Jean Gourd - Curriculum Vitae

Research Interests

Broad areas

Cyber security
Artificial intelligence
Soft computing
Distributed computing
Software engineering

Focus

Mobile code management and security
Intelligent software agents for cyber security
Open source software

Topics of interest

Design principles for embedded tamper-resistant intelligent agents
Adaptive virtual machines for defense against VM-aware cyber attacks
Quasi-honeypots for defense against cyber attacks: mitigation, adaptation, and protection
Genetically conceived intelligent agents for cyber security
Real-time visualization of network attacks
Mobile agents on mobile devices
The role (and use) of open source software in cyber security
FPGAs for use as co-processors and as confinement environments for malware
Web services in support of mobile agent migration
Proactive cyber security education
Modeling multi-agent systems

Education

Ph.D., Computational Science (Computer Science), 2007
University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS
Thesis: API-S Calculus: Formal Modeling for Secure Mobile Intelligent Agent Systems
GPA: 4.0/4.0

B.S., Computer Science, 2004, Summa Cum Laude
University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS
Thesis: Smart Server: Concepts and Applications
GPA: 4.0/4.0

A.A., Business Administration and Management, 1995
Santa Fe Community College, Gainesville, FL
GPA: 3.71/4.0

Research Experience

Center for Secure Cyberspace (CSC): A joint collaboration between Louisiana Tech University and Louisiana State University, "[t]he goal of the CSC is to establish a national center of excellence dedicated to education and research in integrated smart cyber-centric sensor surveillance systems." Research primarily involves the use of intelligent agent technologies in support of cybersecurity. Additionally, ongoing research in tamper resistant design principles for embedded intelligent agents is being pursued.

Computational Science Research Facility for Defense Data Integration (CRS-DDI): As Senior Research Assistant, research primarily involved mobile intelligent agents in heterogeneous data gathering and data fusion. Supervised a team of research assistants in the design and development of a multi-agent reconfigurable fuzzy logic framework used to provide a fused input to an external inclusive decision support system; 2004-2008.

Database Research Lab for Intelligent Agents (DRLIA): As Research Assistant, research included soft computing and the use of intelligent mobile agents for heterogeneous data gathering and data fusion; 2004-2008.

Performed DoD-related work on intelligent agents for data integration; 2004-2008.

Teaching Experience

Assistant Professor

Cyber Security (CSC499), Louisiana Tech University
Senior Capstone (CSC404), Louisiana Tech University
Software Design and Engineering (CSC403), Louisiana Tech University
Compiler Design (CSC436), Louisiana Tech University
Programming Languages (CSC330), Louisiana Tech University
Data Structures (CSC220), Louisiana Tech University
Advanced Computer Architecture (CSC626/726), University of Southern Mississippi
Embedded Microcomputer Design (CET420/420L), University of Southern Mississippi
Theory of Programming Languages (CSC415/515), University of Southern Mississippi
Computer Science II (CSC102), University of Southern Mississippi
Object Oriented Programming (CSC317), University of Southern Mississippi

Guest Lecturer

Advanced Distributed Database Systems (CSC633/733), University of Southern Mississippi, Fall 2005-2006
Analytical Models for Computer Systems (CSC623), University of Southern Mississippi, Spring 2005
Formal Methods in Programming Languages (CSC620), University of Southern Mississippi, Spring 2005-2007
Introduction to Artificial Intelligence (CSC412/512), University of Southern Mississippi, Spring 2005-2007
Theory of Programming Languages (CSC415/515), University of Southern Mississippi, Spring 2005

Guest Speaker

On Raising Awareness of and Addressing Cyber Security Issues, Seminar in Computational Sciences, University of Southern Mississippi, April 2010
In Preparation for the Ostensible "Cyber Storm", Cyber Innovation Center Member Luncheon, March 2010
API-S Calculus: Formal Modeling for Secure Mobile Intelligent Agent Systems, Center for Secure Cyberspace, Louisiana Tech University, January 2009
Cyber Security: Is it Attainable?, Seminar in Computational Sciences, University of Southern Mississippi, November, 2008
Mobile Intelligent Agents: A Primer, Center for Secure Cyberspace, Louisiana Tech University, September 2008
Towards the Modeling and Analysis of the Security of Mobile Intelligent Agents, Seminar in Computational Sciences, University of Southern Mississippi, February 2007
Intelligent Machines: On Motivating Soft Computing Concepts, Seminar in Computational Sciences, University of Southern Mississippi, February 2007
Intelligent Machines: Magic or Trick? The Mississippi Space Grant Consortium Teacher Conference, School of Computing, University of Southern Mississippi, January 2007

