Research Centers and Labs
Center for the Advancement of Formal Methods
Director: Sotiris Skevoulis, PhD
Upon receiving an NSF grant for "Integrating Formal Methods Tools into the Undergraduate Curriculum, "Dr. Skevoulis created the Center for the Advancement of Formal Methods dedicated to the study and development of innovative approaches and tools to promote the integration of formal methods into academia.
No activities or publications to report for this year.
Center for Pervasive Computing
Directors: Charles Tappert, PhD and Sung-Hyuk Cha, PhD
The Pervasive Computing Lab conducts research on biometric authentication, interactive visual systems, handwriting and voice forensics applications, and pervasive/mobile computing. The lab receives occasional support from Kenan Funds and Seidenberg Summer Grants.
Recent publications resulting from Pervasive Computing research include:
Book Chapters
- C.C. Tappert and S. Cha, "Handwriting Recognition Interfaces," Chapter 6, pp. 123-137, in Text Entry Systems, Scott MacKenzie and Kumiko Tanaka-Ishii (Eds.), Morgan Kaufmann, March 2007.
Journal Articles
- Sung-Hyuk Cha, S. Yoon, Charles Tappert
"Handwriting Copybook Style Identification for Questioned Document Examination," Journal of Forensic Document Examiners, Vol. 17, pp. 1-14, (2007). - Sung-Hyuk Cha, Michael L. Gargano, S. Chang, Louis V. Quintas, and E. M. Wahl
"Estimating a Vascular Network Growth Using Random Graphs," Machine Graphics & Vision, 17:1/2 (2008).
Conference Proceedings
- Charles Tappert and Jean R. Ward
"Pen-Centric Shorthand Handwriting Recognition Interfaces," Proceedings of the 1st International Workshop on Pen-Based Learning Technologies (May 2007). - Charles Tappert , Allen Stix , and Sung-Hyuk Cha
"The Interplay of Student Projects and Student-Faculty Research," Proceedings of World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2007 (October 2007). - Charles Tappert , Allen Stix , and Sung-Hyuk Cha
"The Interplay of Student Projects and Student-Faculty Research," Technical Report , No. 245 (December 2007). - Byungjun Son , Sung-Hyuk Cha , and Yillbyung Lee
"DLDA-based Iris Recognition from Image Sequences with Various Focus Information," Proceedings of the 7 th World Scientific and Engineering Academy and Society (WSEAS) International Conference on Multimedia Systems and Signal Processing - MUSP '07 (April 2007). - Sung-Hyuk Cha
"Comprehensive Survey on Distance/Similarity Measures between Probability Density Functions," International Journal of Mathematical Models and Methods in Applied Sciences , 1:4 (2007). - Sung-Hyuk Cha
"Taxonomy of Nominal Type Histogram Distance Measures," Proceedings of the American Conference on Applied Mathematics 2008 (March 2008). - Sung-Hyuk Cha and Charles Tappert
"Constructing Binary Decision Trees Using Genetic Algorithm," Proceedings of the 2008 International Conference on Genetic and Evolutionary Methods - GEM '08 (July 2008). - Sung-Hyuk Cha
"Fast Multivariate Ordinal Type Histogram Matching," Proceedings of the International Association for Pattern Recognition - IAPR Workshops on Structural and Syntactic Pattern Recognision - SSPR 2008 and Statistical Techniques in Pattern Recognition - SPR 2008 (December 2008).
"Distance Between Histograms with Shuffled Cost Matrix," Proceedings of the International Association for Pattern Recognition - IAPR Workshops on Structural and Syntactic Pattern Recognision - SSPR 2008 and Statistical Techniques in Pattern Recognition - SPR 2008 (December 2008).
Student Publications for Seidenberg Research Day
- Charles Tappert and Jean R. Ward
"Shorthand Handwriting Recognition for Pen-Centric Interfaces," Proceedings of the Pace University Seidenberg School of CSIS Student/Faculty Research Day (May 2007). - Jim Rennard and Charles Tappert
"A Web-Based Genealogy System," Proceedings of the Pace University Seidenberg School of CSIS Student/Faculty Research Day (May 2007). - Carl E. Abrams, Sung-Hyuk Cha, and Charles Tappert
"Analyzing Shape Context Using the Hamiltonian Cycle," Proceedings of the 7 th International Association for Pattern Recognition (IAPR) International Workshop on Graphics Recognition - GREC 2007 (September 2007). - Sung-Hyuk Cha, Michael L. Gargano, S. Chang, Louis V. Quintas, and E. M. Wahl
"Estimating a Vascular Network Growth Using Random Graphs," Machine Graphics & Vision, 17:1/2 (2008).
Center for Robotics and Intelligent Agents
Director: D. Paul Benjamin, PhD
The Pace University Robotics Laboratory continued a three-way collaboration with Brigham Young University and Fordham University to design a robotic cognitive architecture. Pace's and Fordham's Robotics Labs own similar robot models. The collaborating professor at Fordham is Professor Damian Lyons, whose specialty is computer vision. Professor Deryle Lonsdale of Brigham Young is in the Department of Linguistics and English Language, and is focusing on the development of the robots' ability to speak. Pace's Professor Paul Benjamin focuses on the development of the robots' cognitive architecture. Considerable progress was made this year on these three aspects of the robotic architecture.
Thomas Achtemichuk (BS/CS '07), an outstanding undergraduate and promising researcher, provided support to the graduate students working in the lab and pursued independent research in predictive computer vision and mobile robot navigation. His work resulted in a paper titled "Obstacle Avoidance using Predictive Vision Based on a Dynamic 3D World Model" that he presented at the SPIE Optics East Conference held in Boston in October 2006. It was this outstanding work that prompted Dr. Benjamin and Dr. Dennis Anderson, associate dean, to nominate him for the prestigious Outstanding Undergraduate Research Award given by the Computing Research Associate. The award is considered to be one of the highest honors an undergraduate computer science student can receive. Tom placed as a finalist. Tom continued to work in the Robotics Lab until he graduated in May 2007.
