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ISAT Director’s TMU (Thursday Morning Update)

Thursday, April 27, 2017

ISAT GOALS of 2016-2017 ACADEMIC YEAR

3S: Making ISAT Stable, Sustainable, and Successful

1) Make ISAT Stable – Stable Enrollment

2) Make ISAT Sustainable – Sustainable Curriculum

3) Make ISAT Successful – Successful Research & Creative Activities

APPRECIATION

CONGRATULATIONS

ANNOUCEMENT

RECENT EVENTS

AND FINALLY …

APPRECIATION

Thank you to everyone who made SIU Day of Giving (Wednesday March 1, 2017) a

success.

On March 1, 2017, members of the SIU

community joined for an extraordinary day of

giving back. The goal was simple: to inspire

Salukis everywhere to come together, demonstrate

their pride for SIU, and provide essential funding

to support SIU students and help shape the

University.

As shown on the “Donor Wall” (https://siuday.siu.edu/giving-day/1003/department/1378 ),

CASA has raised $9,413 from 113 gifts. Among them, the following people contributed an

investment in our ISAT students’ success. We are thankful for your generosity.

o EST (3 giving)

Electronics Management/Technology Activities Fund (3)

Mr. Larry Dalton

Mr. Martin Hebel (EST Associate Professor)

Mrs. Gloria S. Devonshire

o IST (10 giving)

Computer Information Processing (CIP) Current Activities Fund (6)

Mr. Thomas J. Birch (IST Student)

Dr. Sam Chung (ISAT Director) and Dr. Suna Chung

Mrs. Nadine M. Wojnarowski & Mrs. Edward L. Wojnarowski

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Mr. Christian Garcia

Mr. Alexander Radcliff

Mr. Reddy L. Rachamally & Mrs. Haritha R. Rachamally Information Systems Technologies (IST) Faculty Development Fund (1)

Dr. Diane Davis (IST, Emeritus Professor) & Mr. Robert Davis

Information Systems Technologies (IST) Activities Fund (3)

Mr. Gabriel Gibson

Mr. Cody Lingle (IST Senior Student)

Anonymous

o TRM (2 giving’s)

Advanced Technical Studies Scholarship Activities Fund (2)

Mr. James H. Chaklos (ATS and EST Alumnus)

Anonymous

Appreciation of the Work of ISAT Staff and Student Workers on Administrative

Professionals Day 2017

ISAT appreciated and recognized the dedicated works of the staff members and the student

workers on Administrative Professionals Day (Wednesday, April 26, 2017). ISAT showed

their appreciation of the work carried out by administrative professionals, to highlight their

importance to the ISAT and to enhance their work-related skills.

Ms. Sheila Cheatham - Admin Aid

Ms. Donna Colwell - Office Management

Ms. Shannon Gwaltney - Advisement for IST and TRM

Ms. Jill Mueller - Advisement of EST

Student workers - Mikayla Korando, Alison Brettnacher, and Audrey Magnoni

Seven brunches of flowers

Ms. Shannon Gwaltney – ISAT Academic

Advisor, Ms. Alison Brettnacher, ISAT

Student worker, and Ms. Donna Colwell,

ISAT Office Manager

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Office of Ms. Sheila Cheatham, Admin Aid A brunch of flowers for Ms. Jill Mueller,

Advisement of EST

CONGRATULATIONS

Inventors & Innovators at SIU: Through the Years

o When: Thursday, April 6, 2017 from 4:30 PM to 5:30 PM

o Where: Dunn-Richmond Economic Development Center

o More Info at http://news.siu.edu/2017/03/033117cjm17049.php

SIU’s Office of Economic and Regional Development hosted a business after-hours exhibit

and reception on Thursday, April 6 at the Dunn-Richmond Economic Development Center

from 4:30 PM to 5:30 PM, in conjunction with SIU’s Da Vinci Days celebration of innovation

and creativity in the sciences, humanities and arts. SIU has been a leader in research, discovery

and innovation, resulting in nearly 100 patents for faculty and staff since 1960. One of the

patents came from Mr. Martin Hebel, IST/EST Associate Professor. Mr. Hebel received a

U.S. patent award on September in 2016:

O’Shaughnessy, S. A., Hebel, M.A., et al. (September 2016). U.S. Patent for Multi-

Band Photodiode Sensor, Serial Number 13/785,500.