Tutor

Computer Science and Mathematics (primarily Algebra, Trigonometry, and Calculus), University of Southern Mississippi, 2003-2005

Work and Professional Experience

Louisiana Tech University
Assistant Professor

Ruston, LA
2008-present

As member of the Center for Secure Cyberspace (CSC), research relates to secure cyberdefense, focusing on intelligent agents and soft computing techniques. Duties include teaching numerous graduate and undergraduate classes, serving on various committees, and sustaining ongoing funding opportunities.

University of Southern Mississippi
Visiting Assistant Professor

Hattiesburg, MS
2007-2008

Duties include teaching 10 hours (3 classes)--including one graduate level class--serving on requested committees, contributing to the evaluation of the undergraduate and graduate curriculums, maintaining current and topical scholarly research, and sustaining ongoing funding opportunities.

University of Southern Mississippi
Research Assistant

Hattiesburg, MS
2004-2007

As Senior Research Assistant for the Computational Science Research Facility for Defense Data Integration, research primarily involved DoD-related work in the area of mobile intelligent agents in heterogeneous data gathering and data fusion. Duties included the supervision of a team of research assistants in the design and development of a multi-agent reconﬁgurable fuzzy logic framework used to provide a fused input to an external inclusive decision support system. Concurrently operated as research assistant for the Database Research Lab for Intelligent Agents in the area of soft computing and the use of intelligent mobile agents for heterogeneous data gathering and data fusion.

University of Southern Mississippi
Teaching Assistant

Hattiesburg, MS
2002-2004

Graded papers, exams, quizzes, and numerous other assignments for various courses (Computer Organization, Data Structures, Operating Systems, Programming Languages, Compilers, Object-Oriented Programming, Artificial Intelligence) in the Computer Science Department.

Nantahala Outdoor Center
River Guide

Ocoee, TN
2002

Guided groups of young people and families in whitewater rafts on the Ocoee and Nantahala Rivers in Tennessee and North Carolina, emphasizing the beauty of nature and the strength and ultimate results of cooperation, teamwork, and organization.

Flowers Baking Company
Sales Manager

Baton Rouge, LA
1997-2002

Managed and trained several groups of employees in the company's sales and marketing divisions. Organized and maintained the company's operation's division in numerous locations and their surrounding areas. Worked as company troubleshooter and considerably reduced employee turnover, increased overall morale by utilizing team-building techniques, and reorganized the company's distribution system to be more efficient and ultimately more profitable. Helped improve and maintain the company's proprietary computer system, including the unique handheld remote modules and main computer systems.

Self Employed
Computer Troubleshooting Specialist

Gainesville, FL
1992-1997

Designed, built, and maintained computer networks for numerous firms. Determined and fixed an assortment of computer related problems.

Mentoring Experience

Committees Chaired:

M.S. Advisory Committee Chair: Justin Poole, Visualizing Network Infrastructures to Provide Next Generation Real Time Defense, Louisiana Tech University, 2009-2010.

Ph.D. Advisory Committee Chair: Teri Williams, Sub Pixel Analysis And Processing of Sensor Data for Mobile Target Intelligence Information and Verification, Louisiana Tech University, 2008-2010.

Committees Attended:

M.S. Advisory Committee: Umesh Dhital, Louisiana Tech University, 2009-2010.

M.S. Advisory Committee: Zibo Wang, Louisiana Tech University, 2009-2010.

Ph.D. Advisory Committee: Swadheen Songmen, Louisiana Tech University, 2009-2010.

Ph.D. Advisory Committee: Khandaker Abir Rahman, Louisiana Tech University, 2009-2010.

Ph.D. Advisory Committee: Md. Arafat Sultan, Louisiana Tech University, 2009-2010.

Ph.D. Advisory Committee: Md. Shafaeat Hossain, Louisiana Tech University, 2009-2010.

M.S. Advisory Committee: Kendyala Swetha, Louisiana Tech University, 2009-2010.

Ph.D. Advisory Committee: Jeremy Kackley, DNAgents: Genetically Engineered Intelligent Mobile Agents, University of Southern Mississippi, 2008-2010.

Ph.D. Advisory Committee: Shrijit S. Joshi, Naïve Bayes and Similarity Based Methods for Identifying Computer Users Using Keystroke Patterns, Louisiana Tech University, 2008.

