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Conversation Exchange Dynamics: A New Signal Primitive For Computer Network Intrusion Detection, John C. Mceachen, John M. Zachary, Junling Wang, Kah Wai Cheng

U.S. Navy Research

As distributed network intrusion detection systems expand to integrate hundreds and possibly thousands of sensors, managing and presenting the associated sensor data becomes an increasingly complex task. Methods of intelligent data reduction are needed to make sense of the wide dimensional variations. We present a new signal primitive we call conversation exchange dynamics (CED) that accentuates anomalies in traffic flow. This signal provides an aggregated primitive that may be used by intrusion detection systems to base detection strategies upon. Indications of the signal in a variety of simulated and actual anomalous network traffic from distributed sensor collections are presented. Specifically, …

A Template-Based Conceptual Modeling Infrastructure For Simulation Of Physical Security Systems, Ashu Guru, Paul Savory

Department of Industrial and Management Systems Engineering: Faculty Publications

Although simulation is one of the most innovative and cost-effective tools for modeling and analyzing a system, simulation studies often fail to provide any useful results. One reason is attributed to the fact that model formulation depends on the skills of the analyst. This paper describes a research to develop a conceptual modeling infrastructure to assist a simulation analyst in specifying components for studying physical security systems. The modeling framework has been programmed as an internet-based web application. Using the application, the successful development and implementation of a physical security simulation model will be aided by a defined scientific methodology …

Acuta Enews December 2004, Vol. 33, No. 12

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From the President............................. Tamara J . Closs, ACUTA President, Georgetown University

Tech Talk: Pseudowire............................ Kevin Tanzillo, Dux Public Relations

Cell-Phone Directory to Be Published?

Web Tip: lnfo about and from ACUTA Events........................ Aaron Fuehrer, ACUTA Computer Svcs. Mgr.

Member Sites to See 5 Board Report.................. Cormine Piscopo, Providence College

DC Update................ Whitney Johnson, Retired, Northern Michigan Univ.

Welcome New Members

Acuta Enews November 2004, Vol. 33, No. 11

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From ACUTA Headquarters....................... Jeri A. Semer, CAE, Executive Director

Tech Talk........................ Kevin Tanzillo, Dux Public Relations

Overheard on the Listserv: Revising Work-Flow Processes

Web Tip: Products and Services Search Available .... Aaron Fuehrer, ACUTA Computer Svcs. Mgr.

Providing Network and Voice Services to Remote Locations....................... Dave Barta, Univ. of Oregon

Board Report.......................... Carmine Piscopo, Providence College

DC Update.................. Whitney Johnson, Retired, Northern Michigan Univ.

Welcome New Members

A Case Study Of Teaching A Quantitative Course Using Archived Streaming Video, Paul Savory

Department of Industrial and Management Systems Engineering: Faculty Publications

This case study highlights some of the issues and difficulties experienced in teaching a quantitative course using three methods of delivery: in-class to an audience of students, television broadcast over a satellite system to distance students, and archived streaming video accessible by students. The discussion is applicable to administrators and faculty exploring the option of teaching a course using multiple delivery approaches.

A Template-Based Conceptual Modeling Infrastructure For Simulation Of Physical Security Systems, Paul Savory

Department of Industrial and Management Systems Engineering: Faculty Publications

Although simulation is one of the most innovative and cost-effective tools for modeling and analyzing a system, simulation studies often fail to provide any useful results. One reason is attributed to the fact that model formulation depends on the skills of the analyst. This paper describes a research to develop a conceptual modeling infrastructure to assist a simulation analyst in specifying components for studying physical security systems. The modeling framework has been programmed as an internet-based web application. Using the application, the successful development and implementation of a physical security simulation model will be aided by a defined scientific methodology …

Acuta Enews October 2004, Vol. 33, No. 10

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Streaming Video Patent lssue and Higher Ed........................... Doris Stock, Virginia Tech

ACUTA's Strategic Planning Process................................... Tamara Closs, ACUTA President, Georgetown Univ.