Both Dr. Brad Colwell, SIU Interim Chancellor, and Dr. Randy Dunn, SIU President met

Mr. Hebel and congratulated him on his dedicated patent work.

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Dr. Brad Colwell, SIU Interim Chancellor

and Mr. Martin Hebel, IST/EST Associate

Professor in front of Mr. Hebel’s Patent

Poster

Dr. Randy Dunn, SIU President and Mr.

Martin Hebel, IST/EST Associate Professor

in front of Mr. Hebel’s Patent Poster

SIU and CASA Honors Day – Recognizing Our Students!

o SIU: Saturday, April 8, 2017 at 2:00 PM

Student Center Ballrooms

o CASA: Saturday, April 8, 2017 at 3:30 PM

Transportation Education Center (TEC) Auditorium

The CASA ceremony at the TEC started at 3:30 PM on Saturday, April 8, 2017. ISAT honored 49

full- or part-time undergraduate students who have

1. attained an undergraduate grade point average at SIU of 3.50 or better and, if applicable, a 3.50

average or better in all undergraduate work (including transfer credit) recognized by SIU; and

2. reached the benchmarks of 12, 45, 75, or 105 SIU credit hours of coursework since the prior

year's qualification determination.

Thirteen students attend the ceremony with their parents, spouse, and friends. Mr. Jim Sissom,

IST Associate Professor, and Mr. Martin Hebel, EST Associate Professor, served on the ISAT

Honors Day Committee.

Major (49) ISAT Honor Students (Attendance in Bold)

EST (10)

Nathan Cintula, Stevin Dart, Andrew Green, Jonathan Jordan,

Ryan Thornton, Virgil Wyaco III, Andrew Carothers, Jeffrey Keller,

Eric Wilcox, Troy Miller

IST (33)

Zachary Ball, Nicholas Pilkington, Timothy Sims, Adam Biffar,

Vivekanand Gupta, Devin O'Dell, Timothy Cornwell, Samuel Rhoda,

Aaron Tagala, Christopher Abell, Xavier Aguirre, Adam Alaraj,

Claire Birch, Thomas Booth, Dustin Brown, Lee Cooper,

Marco Cortez, Gregory Evans, Ben Fairbanks, Jonathon Farmer,

Jesse Frawley, Jesus Gutierrez, Luke Mackey, Hallie Martin,

Jacob Nicholson, Yeonhoon Park, Jessica Peck, Alexa Schnetzler,

Brandon Truckenmiller, Logan Truckenmiller, Juan Villagomez, Nathan

Wolf, Junhee Youn

TRM (6) Steven Bainbridge, Robert Casica Jr., Joshua McDaniel, Trenton Pearce,

Peter Newell, Adam Garcia

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Stevin Dart, EST Andrew Green, EST Jeffrey Keller, EST

Eric Wilcox, EST Nicholas Pilkington, IST Xavier Aguirre, IST

Marco Cortez, IST Jesse Frawley, IST Jesus Gutierrez, IST

Jacob Nicholson, IST Juan Villagomez, IST

ISAT Honor Students ISAT Honor Students

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Mr. Jim Sissom, IST Associate Professor,

Ms. Elaine Atwood, CASA Chief Advisor,

and Mr. Martin Hebel, EST Associate

Professor

ISAT Honor Students with Dean Andy Wang

and Ms. Camelle W. Logan, President of the

CASA Board of Counselors

SIU Web Development Team Student Organization Recognition and Appreciation

Night

o When: Thursday April 13, 2017 from 5:15 PM to 6:15 PM

o Where: Intelligent Systems & Informatics Research Lab (ASA 115)

Five senior Information Systems Technologies (IST) students comprise the SIU Student Web

Development Team (Advisor: Dr. Andrey Soares, Dr. Nancy Martin, and Ms. Belle

Woodward, IST Associate Professors) during the 2016-2017 school year. They received third

place at the Association for Information Technology Professionals’ (AITP ) National Collegiate

Conference and Career Fair (NCC) competition held April 6-8, 2017. The team members include

team leader Lee Cooper, Ren Jing, Hallie Martin, Matt Gross, and Cody Lingle.