Supervised Research:

Justin Poole, Cyber Security Research, Louisiana Tech University, 2009.

Proposals and Grants

"Genetically Engineered Tamper-Resistant Intelligent Agents," March 2010, AFOSR, $48,607; PI; funded.

"FPGA-Based Net Framework with Embedded Agents as Cyber Attack Detectors," March 2010, AFOSR, $64,030; PI; funded.

"LA Tech Proposal for the Cybersecurity Research Program at the Cyberspace Research Laboratory," March 2010, AFOSR, $1,189,458; Co-PI; funded.

"Exposing the Netprint," March 2010, DARPA (Cyber Genome Program), $1,565,738; Co-PI.

"Virtual Organization for Collaboration and Advancement of Learning Institutes (VOCAL)," February 2010, NSF (Cyber Enabled Discovery and Innovation), $431,470; PI.

"Mobile Agent Framework for Intelligent Attack Response," January 2010, US Army Research, Development, and Engineering Command, $36,000; PI.

"CYEN: A Roadmap to Creating and Deploying Cyber Engineering at Louisiana Tech University," January 2010, US Department of Homeland Security, $69,484; PI.

"Identifying Vulnerabilities from Binary Executable Code Characteristics," November 2009, Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity, $904,712; PI.

"Contained Automated Software Environment," November 2009, Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity, $1,280,618; PI.

"Cyberspace Research Laboratory," April 2009, Air Force Office of Scientific Research, $2,840,000; Participated in proposal preparation; funded.

"DINER: Distributed Information Discovery Laboratory," November 2008, Louisiana Board of Regents, $50,156; Co-PI; funded.

"DECIDE: Decision Engine for CyberInfrastructure of Distributed Agents," September 2008, NSF, $685,648; Co-PI.

"Data Conflation and Integration with Intelligent Agents Support," 2005-2009, US Army/SMDC/JSU, $140,000; Co-PI; funded.

"Applying Fuzzy Logic to the Modeling and Prediction of the Effect of Global Pollution on the Gulf Coast," October 2006, JSU/MRC/NASA, $264,924; Participated in proposal preparation.

"Geospatial Web Services Portal for Integration of GIS and Enhancement of Emergency Response," June 2006, Homeland Security Dept., $750,000; Participated in proposal preparation.

"Net-Centric Web Services Brokering System for Geospatial Information Discovery, Analysis and Reporting utilizing Intelligent Mobile Agents," April 2006, NGA, $449,926; Participated in proposal preparation.

"Rapid Prototyping Support and Operational Transition Assessment Utilizing a Grid Computing Environment," October 2005, NASA Applied Sciences, $773,044; Participated in proposal preparation.

Service

Conferences:

Technical Program Committee Member/Reviewer, International Conference on Contemporary Computing, Noida, India, 2009-present

Proceedings Editor, 2nd Cyberspace Research Workshop (2009), Shreveport, LA, 2009

Publication and Proceedings Chair, 2nd Cyberspace Research Workshop (2009), Shreveport, LA, 2009

Technical Program Committee Member/Reviewer, 2nd Cyberspace Research Workshop (2009), Shreveport, LA, 2009

Session Chair, Decision Support Systems, International Conference on Industry, Engineering, and Management Systems, Cocoa Beach, FL, 2007-present

Coach, BearingPoint Intercollegiate Programming Competition, Hattiesburg, MS, 2008-present

Chair, Danny R. Carter Scholarship Committee, School of Computing, University of Southern Mississippi, 2008

Chair, Bob Cold Award Committee, School of Computing, University of Southern Mississippi, 2008

Judge, Sixth Innovative Design for Computing Competition, University of Southern Mississippi, 2008

Event Supervisor, Mississippi Science Olympiad, University of Southern Mississippi, 2008

Graduate Council Representative, School of Computing, College of Science and Technology, University of Southern Mississippi, 2006-2007

High School Student Guide, School of Computing, University of Southern Mississippi, 2003-2007

Student Ambassador, College of Science and Technology, University of Southern Mississippi, 2003-2005

Judge, Regional Science and Engineering Fair, University of Southern Mississippi, 2005

Chair, Student Focus Group, Computer Science Department, University of Southern Mississippi, 2004

Technology Chair, Golden Key International Society, University of Southern Mississippi, 2003-2004

Deans Search Committee, College of Science and Technology, University of Southern Mississippi, 2003

Other:

Participated in an effort to create computer software for young and disabled children to promote education in various subject areas, including Mathematics and Language Arts, Spanish River High School, 1989

Honors and Awards

National Dean's List, 2004-2007

President's List, 2002-2007

Danny R. Carter Scholarship, 2003-2005

Key Club Scholarship, 1992

Presidential Academic Fitness Award, 1992

Harvard Alumni Association Prize Book, 1991

Memberships

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2007-present

Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), 2006-present

Golden Key International Honor Society, 2003-present

International Magician's Society (lifetime membership), 1990-present

National Honor Society, 1991-1992

National Beta Club, 1991

Technical Skills

Languages

Proficient: C, C++, Java, C#, Visual Basic, HTML, PHP, SQL, JavaScript, L^AT_EX, bash, PIC/Atmel Assembly, PIC C
Familiar: Ada, Pascal, ASP.NET, Perl, FORTRAN, Lisp, CLIPS, Smalltalk, awk, Verilog, VHDL, Viva, MPI, OpenMP, PBASIC, PICBASIC, QBasic, BASIC, 68000 Assembly

Operating Systems

Linux (current varieties of choice are Ubuntu and Fedora)
Windows 95/98/NT/2000/XP, MS-DOS

Applications

Oracle, Apache, BIND, CVS, git, MySQL, SQL Server, MS Visual Studio .NET, OpenOffice, MS Office, vi, Maple

Journal Publications

J. Gourd and D. Ali. A calculus for modeling security and mobility in multi-agent systems. The Journal of Management and Engineering Integration, 2010. Submitted.

J. Kackley and J. Gourd. A flow direction algorithm for geometry-based networks utilizing a prioritized bfs method. The Journal of Management and Engineering Integration, 1(1):115-119, 2008.

J. Kackley, M. Gambrell, and J. Gourd. I3P: A protocol for increasing reliability and responsiveness in massively multiplayer games. Journal of Advanced Computational Intelligence and Intelligent Informatics, 12(2):142-149, 2008.

J. Gourd, M. Cobb, P. Wahjudi, and D. Ali. Smart server: Concepts and applications. International Journal of Intelligent Systems, 22(10):1139-1154, 2007.

Book Chapters

J. Gourd and G. Vert. Hyper Distribution of Contextual Information--The Consumer Producer Problem. In Global Contextual Processing, Its Constraints and Theoretical Operation, pages 165-259. Taylor and Francis. Currently under final review.

Other Selected Refereed Publications

J. Gourd. Cyber Storm: The Culmination of an Undergraduate Course in Cyber Security. In Worldcomp'10: The 2010 World Congress in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, and Applied Computing, Las Vegas, NV.

J. Gourd and G. Vert. Hyper Distribution of Contextual Information: Solving the Unknown Producer-Unknown Consumer (UP-UC) Problem. In Worldcomp'10: The 2010 World Congress in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, and Applied Computing, Las Vegas, NV.

J. Gourd and D. Ali. A Calculus for Modeling Security and Mobility in Multi-Agent Systems. In Proceedings of the 2010 International Conference on Industry, Engineering, and Management Systems, Cocoa Beach, FL.

J. Kackley, J. Gourd, and M. Gambrell. Increasing p2p gameplay performance utilizing i3p. In GameOn'NA'09: 5th International North American Conference on Intelligent Games and Simulation, Atlanta, GA, August 2009.

G. Vert, J. Gourd, and S.S. Iyengar. Integration of the visual authentication of spatial data with spatial-temporal class taxonomies for advanced spatial authentication modeling to create pretty good security. In Proceedings of the 2nd Cyberspace Research Workshop, Shreveport, LA, June 2009.

J. Gourd. A web services based approach to mobile agent migration and security. In Proceedings of the 2009 International Conference on Industry, Engineering, and Management Systems, Cocoa Beach, FL.

J. Gourd and D. Ali. A weighted relative contribution algorithm for grid-based analysis of heterogeneous geospatial data. In Proceedings of the 2008 International Conference on Industry, Engineering, and Management Systems, Cocoa Beach, FL.

J. Kackley and J. Gourd. A flow direction algorithm for geometry-based networks utilizing a prioritized bfs method. In Proceedings of the 2008 International Conference on Industry, Engineering, and Management Systems, Cocoa Beach, FL.

J. Kackley, M. Gambrell, and J. Gourd. I3P: A protocol for increasing reliability and responsiveness in massively multiplayer games. In International Symposium on Intelligence Techniques in Computer Games and Simulations, Shiga, Japan, March 2007.