Tech Talk ................................. Kevin Tanzillo, Dux Public Relations

Junk Faxes: FCC and/or Congress Poised to Provide Relief?............................... John J. Smith, Attorney

DC Update............................ Whitney Johnson, Retired, Northern Michigan Univ.

ACUTA Web Tip.................... Aaron Fuehrer, ACUTA Computer Services Manager

Welcome New Members

Peer Review Of Teaching Project: Tiaa-Cref Hesburgh Award Application, Paul Savory, Amy M. Goodburn, Amy Nelson Burnett

Industrial and Management Systems Engineering: Reports

The TIAA-CREF Hesburgh Award recognizes exceptional faculty development programs designed to enhance undergraduate teaching and learning. This award is given each year to a program judged to have best met the three award criteria: significance of the program to higher education; appropriate program rationale; and successful results and impact on undergraduate teaching and student learning. in 2005, the Peer Review of Teaching Project at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln was awarded a TIAA-CREF Theodore M. Hesburgh Award Certificate of Excellence in recognition of it being an exceptional faculty development program designed to enhance undergraduate student achievement.

Acuta Enews September 2004, Vol. 33, No. 9

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ACUTA Joins lntemet2

From ACUTA Headquarters...................... Jeri Semer, CAE, Executive Director

Board Report................................ Carmine Piscopo, Providence College, ACUTA Secretary/Treasurer

Looking Back at the 33rd Annual Conference

So Many Winners....................... Such Nice Prizes

The University of Texas at Austin Unveils UTOPIA

Tech Talk....................... Kevin Tanzilo, Dux Public Relations

DC Update.................. Whitney Johnson, Retired, Northem Michigan Univ.

ACUTA Members Sites to See

Peer Review Of Teaching Project: Survey Of Project Participants, Paul Savory, Amy M. Goodburn, Amy Nelson Burnett

Industrial and Management Systems Engineering: Reports

In planning for the future of the Peer Review of Teaching project, we performed a survey of to collect faculty participant feedback on their experience in the project (i.e., writing a course portfolio, possibly having it externally reviewed) and the impact that the experience has had on their teaching. While each of the partner campuses (University of Nebraska-Lincoln, University of Michigan, Kansas State, Texas A&M, Indiana – Bloomington, and University of Kansas) have shaped the project experience differently for campus participants, we sought feedback from participants of all the project partners to get an overall assessment of the project.

Acuta Enews August 2004, Vol. 33, No. 8

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ACUTA Board & Committee Changes.................. Tamaro Closs, Georgetown Univ., ACUTA President-Elect

Tech Talk........................... Kevin Tanzillo, Dux Public Relations

LAN Cabling-When Too Much Bandwidth ls Never Enough . Aref Baddar, NextGen/ General Cable

DC Update..................... Whitney Johnson, Retired, Northern Michigan Univ.

Meet Amy White, ACUTAs New Accounting & Administrative Assistant

Welcome New Members

Acuta Enews July 2004, Vol. 33, No. 7

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Meet the Board for 2004-05

From ACUTA Headquarters.................... Jeri A. Semer, CAE, Executive Director

Tech Talk......................... Kevin Tanzillo, Dux Public Relations

DC Update..................... Whitney Johnson, Retired, Northern Michigan Univ.

Recapturing Long-Distance Revenues..................... Mark Allen, MobilSphere

2005 ACUTA Seminar Topics Announced

Board Report................................. Carmine Piscopo, Providence College, ACUTA Secretory/Treasurer

Welcome New Members

Acuta Enews June 2004, Vol. 33, No. 6

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Make Plans to Attend Annual Conference

From the President............................. Walter L. Czerniak, Northern Illinois University

URGENT: ITFS Spectrum at Risk

Tech Talk........................ Kevin Tanzillo, Dux Public Relations

FCC Releases Study on Telephone Trends

Preconference Seminars Address Timely Topics

DC Update.......................... Whitney Johnson, Retired, Northern Michigan Univ.

Unexpected Dangers in the Plenum................. Frank Bisbee, Communications Planning Corp.