Recent publications relevant to the Robotics Lab include:
- P. Rubel, P. Pal, M. Atigetchi, Paul Benjamin, and F. Webber
"Anomaly and Specification Based Cognitive Approach for Mission-Level Detection and Response," Proceedings of the 11 th International Symposium On Recent Advances in Intrusion Detection - RAID 2008 (September 2008). - P. Rubel, P. Pal, M. Atigetchi, Paul Benjamin, and F. Webber
"Anomaly and Specification Based Cognitive Approach for Mission-Level Detection and Response," Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 5230 (2008). - D. Lonsdale, D. Lyons, and S. Patel
"Using Cognitive Semantics to Integrate Perception and Motion in a Behavior-based Robot," Proceedings of the 2008 ECSIS Symposium on Learning and Adaptive Behavior in Robotic Systems - LAB-RS 2008, IEEE Computer Society (August 2008). - P. Pal, F. Webber, P. Rubel, and M. Atigetchi
"Using a Cognitive Architecture to Automate Cyberdefense Reasoning," Proceedings of the 2008 ECSIS Symposium on Bio-inspired, Learning, and Intelligent Systems for Security - BLISS 2008, IEEE Computer Society (August 2008). - P. Pal, F. Webber, M. Atigetchi, and P. Rubel
"Automating Cyber-Defense Management," Proceedings of the 2 nd Workshop on Recent Advances in Intrusion-Tolerant Systems - WRAITS 08 (2008). - D. Paul Benjamin
"A Cognitive Approach to Intrusion Detection," Proceedings of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers - IEEE Conference on Computational Intelligence for Security and Defense Applications - CISDA 2007 (April 2007).
Center for Information Assurance Education and Research
Director: Narayan Murthy, PhD
The Information Assurance Education and Research Center was established in 2003 for the purpose of exploring computer vulnerabilities with the objective of improving prevention and detection techniques through research. Through the Center, Pace University also promotes education, research, and outreach in the field of information security.
A Security Lab was created with funding from a National Security Agency grant of $30,000 obtained through the efforts of Dr. Narayan Murthy. The Security Lab, located in Room 321 of the Goldstein Academic Center in Pleasantville, can be accessed by students and faculty both physically and virtually via a VPN connection. The lab's network was set up outside the university network so that students can safely experiment with powerful security tools. This lab has a Linux server and other servers for experimenting with security software tools and the other is a honeypot. The lab is equipped with 12 Windows machines to be used for hands-on work in numerous security courses. Upgrades of seven new computers, two new servers that support virtual machines, 250GB external hard drives, and a 1TB networkable hard drive were made this year. Students use the laboratory in Introduction to Computer Security (IT 300), Network Security (IT 660), and Web Security (IT 664).
Activities and publications emanating from the Center this year include:
Accomplishments
- For the fourth consecutive year, the Seidenberg School of Computer Science and Information Systems was successful in securing funding through the Department of Defense's (DoD) Information Assurance Scholarship Program (IASP) that provides scholarships for students committed to studying Information Assurance.
This year's award of $142,000 includes full tuition and stipends for Pace students, Andrew F. Harris (MS/CS '09) and Elaine Tatis (BS/Criminal Justice '09), two outstanding students selected for the DoD IASP program, as well as funds for supporting Pace's partnership with the National Defense University's (NDU) Information Resource Management College (IRMC). Through this partnership, IRMC students can transfer up to 15 credits to Pace University to complete a master's degree in either computer science, information systems or Internet technology. - The university, through the efforts of the Seidenberg School, was redesignated one of the National Centers of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance Education.
Journals
- John Molluzzo, James Lawler
"Integrating Issues of Location-based Privacy with Mobile Computing into International Information Systems Curricula, " Information Systems Education Journal, 6:32 (March 1, 2008).
Conference Proceedings
- Catherine Dwyer, Starr Roxanne Hiltz, Katia Passerini
"Trust and Privacy Concern within Social Networking Sites: A Comparison of Facebook and MySpace, " Proceedings of the 13th Americas Conference on Information Systems - AMCIS 2007 (August 2007) - Lixin Tao, Xiang Fu, Xin Lu, Boris Peltsverger, Shijun Chen, Kai Qian
"A Static Analysis Framework for Detecting SQL Injection Vulnerabilities," Proceedings of the 31st Annual International Computer Software and Applications Conference - COMPSAC 2007 (July 2007)
Events
- "NY Metro InfraGard - Security Summit " brought leaders in Network Security to Pace's Downtown New York Campus to discuss the current state and challenges of cyber threats. (September 23,2008).
- "IP3 Inc-Pace University CISSP® Boot Camp" offered an extensive overview of IT Security Principles and Practices, followed by an intense review and drill of the Ten Core Common Body of Knowledge subject areas. (25-29 August, 2008).
- The "MatLab Workshop" conducted by Dr. Sung-Hyuk Cha introduced Seidenberg faculty to MatLab features as they apply to image processing, steganography, numerical taxonomy, clustering, etc. (June 18, 2008).
- The "Cyber Safety Conference" was sponsored by Pace University in partnership with WiredSafety. WiredSafety is the world's largest cybersafety and help group. It provides help, information and education to Internet and mobile device users of all ages, and helps victims of cyberabuses ranging from online fraud, cyberstalking and child safety to hacking and malicious code attacks. It also helps parents with issues such as participation in MySpace and cyberbullying. (June 3, 2008)