This year’s project was a fully functioning web site for the Ascend RSO in the College of

Business on the campus of SIUC. The project began in September 2016, with deliverables

throughout the fall and spring semesters. The project culminated with a formal presentation

judged at the AITP NCC in St. Louis in April. Students were judged on a variety of criteria, but

primarily their development process. This year’s team is following the agile Scrum approach to

manage the project. The team placed third at 2017 AITP NCC.

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Hallie Martin, Lee Cooper, Ren Jing, and

Matt Gross in the Intelligent Systems and

Informatics (ISI) Research Lab (ASA 115)

Dean Andy Wang, Dr. Nancy Martin, Ms.

Belle Woodward, & School Director Sam

Chung with the team

2017 McNair Scholars Welcome Ceremony

o When: Wednesday, April 26, 2017, 4:30 – 6:30 PM

o Where: John C. Guyon Auditorium, Morris Library

o More Information about McNair Scholars: http://mcnair.siu.edu/

Mr. Xavier Aguirre, IST student, was selected for 2017 McNair Scholar. During this summer,

Mr. Aguirre will conduct his undergraduate research under the supervision of Ms. Belle

Woodward, IST Associate Professor. Ms. Woodward is leading a research group called

“Privacy and Security in the Digital Age.” The scholar program will support a summer stipend

for the scholars.

Ms. Belle Woodward (from the left,

Research Mentor) and Mr. Xavier

Aguirre (IST Student, 2017 McNair

Scholar, Research Mentee)

Mr. Xavier Aguirre, IST Student & 2017

McNair Scholar, is talking to Dr. Lizette R.

Chevalier, Associate Provost of Academic

Programs (APAP) and McNair Scholars

Program co-PI, about the program.

ANNOUCEMENT

ISAT Faculty/Staff Meeting

o When: Friday, April 28, 2016 from 9:30 AM to 11:30 AM

o Where: CASA Conference Room

o Agenda: important information will be shared before starting the summer 2017

semester such as budget status, summer/fall/spring schedule, one-on-one meeting for

annual performance review, workload assignment, and director’s next three years, etc.

CASA First Annual Faculty Research Flash Talks

o When: Friday, April 28, 2017 from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM

o Where: Carbondale Community Arts Center

304 W. Walnut St., Carbondale, IL 62901

http://www.carbondalearts.org/

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With support from the Dean’s office, the CASA Research Committee will host a new

College-wide event to help promote the ongoing research and collaboration among CASA

faculty. The CASA Faculty Research Flash Talks with the Community will be held on the

evening of Friday, April 28 at the Carbondale Community Arts Center. The goal is for this

event to serve as a catalyst for collaboration both in and out of the College.

Each faculty member interested in participating will be given five minutes to briefly

introduce their current, concluding, or proposed research to a crowd consisting of CASA

faculty and staff and invited community members from both the University and the larger

regional area. ISAT will have three presentations at the CASA Faculty Research Flash

Talks.

Mr. Martin

Hebel, EST/IST

Associate

Professor

Mr. Tom

Imboden,

IST Associate

Professor

Dr. Sam Chung,

ISAT Director &

Professor

Wireless and Internet System

Monitoring and Control

Wireless Mesh Networks &

Software-Defined Networks

Software-Defined Wireless

Network Research Group

CASA Center for the Internet

of Everything (C4IoE)

Smart & Secure Computing

Research Group

JALC Students Visit ISAT

o When: Friday, May 12, 2017 from 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM

o Where: ASA 204B

John A. Logan College (JALC) students will visit the School of Information Systems and

Applied Technologies (ISAT) on Friday, May 12, 2017 from 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM to learn

about ISAT degree programs, student successes, labs and facilities, etc. Students in AS and AAS

degree programs are invited. Specially, the following major students are invited:

Computer Forensics,

Computer Information Systems

Computer Support & Networking

Computer Science – Traditional and Business Application Track

Electrical Constructional Technology

Electrical Engineering Technology

Electronics Technology

SIU Commencement

o When: Saturday, May 13, 2017 from 5:30 PM

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o Where: SIU Arena

All graduating students and faculty are cordially invited to 2017

Spring Commencement!

