Department of Computer Science College of Science, Engineering, and Te

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Data and Information Management Cluster

• presented by
• Loretta A. Moore Gordon Skelton
• loretta.a.moore, gordon.skelton
• _at_jsums.edu

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Objectives

• Support quality education at the undergraduate
  and graduate levels.
• Conduct meaningful and productive research.
• Attract outstanding faculty and researchers to
  Jackson State University.
• Develop an ongoing funding stream to support
  these goals.

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Strategic Direction

• Expand the number of faculty, students, and
  research staff members involved in externally
  funded research.
• Increase the number of specialized core labs
  supporting research and teaching.
• Enhance collaboration among the faculty and
  departments at JSU.
• Collaborate with additional universities and
  agencies.

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Subgroups

• Information Assurance and Computer Security
• Information and Intelligent Systems
• Data and Information Visualization

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Information Assurance and Computer Security

• Faculty
• Dr. Houssain Kettani (Computer Science)
• Dr. Natarajan Meghanathan (Computer Science)
• Dr. Loretta Moore (Computer Science)
• Mr. Marcus Griffin (Computer Science)
• Ms. Cheryl Jordan (Computer Science)
• Dr. Mohammad Khadivi (Mathematics)
• Dr. Xuejun Liang (Computer Science)
• Dr. Kamal Ali (Computer Engineering)

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Information Assurance and Computer Security

• Research Topics
• Research and training for computer security
  specialists
• Forensics
• Cryptography algorithm research
• Secure networking
• System survivability analysis

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Information Assurance and Computer Security

• The Computer Science Center for Information
  Assurance and Computer Security (to be
  proposed.)
• The Department has received Certification from
  the Committee on National Security Systems and
  the National Security Agency for Computer Science
  Courseware
• Application for Center of Excellence in
  development
• Funding received
• NSF Scholarship for Service Program Cyber
  Scholarships
• NSF Scholarship for Service Program Capacity
  Building
• DOJ / MSU Contract Cyber Forensics (2)

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Information and Intelligent Systems

• Faculty
• Dr. Hyunju Kim (Computer Science)
• Dr. Tzusheng Pei (Computer Science)
• Dr. Charles Bland (Computer Science)
• Dr. Loretta Moore (Computer Science)
• Dr. Houssain Kettani (Computer Science)
• Research Topics
• Data Mining
• Intelligent Systems
• Data Fusion
• Bioinformatics
• Data Recovery

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Center for Defense Integrated Data

• Contract with US Armys Space and Missile Defense
  Command
• Collaboration with other MS universities and
  private companies
• Provides research opportunities for JSU students
• Developing secure facility for research endeavors

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Data and Information Visualization

• Faculty
• Mr. Julius Baham (Remote Sensing)
• Mr. Robert Hughes (GIS)
• Mr. Chuck Patrick (Sci-Visualization)
• Ms. Monika Rabarison (Sci-Visualization)
• Mr. John Young (GIS)
• Dr. Sungbum Hong (Computer Science)
• Dr. Loretta Moore (Computer Science)
• Research Topics
• 3D scientific data visualization
• Simulation Modeling of complex systems
• Algorithm development

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Affiliated Research Centers and Labs

• The Trent Lott Geospatial and Visualization
  Center
• Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
• Remote Sensing (RS)
• Scientific Visualization
• Center for Defense Integrated Data
• Northrop Grumman Center for HPC for Ship Systems
  Engineering
• Army High Performance and Computing Research
  Center

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Vision For Future

• Expanding number and types of funded research
  projects
• Increasing the number of graduate students,
  post-doctorates, and research faculty associated
  with this cluster

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Projected Funding Targets(Examples)

• National Science Foundation (NSF)
• National Aeronautics and Space Administration
  (NASA)
• Department of Defense (DoD)
• Department of Justice (DOJ)
• University of California - Lawrence Livermore
  National Laboratory
• Companies interested in research activities of
  cluster

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Challenges / Threats

• Recruiting experienced research faculty
• Attracting talented students
• Acquiring adequate resources