Trusted CI, the NSF Cybersecurity Center of Excellence, is excited to
announce the Trusted CI Open Science Cybersecurity Fellows. Seven
individuals with professional interests in cybersecurity have been
selected from a nationally competitive pool. During the year of their
Fellowship, they will receive recognition and cybersecurity professional
development including training and travel funding to cybersecurity
related events.
The 2023 Trusted CI Open Science Cybersecurity Fellows are:
Ramazan S. Aygun
Director of Center for Research Computing at Kennesaw State University
Ramazan
S. Aygun is the Director of Center for Research Computing at Kennesaw
State University and Associate Professor of Computer Science with joint
appointment at the School of Data Science and Analytics. He has
published more than 130 refereed international journal papers,
conference papers and book chapters in various aspects of data science
including big data computing, machine learning, multimedia forensics,
data mining, data modeling, data communications, data compression, data
presentation, data retrieval, data indexing, data querying, and data
fusion. His most recent work includes trustworthy machine learning and
developing fair and explainable machine learning models by studying
possible bias in the datasets. He is recently leading NSF funded project
titled “CC* Data Storage: High Volume Data Storage Infrastructure for
Scientific Research and Education at Kennesaw State University Shared as
Open Science Data Federation Data Origin.” Dr. Aygun served as a
program co-chair of IEEE International Symposium on Multimedia in 2012
and 2018. He has also served on the organization and program committees
of more than 60 conferences and workshops. He is also serving as an
Associate Editor of IEEE Transactions on Multimedia. He is a co-author
of the book titled Data Analytics for Protein Crystallization.
Phuong Cao
Research Scientist at the Cybersecurity Division at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Phuong Cao is a Research Scientist at the Cybersecurity Division at the
National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) at the University
of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. His research mission is to secure
cyberinfrastructure, in particular high performance scientific
computing, e.g., Blue Waters supercomputer. He has a broad interest in
security, with a multidisciplinary focus on Internet-scale measurements
of operational systems, deep measurement driven analytics using
probabilistic graphical models, ML/AI-driven honeypot for early attack
response, and machine assisted proofs of federated authentication
protocols. Prior to joining NCSA, he has had hands-on experience in the
network security industry, including reverse engineering of polymorphic
computer viruses, responding to globally distributed denial of service
attacks (Akamai’s CDN, LinkedIn), securing the Watson Health Cloud (IBM z
Systems), and formal verification of smart contracts and OAuth
protocols (Microsoft).
Nick Harrison
Information Security Officer for the North Carolina Community College System
Nick Harrison is an Information Security Officer for the North Carolina
Community College System, where he helps staff and faculty provide
secure technical solutions for the next generation of the nation's
workforce. Prior to joining the Community College system, Nick was the
Director of Advanced Cyberinfrastructure Services at the Renaissance
Computing Institute. He has over twenty years of IT experience in higher
education and enjoys learning about cloud and virtualization
technologies.
Lori Sussman
Assistant Professor of Technology and Cybersecurity at the University of Southern Maine.
Lori Sussman, Ed.D., is an Assistant Professor of Technology and
Cybersecurity at the University of Southern Maine. She was part of the
fourth class at the United States Military Academy to admit women and is
a West Point graduate. Lori retired from the U.S. Army as a highly
decorated colonel. Her military leadership experiences include 15th
Regimental Signal Brigade Commander, 2nd Infantry Division Battalion
Commander/CIO/G-6, Presidential Communications Officer, Joint Staff J-6
Executive Officer, and Assistant to the Army Chief of the Staff, as well
as numerous demanding tactical assignments. Upon leaving service, Dr.
Sussman worked in large and small companies, notably Cisco Systems and
Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE). She is also an entrepreneur, having
created several consulting businesses. In these varied roles, Dr.
Sussman has managed a spectrum of highly complex organizations engaged
in developing, integrating, deploying, and sustaining state-of-the-art
technology and security solutions for clients. The Epsilon Pi Tau
Technology Honor Society Awarded Dr. Sussman with the Warner Minilecture
Award in 2020 and 2021 for her research about Cybersecurity
Ambassadors. These individual awards followed recognition by the
National Cyberwatch Center as the 2021 Most Innovative Cybersecurity
Education Initiative. In 2021, Governor Mills named Dr. Sussman one of
eleven veteran aides-de-camp. Her research areas include cybersecurity
education, cybersecurity training and awareness, gender equity in
technology and cybersecurity, and technology and cybersecurity
leadership.
Dr. Gary Rogers
HPC Systems Administrator for the National Institute for Computational Sciences (NCIS) at the University of Tennessee
Dr. Gary Rogers earned his PhD in Computer Science from the University
of Tennessee, while starting his career at the National Institute for
Computational Sciences. He has over 18 years of HPC experience, many of
those as an HPC administrator on some of the fastest supercomputers in
the world. He played a key role in the national cyberinfrastructure
projects, XSEDE and XSEDE 2.0, as the manager of the System and
Operations Support group. He also participated in the XSEDE 2.0
Cybersecurity group, as well as the XSEDE Development Coordination
Council. His current interests include developing and deploying secure
compute platforms on which sensitive data can be analyzed, while
reducing the barrier of entry for researchers to access and use such a
platform. He holds an MS in Computer Science from the University of
Tennessee, as well as a BS in Computer Science from the University of
the South (Sewanee).
David White
Parks, Recreation, and Tourism Management research professor at Clemson University
David White is a Parks, Recreation, and Tourism Management research
professor at Clemson University. He is a Geographic Information Systems
(GIS) expert with over twenty-five years in mapping, analytics, and
spatial data collection. His most recent work uses mobility data to
study visitation behavior in parks and protected areas. Additionally,
his research has included several projects developing enterprise data
and information systems requiring spatial data visualization and
analytics. He holds a Ph.D. in Marine Science from the University of
South Carolina.
Andrew Ferbert
Platform Services manager at the San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) at UC San Diego (UCSD).
Andrew Ferbert is the Platform Services manager at the San Diego
Supercomputer Center (SDSC) at UC San Diego (UCSD). Andrew’s primary
responsibility is supporting SDSC and UCSD researchers through managed
systems, operational support, and production systems integration.
Throughout his career at SDSC, Andrew has never shied away from
challenges and has worked in a variety of roles including desktop
support, datacenter physical security, systems administration within
HIPAA and FISMA projects, and working on projects with various branches
of the United States Armed Force.
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