Faculty News: Manu Malek conducts IEEE distinguished lecture tour

Professor Malek

Manu Malek, Industry Professor of Computer Science and Director of the Graduate Certificate in CyberSecurity program, in November conducted an IEEE-sponsored Distinguished Lecture Tour to Latin America. The tour was supported by the IEEE Communications Society and the local IEEE Chapters and included three cities: Sao Paulo, Brazil; Lima, Peru; and San Salvador, El Salvador. Malek made two presentations in each location on the topics of security and information assurance, WLAN security and security forensics. IEEE members and non-members from academia and industry were in attendance at each presentation.

Malek’s research focuses on internet security, (wireless) network security, security management and security forensics. He serves as editor-in-chief of the Journal of Network and Systems Management and editor of Springer Book Series on Network and Systems Management. In addition to his position as an IEEE distinguished lecturer, he is a member of the Steering Committee of Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems and a member of the International Federation for Information Processing. – SM

Faculty News: Duggan appointed director of Computer Science department

Dr. Duggan

Dr. James McClellan III, Interim Dean of Stevens’ School of Sciences and Arts, has announced the appointment of Professor Dominic Duggan as Director of the Department of Computer Science.

“Dominic brings tremendous expertise and energy to the job of Department Director, and there’s no doubt that he and his talented colleagues will do the department, the field of computer science and the Institute proud,” McClellan said.

A native of Ireland, Duggan received his Doctorate in computer science from the University of Maryland. He has worked at Stevens for nine years as an Associate Professor of Computer Science. His areas of specialty include network security, cryptographic types and object-oriented programming. – SM

Faculty News: Ann Mooney’s work receives the Bright Idea Award

Professor Mooney

Professor Ann Mooney is a recipient of the Bright Idea Award, sponsored by the Stillman School of Business at Seton Hall University and the NJPRO Foundation. Mooney was selected for her paper, “Executive job demands: new insights for explaining strategic decisions and leader behaviors,” co-authored with Donald Hambrick of The Smeal College of Business at Pennsylvania State University and Sydney Finkelstein of The Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College. Mooney is an Assistant Professor of Management in the Wesley J. Howe School of Technology Management.

The Stillman School of Business and the NJPRO foundation, the public policy research affiliate of the New Jersey Business and Industry Association, have compiled the Fifth Annual Volume of the Published Researched Works of business faculty within New Jersey. Mooney’s paper was selected as one of the top manuscripts from more than 100 publications. – SM

Faculty News: Victor Lawrence honored with IEEE Simon Ramo Medal

Dr. Lawrence

Victor Lawrence, Associate Dean and Batchelor Chair Professor of Electrical Engineering in Stevens’ Charles V. Schaefer, Jr. School of Engineering, has been awarded the IEEE Simon Ramo Medal.

The Simon Ramo Medal was established by the IEEE Board of Directors in 1982 for exceptional achievement in systems engineering and systems science. The award is named in honor of the distinguished engineering contributions of Dr. Simon Ramo, former Vice Chairman of the Board and Chairman of the Executive Committee of TRW, Inc.

Nominees are evaluated based on significance of achievement in systems engineering and systems science or for technical leadership in a major innovative engineering project within the scope of the IEEE, originality, breadth, impact on technology, patents/publications, and the quality of the nomination.

At Stevens, Lawrence is also the Director of the Center for Intelligent Networked Systems (iNetS), which was established to explore opportunities for insertion of intelligence within networked systems to achieve "smart" systems whose components easily work with one another. Networked systems extend from large scale systems of diverse interconnected networks through specialized networks optimized for targeted applications to the end-points of networks. iNetS explores the systematic insertion of intelligence at all points throughout this complex system of systems to achieve ease of operation and quality of service. For this purpose, iNetS explores insertion of intelligence within points of the overall networked system, consistent with the needs of adjacent connected components.

A pioneer in the application of digital signal processing concepts and techniques to data communications, Lawrence has made seminal contributions to the evolution of voiceband modems, digital subscriber line technology and broadband transmission. His work on V-series modem technology and international standards has paved the way for worldwide Internet access and made high-speed data communication over international networks possible. He has served on the IEEE Fellow Committee, as editor-in-chief of IEEE Transactions on Communications, as chair of the IEEE Awards Board and on the IEEE Communications Society Board of Governors.

An IEEE Fellow, his many awards include the IEEE Third Millennium Medal, the IEEE Circuits and Systems Society's Guillemin-Cauer Prize Award and an Emmy Award. A member of the U.S. National Academy of Engineering and an AT&T Bell Laboratories Fellow, Lawrence was formerly vice president of Lucent Technologies' advanced communications technology center in Holmdel, N.J. – SM