Joseph M. Kizza

University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

615 McCallie Ave., Chattanooga, TN 37403

Phone: (423) 425-4043; Fax: (423) 425-5442

email: joseph-kizza@utc.edu

 

 

EDUCATION

 

Ph.D.    1990     Computer Science, The University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE

M.A.    1986     Mathematics, The University of Toledo, Toledo, OH

M.S.     1980     Engineering (Computer Science), California State University, Sacramento, CA

B.S.      1975     Math-Computer Science, Makerere University, Uganda

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

 

2002 – present     Professor, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, Chattanooga, TN

2007 – present      Director,  University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Center for Information Security and Assurance ( UTC InfoSec).

1997 - 2002         Associate Professor, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, Chattanooga, TN

1989 - 1997         Assistant Professor, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, Chattanooga, TN

1995                    Visiting Professor, University of East London, England

1980 - 1981         Lecturer, Makerere University, Uganda

 

AWARDS:

 

Ø      2007 CHOICE OUTSTANDING  ACADEMIC TITLE:  Computer Network Security and Cyber Ethics, 2d ed., McFarland Publishers, 2006. 223pp. softcover ISBN 978-0-7864-2595-2

Ø      Best Engineering and Computer Science Researcher, UTC, 2006.

Ø      Outstanding Computer Science Teaching Award,  UTC, 2005.

Ø      Outstanding Scholarly Contribution Award -  from the International Institute for Advanced Studies in Systems Research and Cybernetics (IIAS). The award is given for outstanding scholarly research and educational work and for providing an exemplary contribution to the integration of engineering and social issues- 2004.

Ø      Senior Fulbright Scholar Award to Indonesia, 2006.

Ø      Fulbright  Scholar 2003-2004 to Uganda at  Mbarara University of Science and Technology.

Ø      2002 Choice “Outstanding Academic Title”  award for Computer Network Security and CyberEthics. McFarland Publishers, Inc., Jefferson City, NC,  and London, UK,  2002.

 

INTERNATIONAL SERVICE

 

  • Research Advisor to Local Governance and ICTs Research Network for Africa (LOG-IN Africa), an IDRC funded research network covering 9 African countries.
  • Informatics  Expert  for the United Nations Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), 1994 - present
  • Editor –in-Chief for the International Journal of Computing and ICT Research (IJCIR)
  • Member Editorial Board:

§         Journal of Emerging Mechanical Engineering Technology of the International

§         International Cyber crimes Journal Society of Productivity Enhancements (ISPE)

 

 

HONORARY AND PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPS

 

  • Chapter Chair, ACM Mid-Southeast  Chapter
  • Association  of Computing Machinery (ACM)
  • International Association of Mathematics and Computer Modeling (IAMC)
  • Association of Computing in Small Colleges (ACSC)
  • The Association of Management (AM)
  • International Federation of Information Professionals (IFIP)

 

INVITED PRSENTATION

 

  • Keynote: “Implementing Security in Sensor Networks”,  at the 3nd Annual International Conference on Computing and ICT Research, - SREC2008
  • Keynote: “The Diminishing Private Network Security Perimeter Defense”,  at the 2nd Annual International Conference on Computing and ICT Research, - SREC2007.
  • “Bare Naked: Emanation, Transmission and Theft of Information” Chattanooga Engineers’ Club. Chattanooga, TN. October 2, 2006.

·        Keynote:  “Bridging Africa’s Digital Divide: Building Sustainable ICT Infrastructures”  at the 2nd Annual International Conference on Computing and ICT Research, - SREC2006.