ACUTA Member Sites to See

Board Report......................... Carmine Piscopo, Providence College, ACUTA Secretary/Treasurer

Welcome New Members

Acuta Enews May 2004, Vol. 33, No. 5

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Board Approves State of Nominees for 2004-05

From ACUTA Headquarters................................ Jeri A. Semer, CAE, Executive Director

Tech Talk................................... Kevin Tanzillo, Dux Public Relations

Securing Your Wireless Network........................................ Stephen Cobb and Chey Cobb

Board Report............................................. Carmine Piscopo, Providence College, ACUTA Secretary/Treasurer

DC Update..................................... Whitney Johnson, Retired, Northern Michigan Univ.

CUPA-HR Salary Survey

Be a Moderator/Monitor in Chicago............................ Donna Hall, Manager, Professional Development

Acuta Enews April 2004, Vol. 33, No. 4

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Nominate Now for Leadership Award

From the President.............................. Walter L. Czerniak, Northern Illinois University

Tech Talk..................... Kevin Tanzillo, Dux Public Relations

St. Olaf College and Phone Company............................... Craig Dunton, St.Olaf College

DC Update................................. Whitney Johnson, Retired, Northern Michigan Univ.

8 5 Ways to Keep Your PBX Running Strong.......................... from Telecom Manager's Voice Report

Board Report................... Carmine Piscopo, Providence College, ACUTA Secretary/Treasurer

Welcome New Members

Acuta Enews March 2004, Vol. 33, No. 3

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Mob Cramming Slammed Shut by Federal Authorities Randal J. Hayes, Univ of No. lowa

FCC Converts ITFS Licensing to the Universal Licensing System

From ACUTA Headquarters.................... Jeri A. Semer, CAE, ACUTA Executive Director

Board Report............................ Carmine Piscopo, Providence College, ACUTA Secretary/Treasurer

Tech Talk.............................. Kevin Tanzillo, Dux Public Relations

DC Update..................................... Whitney Johnson, Retired, Northern Michigan Univ.

Nominate for 2004-05 Board of Directors

ACUTA Member Sites to See

Dealing with Dollars and lnvaders...................... Curt Harler

Welcome New Members

Making Learning Visible: Peer Review And The Scholarship Of Teaching, Paul Savory

Industrial and Management Systems Engineering: Presentations

This is the conference program from the March 2004 national conference, Making Learning Visible: Peer Review and the Scholarship of Teaching. This conference was hosted by the UNL Peer Review of Teaching project and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

Making Learning Visible: Peer Review And The Scholarship Of Teaching, Paul Savory

Industrial and Management Systems Engineering: Presentations

This is the promotional brochure from the March 2004 national conference, Making Learning Visible: Peer Review and the Scholarship of Teaching. This conference was hosted by the UNL Peer Review of Teaching project and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

Acuta Enews February 2004, Vol. 33, No. 2

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Nominate Now for 2004-05 Board of Directors

From the President................................... Walter L' Czerniak

Coverage for Wireless Phone Services ............................. Howie Frisch, UT Starcom

Semer Recertifies as CAE

Tech Talk....................... Kevin Tanzillo, Dux Public Relations

DC Update............................ Whitney Johnson, Retired, Northern Michigan Univ.

Be a Panelist at a Regional Workshop

WLNP Part 2................................. Ed Quinn, The Ohio State University

Upload Documents to ACUTA Resource Library

New Safeguards Against lD Theft

lnstitutional Excellence Award Deadline ls February 6

Post Jobs Online

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Human Performance Reliability: On-Line Assessment Using Fuzzy Logic, William J. Kolarik, Jeffrey C. Woldstad, Susan Lu, Huitian Lu

Department of Industrial and Management Systems Engineering: Faculty Publications

This paper presents an on-line approach to monitoring human performance in terms of conditional reliability when one is performing a task. Unlike traditional human reliability analysis, this approach develops a dynamic model that is able to cope with constantly changing conditions that affect operator performance. A fuzzy knowledge-based assessment approach is developed in order to deal with uncertainty and subjectivity associated with human performance assessment. This technology includes three main parts/functions: (i) on-line performance monitoring; (ii) real-time performance forecasting; and (iii) performance reliability assessment. The technology is demonstrated in real-time and provides timely conditioned reliability information regarding task success/failure. In …

