseph M. Kizza
Keynote: “Using Subgraph Isomorphism as a Zero Knowledge Proof Authentication in Timed Wireless Mobile Networks”, 6th International Conference on Computing and ICT Research, August 1- 4th, 2010.
“Zero Knowledge Trust Propagation in Airborne Networks” with David Irakiza, Stephan White and Primo Abina. CRW’10. 3rd Cyberspace Research Workshop, November 15, 2010.
Ms. Kathy Winters
“Using Visual Logic with Java”, ACM Mid-Southeast conference, Gatlinburg, TN November 2010.
“Incorporating Visual Logic Into a Java Course”, Course Technology conference, Orlando FL, March 2011.
Dr. Yu Cao
S. Philip, Y. Cao, M. Li, "Sensor Based Time Series Classification of Body Movement," in Proc. of Workshop on Bio-inspired Models and Technologies for Ambient Information Society, in conjunction with the International ICST onference on
Bio-Inspired Models of Network, Information, and Computing Systems (Bionetics 2010), Boston, MA, 2010. (Oral)
W. Gasior, Matt. McNeely, B. Davidoff, Y. Cao, L. Yang, "Electric Vehicle Simulation for Google Android," presented at the 2010 ACM Mid-Southeast Chapter Fall Conference, Gatlinburg, TN, 2010. (Won the first place in the student presentation contest)
R. Derveloy, Y. Cao, L. Yang, "Patient Privacy Protection Through Data Obfuscation and Distortion," presented at the 2010 ACM Mid-Southeast Chapter Fall Conference, Gatlinburg, TN, 2010. (Won the third place in the student presentation contest)
R. Fletcher, Y. Cao, "Scalable Hierarchical Image Indexing for Content Based Image Retrieval," presented at the 2010 ACM Mid-Southeast Chapter Fall Conference, Gatlinburg, TN, 2010.
Dr. Jack Thompson
“Software Tools for a Student Project Course,” 2010 Mid-Southeast Chapter Fall Conference, Gatlinburg, TN, November 2010
Faculty Grants
Dr. Mina Sartipi
PI, NSF Cyber-Physical Systems
$469,064
2009-2011
in collaboration with Dr. Stephen Craven, UTC
CPS Foundations in Computation and Communications
PI, NSF SHB
Smart monitoring and evaluation of well-being for post-stroke patients using
wearable iPod Touch and iPhone Devices
PI, NSF CAREER
Enhanced Compression in Distributed Sensing Applications
Dr. Li Yang
Erlanger: Data Management Software for the Erlanger Southeast Regional Stroke Center (with Yu Cao), $200,000, pending, 2011.
NSF SFS: Develop Faculty Expertise in Information Assurance through Case Studies and Hands-on Experiences (with North Carolina AT & T and Univ. of North Carolina at Charlotte), under review, $160,000, 2011-2013.
NSF SHB: Small: RUI: Smart monitoring and evaluation of well-being for post-stroke patients using wearable iPod Touch and iPhone Devices (with Mina Sartipi and Yu Cao), $499,916, under review, 2010.
NSF MRI: Acquisition of a High Performance Computational Infrastructure for Biomedical Informatics (with Yu Cao), $416,912, pending, co-PI, 2011.
NSF REESE, Collaborative Research: Pathways: Fostering Introductory Computing Education with Innovative Interactive Learning Model Infused Cyberlearning Space (FOSTER), $30,000, under review, 2010.
NSF CTE, EXP: Collaborative Research: Transforming Computing Education through Live Personalized and Collaborative Cloud Learning Environment (CIRCLE), Co-PI, $50,000, under review, 2011.
NSF CCLI Phase I, Collaborative Project: Teaching Cryptography through Hand-on Learning and Case Studies (with Joseph Kizza at UTC, Andy Wang at SPSU, C. H. Chen at TU), $99,985, lead PI, awarded, 2010-2013.
Collaborative Research Experience for Undergraduates (CREU) (with Hong Qin), the Computing Research Association Committee on the Status of Women in Computing Research (CRA-W) in conjunction with the Coalition to Diversify Computing (CDC), $23,000 awarded, 2010-2011.
Profiling and Predicting Behaviors of Network-based Intrusions, Tennessee Higher Education Commission's Center of Excellence in Applied Computational Science and Engineering, $40,000, awarded, 2010-2011.
