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Spring, 2009
May, 2009: I was just honored with the IPRO Outstanding Faculty Award! I would like to thank everyone who helped, especially my students!
April, 2009: Two IIT project days coming up: IIT Research Day, April 28, 2009 in the MTCC building (I will be judging) and IPRO Day, May 1 in the HUB (come see IPRO 327!)
April, 2009: IIT has just been redesignated as a National Security Agency Center of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance.
April, 2009: IPRO: I am scheduled to teach IPRO327 - A Video Indexing and Search System this fall. We will be designing a Web based video server. To sign up, please email the registrar to confirm that you want to sign up for the class.
April, 2009: CS525: I will be teaching cs525 this summer and cs100 this fall. I am not scheduled to teach cs525 this fall. If you are interested in this class with me, please take it this summer or next spring!
March, 2009: I was just on local TV (Fox) and radio (WLS), talking about the Conficker worm.
March, 2009: There will be a guest speaker from Sun coming to my Database class on April 1. All are invited to attend. See the talks section for more information.
March, 2009: Linh just successfully defended. Congratulations!
March, 2009: I will be advising Andrew Yates this summer in the CSL Undergraduate Research program.
March, 2009: My teaching schedule for the next two semesters is cs525 this summer and cs100 in the fall.
February, 2009: The employment seminar was another hit. Good luck to our job seekers!
Fall, 2008
September, 2008: Just graduated my first student. Yay! May her career be long and lucrative.
September, 2008: The Midwest Database Research Symposium will be held on October 4 at UIC. Please contact me if you are interested in attending!
September, 2008: Student-faculty lunch get-togethers are on Wednesdays at 12:40 this semester at Center Court. See you there!
August, 2008: The Computer Science Department Employment Seminar will be held on September 15. If you are looking for a job/internship, please attend!
Summer, 2008
June, 2008: I was on the local Fox News station last night (6/18/08), talking about how porn could inadvertantly end up on someone's computer.
June, 2008: My students and I just won the Best Paper Award at the recent ACM Infoscale, 2008 Conference!
June, 2008: I am advising a Chicago Public School teacher as part of the NSF Research Experiences for Teachers Program.
June, 2008: I am advising a student this summer as part of the IIT Undergraduate Research Program.
Spring, 2008
April, 2008: Hi folks, I will be running an IPRO this fall on building search engines: IPRO327. Sign up!
April, 2008: I advised high school students at the University of Chicago's Collegiate Scholars Program.
March, 2008: Our Center of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance designation was just renewed by the NSA.
February, 2008: I was on TV again recently for a story about getting tickets through TicketMaster for Hannah Montana. I hear this story has been syndicated nationally by Fox.
February, 2008: Faculty-student lunches will be on Wednesdays at 12:45 at Center Court.
January, 2008: CS525 will be offered during the summer semester if there is enough enrollment. Sign up and/or let me know if you are interested.
Fall, 2007
Fall, 2007: The Fall job fair is on September 27 from 12-5 in the HUB. (Good luck to everyone!)
Fall, 2007: Student lunches this semester: Join Matt Bauer and me on Wednesdays from 12:45-1:45 for lunch! See what everyone is like outside of the ivory tower!
Fall, 2007: I gave lectures on Electronic Signature Technology and the Future of Cyber Crime to visiting Chinese authorities as part of the Anti-Cyber Crime Program by the IIT-MPA program.
Spring, 2007
Spring, 2007: CS525 will be offered durring the summer (TR, 1210-250) and fall (TR, 150-305).
Spring, 2007: I was on WTTW on January 23, 2007, talking about the disclosure of Chicago voters' social security numbers. See the video here.
Spring, 2007: I will be teaching a build-a-system course. All students are welcome to join.
Spring, 2007: Matt Bauer and I will be resuming our weekly student lunches! Wednesdays @ at 12:45 @Center Court. Email bauerm@iit for info.
Spring, 2007: I was interviewed on a recent story about cell phone security on ABC TV, Chicago.
Fall, 2006
Fall, 2006: Two invited speakers will be visiting IIT this fall: David Dampier, MSU, and Chengkai Li, UIUC.
Fall, 2006: If there is sufficient interest, I may be teaching an undergraduate projects course in the spring. Please email me if you are interested!
Fall, 2006: Matt Bauer and I will have weekly lunches in the student center on Thursdays from 12-1. All students and faculty are invited to join. We are also planning a revival of the Monday night happy hours. Stay tuned!
Summer, 2006: IIT received Center of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance from the National Security Agency!
Spring, 2006: IPRO 304 won the best-in-track award at the recent annual IPRO competition.