  • “Technology and Academic Dishonesty”,  University of Torku –Finland (IFIP),  June 26-28, 2005.
  • “The Myth of Privacy: Your Net My Net and Other Privacy Tales”, Southern Methodist University, Collegedale, TN, October 7, 2004.
  • “The Limits of Morality in Cyberspace (?): Legislating  a Common Morality in Cyberspace” 15th International Conference on Systems Research, Informatics and Cybernetics,  July 28 to August 2, 2003 in Baden-Baden, Germany.
  • “Efforts to Define and Uphold Common Morality in Cyberspace” at the International　Conference　of　Moral　Science, The Institute of Moralogy,  August 2 – 9, 2002, Kashiwa, Japan.
  • “Computers, Ethics, and Decision Making: Global Perspectives” at Erasmus University,
  • July 1-3,1995, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
  • “The Social Effects of the Computer Revolution: Where do we go from here?” at The
  • University of East London,  June 18-19, 1995, London, England.
  • “Information Ethics” at  The University of Nebraska-Lincoln,  May, 1995.

 

PROFESSIONAL PUBLICATIONS

 

 

J.M. Kizza. "Combating Computer Crimes: A Long Time Strategy". Ethics in the Computer Age Conference Proceedings, Gatlinburg, TN, November 11- 13,1994.

 

J. M. Kizza. "A Method for Verifying Rule-Based Knowledge-Bases". Mathematical Modeling and  Scientific Computing, vol. 3, sec.  A, 1994.

 

J. M. Kizza. "Legislate or Teach Information Ethics". Association of Management Eleventh Annual  Conference Proceedings. Atlanta, GA., August 6 - 9, 1993.

 

J.M. Kizza. "A Method for Verifying Rule-Based Knowledge-Bases". Ninth Intentional

Conference on  Mathematical and Computer Modeling Proceeding . Berkeley, CA.  July, 1993.

 

J. M. Kizza. "Modeling Techniques for Analyzing Complex Systems". Mathematical Modeling and  Scientific Computing, vol. 2, sec.  A, 1993.

 

J. M. Kizza and 1. N. Kizza. "Untangling the Campus Computer Maze: A Freshman Experience".

Collegiate Microcomputer Quarterly, vol.  XI, 2, May, 1993.

 

J. M. Kizza. "Computers: The First Encounter”.  Journal of Computing in Small Colleges.

January 1993 , vol. 8, No. 3,

 

J. M. Kizza.  “Towards a Virus and Worm free Computing Environment", Journal of Information Ethics,  Vol. 2, 1, Spring, 1993.

 

J. M. Kizza. “Towards a Virus and Worm free Computing Environment". Association of management  Reunion and Annual Conference Proceedings. Las Vegas, August 4 - 7, 1992.

 

J.      M. Kizza. "Computer Modeling Colleges, and Solution Techniques for Urban Problems".        

 Journal of Computing in Small Colleges , vol. 7, No. 3, January 1992

 

J. M. Kizza. " Ethics in the Computer and Information Professions". The Association of Management  Annual National Conference Proceedings, August, 1991.

 

J. M. Kizza. "Modeling Techniques for Analyzing Complex Systems", Eighth International Conference  on Mathematical and Computer Modeling Proceedings, Maryland, April 1991

 

J. M. Kizza. " On the lower bound for the number of n-ominoes". Ph. D. Dissertation, University of  Nebraska, 1990.

 

J. M. Kizza. "System Modeling: A technique for analyzing complex developmental systems". African  Mathematical Annual Conference Proceedings, June 1981, Nairobi, Kenya.

 

PAPERS PRESENTED AT CONFERENCES

Joseph M. Kizza. “Why  We Do Research”. LOG-IN Africa e-Local Governance International Conference, Giza, Cairo, Egypt, June 5-6, 2008

Joseph M. Kizza, Li Yang, Alma Cemerlic, Feiqiong Liu, Fine-Grained Reputation-based Routing in Wireless Ad Hoc Networks, Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Intelligence and Security Informatics, New Brunswick, NY, May 2007.

Joseph M. Kizza, Li Yang, Raimund K. Ege, Malek Adjouadi, A Relationship-based Flexible Authorization Framework for Mediation Systems, Proceedings of Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering (SEKE06), pages 381-385, San Francisco, CA, July, 2006.

