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Department of Mathematical and Digital Sciences

2017 Annual Report

Front from left Elizabeth Mauch Curt Jones Ashley Bilinski William Calhoun Lisa Lister Heather Ervin Mehdi Razzaghi Back row from left Philip Polstra Eric Kahn Chris Lynd Scott Inch Barry Minemyer John Polhill John Riley Erik Wynters Robert Montante Michael Stephans Paul Loomis Youmin Lu Diane Barrett Dong Zhang Yixun Shi and Reza Noubary Missing from photo Drue Coles Kevin Ferland Zahira Khan Stephen Kokoska

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2017 Annual Report

Welcome3

Department Faculty

Diane Barrett8

William C Calhoun10

Drue Coles12

Heather K Ervin13

Kevin Ferland15

Scott Inch17

Curt Jones20

Eric B Kahn21

Zahira S Khan 22

Stephen Kokoska23

Lisa A Lister25

Paul Loomis26

Youmin Lu27

Chris D Lynd28

Elizabeth Mauch29

Barry Minemyer30

Robert Montante32

Reza Noubary33

John Polhill35

Philip A Polstra36

James Pomfret38

Mehdi Razzaghi39

John H Riley41

Yixun Shi42

Michael Stephans43

Erik L Wynters44

Dong Zhang45

OrganizationsActivities

Career Day47

ACM50

Cyber Defense Club51

High SchoolMath Contest 52

BU Math Club53


Internships and Research54

Kappa Mu Epsilon58

Computer Science Learning Community59

Mid-Atlantic Cyber Defense Competition60

High School Programming Contest61

SAE Batelle Auto Challenge62

Seminar Speakers63

Tutoring Center64

Donors66

GRRcon65

2

JoAnne Growney16

Department of Mathematical and Digital Sciences Annual Report for 2017

Dr Curt Jones Chairperson Ashley Bilinski Department Secretary and Dr William Calhoun Asst Chairperson

Welcome to our 2017 Annual report We strive to provide yearly updates to our alumni and other interested stakeholders via an annual report In this report you will find a summary of our activities as a department We have a page dedicated to each individual faculty member and a page for each student group or major student activity Two of our Emeritus faculty members have provided pages so you can keep tabs your favorite retired faculty members We will share with you some of the interesting projects we completed this past calendar year and interesting happenings in our department

We do have other ways for you to stay connected with us Our Facebook page is at httpswwwfacebookcombloomumath Please consider adding your newsworthy events to our new alumni news Facebook page at httpswwwfacebookcomBloomsburg-University-Math-and-Digital-Sciences-Alumni-News-654211828049252 We are also modifying our web presence to include more student centric information Please visit httpbloomsburgutumblrcomtaggedmcss or click on the student success image on Mathbloomuedu to find interesting and exciting stories regarding our studentsrsquo accomplishments Former students Brian Fekete and Lara Cesco-Cancian are pictured in this clickable image featured on several of our webpages

Department News

We welcome two new faces one returning staff member and one returning faculty member to our department this year You may have noticed that we our department office staff has changed We welcome Ashley Bilinski as our new department secretary Many of you may know Ashley from her time in the Honors program We are delighted she agreed to join our department Do not worry it is also good news for everyonersquos favorite problem solver as well Wendy Krum has received a promotion and is now