P. Wahjudi, J. Gourd, J. Kackley, and D. Ali. Applying fuzzy logic to the modeling and prediction of the effect of global pollution on the gulf coast. In Proceedings of the 2007 International Conference on Industry, Engineering, and Management Systems, Cocoa Beach, FL.

D. Butler, P. Wahjudi, J. Gourd, and D. Ali. Multilevel computational teaching techniques utilizing the parallax boe-bot. In Proceedings of the 2007 International Conference on Industry, Engineering, and Management Systems, Cocoa Beach, FL.

G. Coburn, J. Gourd, and D. Ali. Multi-agent confidence framework for heterogeneous data fusion. In Proceedings of the 2007 International Conference on Industry, Engineering, and Management Systems, Cocoa Beach, FL.

J. Kackley, M. Johnson, K. Yang, P. Wahjudi, J. Gourd, and D. Ali. Nationally organized distributed database system for evacuation planning management. In Proceedings of the 2007 International Conference on Industry, Engineering, and Management Systems, Cocoa Beach, FL.

I. Gang, D. Dobson, J. Gourd, and D. Ali. Parallel implementation and analysis of mandelbrot set construction. In Proceedings of the 2007 International Conference on Industry, Engineering, and Management Systems, Cocoa Beach, FL.

J. Kackley, G. Coburn, J. Gourd, and D. Ali. Parallel implementation of concurrently executing petri nets. In Proceedings of the 2007 International Conference on Industry, Engineering, and Management Systems, Cocoa Beach, FL.

J. Gourd, P. Wahjudi, and L. Guo. Development, testing, and simulation of a smart phone card prototype. In Proceedings of the 2006 International Conference on Industry, Engineering, and Management Systems, Cocoa Beach, FL.

J. Gourd, J. Stone, M. Bennett, and D. Ali. Examining contraflow in evacuating a major city. In Proceedings of the 2006 International Conference on Industry, Engineering, and Management Systems, Cocoa Beach, FL.

J. Gourd and C. Burgess. Development and analysis of the parallelization of a sequential integration-by-parts algorithm using petri nets. In Proceedings of the 2006 International Conference on Industry, Engineering, and Management Systems, Cocoa Beach, FL.

J. Gourd, J. Heath, P. Wahjudi, D. Ali, and M. Cobb. Smart server: Integrating intelligence into a web server. In Proceedings of the 2004 International Conference on Industry, Engineering, and Management Systems, Cocoa Beach, FL.

Miscellaneous

Citizenship: United States of America

U.S. Government Clearance: Secret (active)

Other spoken languages: French

Personal Interests: Tinkering with electronics, french pastry and artisan bread baking, homebrewing a variety of styles of beer (IPA being the current favorite), woodworking, performing magic tricks and illusions, reading novels and fascinating non-fiction (current favorite authors are Robert Ludlum and Richard Feynman), playing racquetball, occasionally playing the guitar, sampling wines from around the world with a focus on those from the Bordeaux, Burgundy and Rhone regions of France, and indulging in the occasional cigar (current favorites include Montecristo and Ashton).

References

Tom Strange
Assistant Vice President for Intelligence Operations
Radiance Technologies
John C. Stennis Space Center
Building 1103, Suite 210
Stennis Space Center, MS 39529

601.688.2569

Adel Ali, Ph.D.
Head and Professor
Math, Science, and Technology Department
University of Minnesota, Crookston
Dowell Annex 109
2900 University Avenue
Crookston, MN 56716

218-281-8268

Dia Ali, Ph.D.
Professor
School of Computing
The University of Southern Mississippi
118 College Dr., #5106
Hattiesburg, MS 39406-5106

601.266.4949

Ras Pandey, Ph.D.
Professor
Physics and Astronomy
The University of Southern Mississippi
118 College Dr., #5046
Hattiesburg, MS 39406-5046

601.266.4934

Shahram Rahimi, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Computer Science
Southern Illinois University at Carbondale
Faner 2125 Mail Code 4511
1000 Faner Dr.
Carbondale, IL 62901

618.453.6033

Todd Adams
Instructor
School of Computing
The University of Southern Mississippi
118 College Dr., #5106
Hattiesburg, MS 39406-5106

601.266.4949

Daniel Garcia
Instructor
School of Computing
The University of Southern Mississippi
118 College Dr., #5106
Hattiesburg, MS 39406-5106

601.266.4949