 

Joseph M. Kizza, Li Yang, Andy Novobilski, Kathy Winters, TMAS Capstone Project., Proceedings of Computer Forensics Conference, Las Vegas, 2006

 

Joseph M. Kizza, Li Yang, Raimund K. Ege, A Flexible Context-Aware Authorization Framework for Mediation Systems, Proceedings of IEEE Intelligence and Security Informatics Conference, San Diego, CA, pages 684-685, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 2006.

 

J. M. Kizza. “ Roundtable Discussion: Preparing for the National Security Agency (NSA) Certification for the National Academic Center of Excellence in Information Security and Assurance.  Sharing Experiences”  at the ACM Mid-Southeast Annual Conference, Gatlinburg, TN 2005.

 

J.M. Kizza. “ Wireless and Computer Communication Technologies: Bridging the African

Digital” at the  45th Annual Meeting of the African Studies Association, Washington  D.C., December 3-5, 2002.

 

J.M.  Kizza. “Efforts to Define and Uphold a Common Morality in Cyberspace”. The International  Conference of Moral Science. The Institute of Moralogy, Kashiwa, Japan.  August 5 -9. 2002.

 

J.M. Kizza. "Cyber Crimes: Causes, Costs, and Social Consequences”. Tennessee Academy of Sciences. Murfreesboro,  Tennessee,  November 8 – 10, 2001.

 

J.M. Kizza. "Your Net My Net and Other Privacy Tales”. Tennessee Academy of Sciences. Nashville, November 17, 2000.

 

J.M. Kizza. "Internet Convergence and Technical Control".  IFIP Fifth World Conference.  Geneva, Switzerland,  August 25 - 28, 1998

 

J.M. Kizza. "Much A Do About Nothing: The Internet Dream". IFIP W4.9.2 Working Workshop. Corfu, Greece, May B-10, 1997.

 

J. M. Kizza. " Introducing Computer Ethics in the K-12 Curriculum". Third National Computer Ethics Conference, Brookings Institute. Washington D.C., April 28-29, 1994.

 

J. M. Kizza and I. N. Kizza. "Computer Literacy: A Basic College Curriculum Requirement'”. A Conference on Redefining Basic Skills: Transforming New Approaches into  Pedagogy.  New York, Nov. 5 - 7, 1993.

 

J. M. Kizza. "A Method for Verifying Rule-Based Knowledge-Bases". Berkeley, CA., July 26 -29, 1993.

 

J.     M. Kizza and 1. N. Kizza. "Untangling the Campus Computer Maze: A Freshman

Experience".  Computers Across the Curriculum: A Conference on Technology in the Freshman

Year.  May    29-31,1992. New York City, New York.

 

J., M. Kizza. " On Certification of Knowledge-based Systems". Second Great Lakes Computer Science Conference, November, 1991

 

J. M. Kizza. "Computers and Development: An African Perspective". Proceedings, Intentional

Conference on Information Technology in Support of Economic Development. Khartoum,

Sudan, Dec. 1990

 

Synergistic Activities

·         Proposal Review Panelist -- NSF CCLI Program Reviews (2005, 6, 7). 

·        NSF Scholar Summer Workshops ( 1995, 2007)

 

CONFERENCES / MEETINGS ORGANIZED

 

Annual ACM Mid-Southeast  Conference,  Gatlinburg, TN  2004- 6.

 

"European Philosophical And Computer Ethics" Conference at Rotterdam, The Netherlands, January/February 1997, with Jeroen vanden Hoven, Erasmus University and David Preston, University of East London.

 

"Ethics in the Computer Age". Lecture Series 1994-95 at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.

 

"Ethics in the Computer Age International Conference” in collaboration with ACM, November, 1994, Gatlinburg, Tennessee.

 

"Ethics in the Computer Age". Conference, November, 1992 at the

University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.

 

“Ethics in the Computer Age". Conference, November 15, 1991 at the

University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.

 

WORKSHOPS CONDUCTED

 

Computers Forensics, Summer Workshop at UTC, 2005

 

Writing and Research Workshop. Institute of Computer Science, Makerere University, Uganda. March 15 – 29, 2004.

 

Computers, Ethics, and Decision Making: Global Perspectives - conducted at Erasmus University, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, July 1-3,1995.