the administrative assistant to Dean Aronstam in the College of Science and Technology Wendy is still just a short distance or phone call away Kyle VonBlohn rejoins us as our systems administrator Kyle spent two years helping technology services We and our computer systems are so happy we were able to get him back into our department Dr Elizabeth Mauch rejoins us as a math Professor She completed an eight-year stint as the College of Education Dean Dr Mauch specializes in K-12 education and designing curriculum to support STEM students Since we have worked closely with her for the last eight years it feels like she never left We were fortunate enough to hire a new mathematics instructor during our search last year Dr Barry Minemyer joins us fresh off a postdoc at Ohio State University He is from the Altoona area so Penn State is still his favorite Big 10 School and Big 10 football team We are looking forward to many years of excellent teaching and research from Dr Minemyer Our department has a long history of running successful events Our high school programming contest and our high school math contest are both over twenty years old and just like fine wine they keep getting better and better In 2016 we added BloomCon to the mix BloomCon is our own computer security and digital forensics conference This conference has exceeded all expectations in quality and size The 2016 conference had 300 participants that raised to 450 in 2017 and this spring our goal is 600 participants Please see httpintranetbloomuedubloomcon for more information and httpbloomsburgutumblrcomtaggedBloomCON for images from the last two years The conference will be held this year from March 25th to March 28th This year we are adding a Drone-Wars competition (httpintranetbloomuedudrone-wars) That is correct the Department of Mathematical and Digital Sciences in conjunction with the US Army is pleased to announce our inaugural Drone Wars competition The goal is to take over a Wi-Fi connected drone and fly it through an obstacle course in the shortest amount of time Drone-Wars will be held during our BloomCon Security Conference in March We have created a new degree program in Data Science or what is also called Big Data A data scientist is a mathematician with strong statistics and computer technology skills who understands how to handle and derive meaningful information from large datasets Some new aspects of machine learning are also relevant to this domain Our new Data Science degree program was approved in December and we are looking for new freshmen to join us in the fall of 2018 We are growing as a department We now have 26 tenured or tenure-track faculty and are searching for two more We are looking for a new faculty member to support our new Data Science degree program and we are looking to hire a new Computer Science faculty member We have one retirement to report Dr Zahira Khan is retiring after 30 years of distinguished service to our department and Bloomsburg University Dr Khan was our database expert and would always look for ways to improve our curriculum and computer equipment She spearheaded the grant that got us our own computer labs in 2000 and she created our very popular career day event Zahira retires as our most senior computer science faculty member She now plans to spend time with her family and new granddaughter We will miss Dr Khan and wish her a long and healthy retirement Faculty Updates Two of our faculty members earned promotion in 2017 Dr Diane Barrett and Dr Dong Zhang were each promoted to the rank of Associate Professor In addition Dr Zhang was granted tenure at Bloomsburg University Dr Barrett was recognized for outstanding scholarly activity this past spring She was given the Provostrsquos award for Excellence at an awards ceremony in April Dr Barrett was also recognized with a College of Science and Technology award for outstanding performance in the classroom Dr Polstra


took a busload of Digital Forensics students to the GrrCon conference in Grand Rapids Michigan again this year With donor support we were able to rent a charter bus for transportation All of our faculty had a busy and productive year As a group our faculty published six books authored 16 papers and gave over 40 professional presentations They participated in numerous service activities Dr Kevin Ferland was on sabbatical during the Fall semester Dr Paul Loomis was on sabbatical last spring Dr Eric Kahn is currently on sabbatical Faculty members were involved in supervising a variety of student research projects Dr Reza Noubary wrote five articles for a local newspaper These are just a few of the diverse activities of our faculty that are described more fully in the individual faculty members pages of this report

Students

Seventy degrees were awarded in 2017 We have averaged 85 graduates a year since 2010 Much of this growth has been in our Digital Forensics program although we do also have more computer science students which mirrors a national trend Nationally the number of students seeking math degrees has declined and we are looking to change the tide with our new Data Science program

We currently have 427 majors in our department and this number has been slightly growing over the last five years Demand for our classes has been high Our department provides quality classes for almost 6000 students a year We offer around 235 sections of classes each year and our current average class size is 24 We offer around 60 different classes each academic year

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20

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40

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60

2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

Graduates by Year

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We awarded the following scholarships and awards in 2017 The award winners received a nice gift from the department and a plaque The scholarship winners had their awards directly applied to their student accounts Scholarships Marek Mathematics Scholarship (Outstanding Math Education Student) Amanda Leamon J Edward Kerlin Scholarships (Outstanding Sophomore Award) Fady Smouni and Carter Jackson Elizabeth and James Mauch Scholarship (Outstanding Math Education or Math Student) Jon Dressler

Graduating Senior Awards James Pomfret Award (Highest Academic Achievement Award ndash Mathematics) Stephan Vajdic Highest Academic Achievement AwardndashComputer Science Nicholas Shellenberger Highest Academic Achievement Award-Digital Forensics Matthew Shafer C R Reardin Award (Department Accomplishment and Service Award) Matthew Shafer