Cybersecurity Day in Fall 2017

o When: Saturday, October 21, 2017 from 8:30 AM to 5:30 PM

o Where: ISAT on the SIU Carbondale campus

The Information Systems Technologies (IST, Program

Coordinator: Mr. Tom Imboden) degree program of the School

of Information Systems and Applied Technologies (ISAT, Director:

Dr. Sam Chung) and the Security Dawgs Registered Student

Organizations (RSO) will invite local high school, community

college, and college students to increase attention on the need for

cybersecurity. The IST degree program offers an elite Information

Technology (IT) and Information Systems (IS) degree program with

emphases on the following areas:

IT: Cybersecurity, Network & System Administration, & Internet of Things (IoT)

IT/IS: Web & Mobile App Development and IT/IS Management

IS: Data Management & Applied Data Analytics (ADA)

Lunch will be provided and we are hoping to again have t-shirts and some fun door prizes too.

For more information, please contact Mr. Tom Imboden, IST Associate Professor at

timboden@siu.edu.

PAST EVENTS

SIU Spring Open House and ISAT Showcase o When: Friday, April 14, 2017 from 9:30 AM to 11:00 AM

o Where: SIU Student Center Second Floor

o More Info: http://admissions.siu.edu/visit/open-house.php

Ms. Shannon Gwaltney, ISAT Academic Adviser, Mr. Martin Hebel, EST/IST Associate

Professor, Dr. Nancy Martin, IST Associate Professor, and Dr. Sam Chung, ISAT Director,

welcomed future SIU students who may be interested in ISAT programs – EST, IST, and

TRM.

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Ms. Shannon Gwaltney, ISAT Academic

Adviser, Mr. Martin Hebel, EST/IST

Associate Professor, & Dr. Nancy Martin,

IST Associate Professor,

Mr. Hebel, IST Associate Professor,

demonstrated an example of the Internet of

Things (IoT).

Watching the IoT demo of Prof. Hebel Explaining ISAT degree programs

The IoT Demo Kit

Student Success – Security Dawgs, second

place at MW CCDC and Web Dev Team,

third place at AITP NCC

Kaskaskia College (KC) - Computer Information Technology (CIT) Advisory Board

Meeting

o When: Wednesday, April 19, 2017 from 6:00 PM to 8:30 PM

o Where: Networking Lab (HB 231 & HB 232), Centralia, IL 62846

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ISAT Director, Dr. Sam Chung, visited Kaskaskia College (KC) in Centralia, IL to attend

the Computer Information Technology (CIT) Advisory Board Meeting on Wednesday, April

19, 2017. Dr. Chung met Ms. Angenien Huffstutler, CIT Instructor, and her students. He

introduced IST program to the students and the board members.

CIT Students at KC KC CIT Advisory Board Members

Carbondale Community High School (CCHS) Computer Club (CC) Wotan 2 Cluster

Computer Project o When: Friday, April 21, 28, May 5, and 12 from 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM

o Where: ASA 208

The goal of this project is to build a cluster computer to be used in the training of recurrent

neural networks (RNN). Many aspects of RNN training are subject to parallelization, and as

such a robust and efficient system will be implemented with the cluster. The team of CCHS

CC (Mr. Michael Dollins, Computer Club Sponsor and Mr. Carson Wang, Computer Club

President) started their project on Friday, April 21, 2017 with seven students. Mr. Hong

Jung, Dr. Sam Chung’s Smart and Secure Computing Research Group member, is helping

the CCHS CC students.

CCHS CC students started their Wotan 2 Cluster Computer Project in ASA 208.

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ISAT Open House at John A. Logan College (JALC)

o When: Tuesday, April 25, 2017. 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM

o Where: John A. Logan College (JALC) B75

A student cybersecurity club at JALC Center for Information Assurance, Logan Defenders

(President: Karandeep Bedi) invited Dr. Sam Chung, ISAT School Director, to their club

meeting on April 25, 2017. Two advisors of the club, Mr. Mark Rogers, Assistant Professor,

and Ms. Kylee Williams, Instructor of Computer Information Systems (CIS), attended Dr.

Chung’s presentation titled “Your Promising Future with Advanced BS Degrees at SIU ISAT”

with 15 students.

Presenting the future of IT – the Internet, IoT,

& IoE – at SIU ISAT

Discussing SIU ISAT visit on May 12, 2017

with CIS faculty - Mr. Mark Rogers,

Assistant Professor, & Ms. Kylee Williams,

Instructor

AND FINALLY

If you see something in this update that you want to comment on, please send me an email at my

SIU email SamChung@siu.edu Also, if you know of somebody who might be interested in

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Director’s TMU, please let me know as well. Thank you.