 

The Social Effects of the Computer Revolution: Where do we go from here? - conducted at The

University of East London, London, England, June 18-19, 1995.

 

Writing and Research Workshop. Institute of Computer Science, Makerere University, Uganda. March 15 – 29, 2004.

 

BOOK CHAPTERS

 

J.   M. Kizza. “The History  Hacking.” In James Ciment, Editor, An Encyclopedia on Social Issues in America. Vol.2,. Sharpe Reference, 2006.  

 

J.M. Kizza and  Jackie Ssanyu. “ Workplace Surveillance”. In Electronic Monitoring in the Workplace: Controversies and Solutions  by  John Weckert. Idea Group Inc. Publishers, Hershey, PA, 2005.

 

J. M. Kizza. “Global ICT and the Digital Divide: Creating a Sustainable Infrastructure and Positive Outcomes to Narrow the Gap”. In The World in the Information Age: Challenges and Opportunities” (to appear ) published in UK.

 

J. M. Kizza, "Internet  Convergence and Technical Control". In  Jacques  Berleur  and Diane Whitehouse (eds.)  Governance of the Internet: Ethical Point of View. Chapman and Hill.  London, UK, 1999.

 

J. M. Kizza, "Ethics in the Computer Age". In  Allen Kent and James G. Williams (eds.) Encyclopedia of Computer Science and Technology, vol. 36. Marcel Dekker, Inc. New York, NY, 1997.

 

J. M. Kizza. "Much A Do About Nothing: The Internet Dream". In  Jacques  Berleur  and Diane Whitehouse (eds.)  Ethical Global Information Society: Culture and Democracy Revisited. Chapman and Hill.  London, UK, 1997.

 

J. M. Kizza, "A new lower bound to the number of n-ominoes". In M. Rahman  (ed.) Ocean Waves Mechanics,  Computational Fluid Dynamics, and Mathematical Modeling.  Computational Mechanics Publication.  Southampton, U.K, 1990.

 

BOOK REVIEWS

 

“Intrusion Detection Systems” In   The Internet Encyclopedia,  Volume 2    Hossein Bidgoli (Editor) , 2003.  “Passwords”  In The Internet Encyclopedia,  Volume 3.  Hossein Bidgoli (Editor) , 2003.

Ethics of Computing: Codes, Spaces for Discussion and Law.  Jacques Berluer and Klaus Brunstein, eds. London: Chapman & Hall, 1996,  for the Journal of Information Ethics,  Spring, 1999, pp 82-83.

Systems Software. Second Edition, by Leland Beck, Addison-Wesley, 1990.

BOOKS

 

J. M. Kizza.  Guide to Computer Network Security. Springer-Verlag, 2009. London, UK

 

J.M. Kizza, Janet Aisbett, Greg Gibson, Anthony J. Rodridges, Revi Nath and Gerald R. Renardel (Editors). Special Topics in Computing and ICT Research: Strengthening the Role of ICT in Development.  Fountain Publishers, Kampala, Uganda, 2008.

 

J.M. Kizza, Jackson Muhirwe, Janet Aisbett, Katherine Getao, Victor W. Mbarika, Dilip Patel,  and Anthony J. Rodrigues (Editors). Strengthing the Role of ICT in Development. Fountain Publishers, Kampala, Uganda, 2007.

 

J. M.  Kizza, Janet Aisbett, Andrew Vince, and Tom Wanyama (Editors).

Special Topics in Computing and ICT Research: Advances in Systems Modelling and ICT Applications.  Fountain Publishers, Kampala, Uganda. 2006.

 

J.M. Kizza.  Securing the Information Infrastructure,  IGI Global, Hershey, PA, 2008.

 

J. M. Kizza.  Ethical and Social Issues in the Information Age. Third  Edition, Springer-Verlag,  New York,  2007.

 

J. M. Kizza.  Computer Network Security  and CyberEthics, Second Edition. McFarland & Company, 2006.

 

J.M. Kizza.  Computer Network Security. New York: Springer-Verlag, 2005.

