Cryptosmith

Richard E. Smith, Ph.D.

E-mail: resmith@stthomas.edu
Updated August 14, 2008

Education

B.S. cum laude, Engineering, Boston University, College of Engineering.
M. S., Computers and Information Science, University of Minnesota.
Ph.D., Computers and Information Science, University of Minnesota.

Academic Experience

2003-Present (full time) Assistant Professor, Department of Computer and Information Sciences, University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, MN.

Teaching introductory programming (C, Java, Matlab), introductory business applications (Excel, Access, HTML), operating systems, computer architecture, computer networking, information security. Scholarly work in information security and information security education. Developed the department’s new undergraduate information security program.

1998-2002 (part time) Adjunct Faculty, Graduate Programs in Software, University of St. Thomas.

Lectures in information security for the “Mini Master’s” night program.

1986-1988 (part time, intermittent) Extension Program, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN.

Taught introductory programming in assembly language, Pascal, and Lisp.

1978-80 (part-time) Metropolitan College, Boston University, Boston, MA.

Taught introductory programming: 360 assembler, PDP-11 assembler, Pascal.

Books and Other Publications

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• Two books published:
  • Internet Cryptography, Addison-Wesley, 1997.
  • Authentication: From Passwords to Public Keys, Addison-Wesley, 2002.
• Articles, Papers, and Book Chapters
• Talks on information security and information security education
  

Professional Experience

• 2002-3: Consultant for General Dynamics in Scottsdale, AZ. Performed security assurance analysis on cryptographic systems.
• 1990-2002: Research scientist and engineer for Secure Computing Corporation, Rosedale, MN. Worked on government-sponsored research in information security; participated in product development, marketing, and sales; served as consultant to internal and external customers, both commercial and government.
• 1988-1990: Project engineer at FMC Advanced Systems Center, Minneapolis, MN. Lead software designer for a DARPA sponsored robotics research program.
• 1987: Invited research fellow at CSATA, Bari, Italy. Worked on space station robotics problems.

Before and during graduate school I took part in several interesting projects. In the late 1970s I worked for the ARPANET’s Network Control Center at Bolt, Beranek, and Newman, in Cambridge, MA, writing multiprocessor software for their most sophisticated network switch. At other times I wrote parsers for system design and programming languages at Honeywell and developed a patient tracking database for a community clinic program in St. Paul. My very first job was to help build a pioneering speech recognition device.

Professional Activities

• Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.
  • Senior Member
  • Member of the IEEE Computer Society, Technical Committee in Security and Privacy.
  • Outstanding Reviewer Award, IEEE Computer Society Press, 1995.
• Association for Computing Machinery.
  • Member of the ACM Special Interest Group in Security, Audit, and Control.
• Computer Security Applications Conference.
• • Proceedings Chair, 2007.
  • Conference Committee member 2005-present; Session Chair 2003-2005.
• Information Security magazine, Contributing Writer, 2000-2003.

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