Dr. Claire McCullough
Funding Agency: US National Science Foundation (Federal research award)
Program: Computing Education for the 21st Century (CE21)
Title: Computing for BFFs (Black, Female, and Financially-disadvantaged Students)
Project Duration: 09/01/2011-08/31/2014
Role in Grant: Co-Principal Investigator
Total Budget: $194,040
(with Drs. Joe Dumas, Yu Cao and Sandy Watson (UTeaChattanooga)
Dr. Joseph M. Kizza
NSF CCLI Phase I, Collaborative Project: Teaching Cryptography through Hand-on Learning and Case Studies (with Li Yang at UTC, Andy Wang at SPSU, C. H. Chen at TU), $99,985, lead PI, awarded, 2010-2013.
NSF SFS: Develop Faculty Expertise in Information Assurance through Case Studies and Hands-on Experiences (with Li Yang at UTC and North Carolina AT & T and Univ. of North Carolina at Charlotte), under review, $160,000, 2011-2013.
Center for Secure Cyberspace at Louisiana Tech University and DoD for a summer research visit and supervison of Ph.D. students - $11,190.
UNESCO-HP African Allience for Capacity Building in ICT (with Makerere University) - $50,000.
Ms. Kathy Winters
Teaching Computational Thinking to the Millennial Students in Introductory Programming Courses to the NSF
Dr. Stephanie Smullen
“Digitization TCN: Collaborative Research: SouthEast Regional Network of Expertise and Collections-All Taxa (SERNEC-AT)” (with Joey Shaw, Biology) – a 4 year $256,468 proposal to NSF. This proposal is a collaborative effort with 25 southern universities to provide internet access to an estimated 10 million herbarium specimens in the Southeast USA.
Faculty Development grant, “An Examination of Gender Differences in PhD Recipients in Economics, 1985-2008 with Leila Pratt, Economics, for $2987.50 for 2010-11.
Mr. Craig Tanis
Funding Agency: US National Science Foundation (Federal research award)
Title: MRI: Acquisition of a High Performance Computational Infrastructure for
Biomedical Informatics Research
Project Duration: 09/01/2011-08/31/2014
Total Budget: $462,000
(with Drs. Yu Cao and Li Yang)
Dr. Joe Dumas
Funding Agency: US National Science Foundation (Federal research award)
Program: Computing Education for the 21st Century (CE21)
Title: Computing for BFFs (Black, Female, and Financially-disadvantaged Students)
Project Duration: 09/01/2011-08/31/2014
Role in Grant: Co-Principal Investigator
Total Budget: $194,040
(with Drs. Claire McCullough, Yu Cao, and Sandy Watson (UTeaChattanooga)
Dr. Yu Cao
Funding Agency: US National Institute of Health, R21 (Federal research award)Title: Semantic Indexing for Medical Image Retrieval
Project Duration: 08/01/2011-07/31/2013
Role in Grant: Principal Investigator
Total Budget: $412,372.00
Funds Allocated to My Work: $206,186
Funding Agency: US National Science Foundation (Federal research award)
Title: SHB:Small: RUI: Smart monitoring and evaluation of well-being for post-stroke patients using wearable iPod Touch and iPhone Devices
Project Duration: 09/01/2011-08/31/2014
Role in Grant: Co-Principal Investigator
Total Budget: $499,858
Funds Allocated to My Work: $150,900
Funding Agency: US National Science Foundation (Federal research award)
Title: MRI: Acquisition of a High Performance Computational Infrastructure for
Biomedical Informatics Research
Project Duration: 09/01/2011-08/31/2014
Role in Grant: Principal Investigator
Total Budget: $462,000
Funds Allocated to My Work: $462,000
Funding Agency: US National Science Foundation (Federal research award)
Program: Computing Education for the 21st Century (CE21)
Title: Computing for BFFs (Black, Female, and Financially-disadvantaged Students)
Project Duration: 09/01/2011-08/31/2014
Role in Grant: Co-Principal Investigator
Total Budget: $194,040
Funds Allocated to My Work: $20,000
Other Faculty Activities
Dr. Joseph M. Kizza
Journal Editorial Board member:
- International Journal of Computing and ICT Research, Editor-in-Chief
- International Journal of Emerging Mechanical Engineering Technology
- African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation, and Development.
- International Cyber crimes Journal Society of Productivity Enhancements (ISPE)
- International Journal of Information Science (IJIS)
- The International Journal of Cyber Ethics in Education (IJCEE).
Dr. Mina Sartipi
NSF Panel Reviewer
Reviewer:
- IEEE Transactions on Information Theory
- IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing
- IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications
- IEEE Transactions on Communications
- IEEE Transactions on Communications Letters
Member of the CGLA (Chattanooga Girls Leadership Academy) STEM advisory board