 

J. M. Kizza.  Ethical and Social Issues in the Information Age. Second Edition, Springer-Verlag,  New York,  2002.

 

J.M.  Kizza. Computer Network Security and CyberEthics. McFarland Publishers, Inc., Jefferson City, NC,  and London, UK,  2002.

 

J. M. Kizza.  Ethical and Social Issues in the Information Age.  Japanese translation.  Springer-Verlag GmbH & Co. KG through The English Agency, (Japan) Ltd.. New York,  2001.

 

J.M.  Kizza. Civilizing the Internet: Global Concerns and Efforts Towards Regulation. McFarland        Publishers, Inc., Jefferson City, NC,  and London, UK, 1998.

 

J. M. Kizza.  Ethical and Social Issues in the Information Age. Springer-Verlag. New York,  1997.

 

J. M. Kizza.  Social and Ethical Effects of the Computer Revolution. McFarland Publishers Inc.                     Jefferson City, North Carolina, 1996.

 

J. M. Kizza.  Ethics in the Computer Age Conference Proceedings. ACM Press. New York, 1995.

 

CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT

 

Computer Science (B.S.) and (M.S): Information  Security  and Assurance Concentration  - College of Engineering and Computer Science, The University of Tennessee –Chattanooga (UTC).

 

Computer Science (B.S.): Mbarara University of Science and Technology (MUST) – Uganda.

Information Systems (B.S.): Kyamboga University (KU) – Uganda.

 

Also the following courses at UTC:

  • Principles of Information Security and Assurance ( CPSC 375)
  • Biometrics and Cryptography (CPSC 415)
  • Information Security Management (CPSC 431)
  • Wireless Network Security (CPSC 545)
  • System Vulnerability Analysis and Editing (CPSC 461)
  • Database Security and Auditing (CPSC 462)
  • Internet Security Protocols (CPSC 472)
  • Computer Crime Investigations (CPSC 484)
  • Information Security Laboratory (CPSC 485)
  • Ethical and Social Issues in the Information Age  (CPSC 385)
  • Computer Network Security  (CPSC 444)
  • Computer Network Security  (CPSC 544)  
  • Advanced Cryptography

 

 

PROGRAM   EVALUATION  ACTIVITIES

 

Tennessee High Education Commission (THEC) Program Reviewer,  Graduate programs in Computer Science, East Tennessee State University,  Johnson City, Tennessee, 2001.

 

ABET - Computer Science Accreditation Board (CSAB) Program Evaluator. 

 

FUNDED PROJECTS

 

·         IASP (DOD) - $62,279 from the Department of Defense to establish a scholarship program for undergraduate ISA students.

·         Odor Wheeler, Sustainable and Scalable Wireless Sensor Network to Monitor Chemical Concentration (with Mina Sartipi and Joseph Kizza), awarded, 2008-2009 - $20,000.

·         A Fast Response and Planning System in Disaster Management (with Li Yang), Tennessee Higher Education Commission's Center of Excellence in Applied Computational Science and Engineering,  awarded, 2009-2010. - $25,000.

·         A secure and reliable wireless ad-hoc network in disaster management, Tennessee Higher Education Commission's Center of Excellence in Applied Computational Science and Engineering under grants, $20,000. 2007-2008.

·         Eyes and Ears in the Closet: Sensor Technology and Security, Instructional Excellence from UTC, $1630.00, 2007-2008.

·         Lab Support for Undergraduate and Graduate Courses in Information Assurance, Instructional Excellence from UTC, $1200, 2006-2007.

·         Information Communications Mediator Model in Disaster Management, Tennessee Higher Education Commission's Center of Excellence in Applied Computational Science and Engineering under grants R04-1302-005. 2005-2007, $33,250

·         Lupton Fund - $25,000 for setting up the InfoSec Laboratory.

·         Numerous Faculty Summer and Development Grants.

·        National Science Foundation – Summer Workshop 2002

·        Institute of Mathematics, University of Minnesota, 2001

·        National Science Foundation - Summer Workshop 2001