Detection Of Antibodies To Squalene Iii. Naturally Occurring Antibodies To Squalene In Humans And Mice, Gary R. Matyas, Mangala Rao, Phillip R. Pittman, Robert Burge, Iris E. Robbins, Nabila M. Wassef, Brandie Thivierge, Carl R. Alving

US Army Research

An ELISA-based assay is described for the measurement of antibodies to squalene (SQE) in human serum and plasma. The assay was adapted from the previously described assay for murine antibodies to SQE (J. Immunol. Methods 267 (2002) 119). Like the murine SQE antibody assay, the human antibody assay used sterile cell culture 96-well plates coated with SQE (20 nmol/well). Phosphate-buffered saline (PBS)–0.5% casein was used as both a blocking agent and dilution buffer. The assay has a high through-put capacity and is reproducible and quantitative. This assay was used to evaluate samples from three different human cohorts. The first cohort …

Acuta Enews January 2004, Vol. 33, No. 1

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ACUTA to Offer Regional Workshops

From ACUTA Headquarters.................. Jeri A. Semer, CAE, Executive Director

ACUTA Announces Online Press Room

Board Report.................... Carmine Piscopo, Providence College

Tech Talk.................... Kevin Tanzillo, Dux Public Relations

DC Update.............. Whitney Johnson, Retired, Northern Michigan Univ.

WLNP........................... Greg Stahl, St. Lawrence University

Thanks to Journal Advertisers for '03

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A Docking Score Function For Estimating Ligand-Protein Interactions: Application To Acetylcholinesterase Inhibition, Jianxin Guo, Margaret M. Hurley, Jeffery B. Wright, Gerald H. Lushington

US Army Research

Acetylcholinesterase (AChE) inhibition is an important research topic because of its wide range of associated health implications. A receptor-specific scoring function was developed herein for predicting binding affinities for human AChE (huAChE) inhibitors. This method entails a statistically trained weighted sum of electrostatic and van der Waals (VDW) interactions between ligands and the receptor residues. Within the 53 ligand training set, a strong correlation was found (R² = 0.89) between computed and experimental inhibition constants. Leave-oneout cross-validation indicated high predictive power (Q² = 0.72), and analysis of a separate 16-compound test set also produced very good correlation with …

Matrix Isolation Infrared Spectroscopic And Theoretical Study Of The Interaction Of Water With Dimethyl Methylphosphonate, Bruce S. Ault, Alex Balboa, David Tevault, Margaret Hurley

US Army Research

Matrix isolation infrared spectroscopy has been combined with theoretical calculations for the characterization of the 1:1 hydrogen-bonded complex between H₂O and dimethyl methylphosphonate (DMMP). The symmetric O-H stretching mode was observed to shift 203 cm^-1 to lower energy upon hydrogen bond formation, while a 32 cm^-1 blue shift was noted for the H-O-H bending mode of the H₂O subunit in the complex. These values compare extremely well with the (unscaled) shifts of -203 and +32 cm^-1, respectively, that were calculated theoretically at the MP2/6-31+G** level. Additional perturbed modes of the DMMP subunit …

Structure/Function Analyses Of Human Serum Paraoxonase (Hupon1) Mutants Designed From A Dfpase-Like Homology Model, David T. Yeung, Denis Josse, James D. Nicholson, Akhil Khanal, Christopher W. Mcandrew, Brian B. Bahnson, David E. Lenz, Douglas M. Cerasoli

US Army Research

Human serum paraoxonase (HuPON1) is a calcium-dependent enzyme that hydrolyzes esters, including organophosphates and lactones, and exhibits anti-atherogenic properties. A few amino acids have been shown to be essential for the enzyme’s arylesterase and organophosphatase activities. Until very recently, a three-dimensional model was not available for HuPON1, so functional roles have not been assigned to those residues. Based on sequence-structure alignment studies, we have folded the amino acid sequence of HuPON1 onto the sixfold β-propeller structure of squid diisopropylfluorophosphatase (DFPase). We tested the validity of this homology model by circular dichroism (CD) spectroscopy and site-directed mutagenesis. Consistent with predictions from …