2017 Graduates Computer Science (BS) Cody Bennett Kevin Cumins Jacob Daniel Brian Fekete Louis Jenkins Daniel Latovich Brandon Meglathery Tyler Mutzek Nicholas Shellenberger Chao Zhang Digital Forensics (BS) Kaitlyn Andrien Austin Bair Christopher Bingert Sean Bresan Colton Bright Amanda Busler Mitchell Carroll Matthew Cox Stephen Cross James Dewitt Frederick Dyroff Cierra Evans Laurel Fidrick Michael Frauenhoffer Eric Gustitus Emily Hudock Wade Joline Kevin Klinger Shannon Lacey Christopher Loonan Jesse Mancuso Tricia McGill Gabriel Miller Evan Mott Damin Muth Nicholas Neapolitan Daniel Pany Steven Petronio Vincent Phan Dominick Pirolo Abbey Porambo Travon Pugh Brooke Raker Conrado Ramos Ashley Sacchetti Eric Savner Dylan Schrump Matthew Shafer Tyler Skasko Christopher Strain Hakeem Thomas Jonathan Unger Riorden Weber Zachary Werbell Kristin Woodlen

0

1000

2000

3000

4000

5000

6000

7000

8000

2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

Student Enrollment in all classes by year


Mathematics (BA) Bradley Biehn Olivia Corner Samantha Fergione Tayler Harkins Ben Mou Ian Pickenheim Jonathan Piperato Alexis Riffel Mathematics (BS) Zachary Gilliom Hannah Shriver Stephen Vajdic Secondary Education Mathematics (BSEd) Kayla Brady Lara Cesco-Cancian Tara Warnig Jamie Weidman We are pleased to provide you with this report Your comments and suggestions are welcomed As always we invite you to visit our department for a tour and an update of our work You are welcome to observe one of our classes or just join us for a coffee or lunch


Diane Barrett PhD DFCP CISSP

Associate Professor Director Center for Information Assurance Studies

Scholarly Interests Cloud forensics small devices forensics forensic readiness

Education Northcentral University Prescott AZ PhD Business Administration with a specialization in Information Security 2014 Capella University Minneapolis MN MS Information Technology with a specialization in Information Security 2007

2015 - 2017 Publications Improving Womenrsquos Participation in Security Diane Barrett Chapter content for Women in Security Changing the Face of Technology and Innovation Springer Series Women in Engineering and Science November 2017

Forensic Investigations in Cloud Computing Diane Barrett Book Chapter in IGI Global Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology-4th ed Published July 2017

Applying a Contingency Framework to Digital Forensic Processes in Cloud Based Acquisitions Journal of Digital Forensics Security and Law Vol 2(12) July 2017

Barrett D Digital Forensic Practitioner Views on Cloud Based Evidence Acquisitions Information Systems Education Conference (ISECON) Conference Proceedings November 12 2016 The submission was awarded Best Paper - Honorable Mention

ExamCram2 Security+ 4th Ed Pearson Publishing Indianapolis IN Published February 2015 Diane Barrett with Kirk Hausman and Martin Weiss

2015 - 2017 Presentations Technology Changes and Forensics BloomCon March 2017

Barrett D Digital Forensic Practitioner Views on Cloud Based Evidence Acquisitions Information Systems Education Conference (ISECON) Pittsburgh PA November 2016

Barrett D Dardick G Kessler G Virtual LabsLessons Learned workshoppanel Association of Digital Forensics Security and Law conference Daytona Beach FL May 2016

Forensic Evidence in the Cloud BloomCon February 2016

Auditing Cloud Services IT Audit and Controls Conference September 2015

Securing Virtualized Environments IT Audit and Controls Conference September 2015


2017 Funding DoD Information Assurance Scholarship Program (IASP) grant in the amount of $4463532 This grant is for a one-year period September 2017 Travel grant in the amount of $100000 for NSA Center of Academic Excellence-Cyber Defense (CAE-CD) Principal Representatives Meeting and the CAE designation ceremony Birmingham AL June 2017

2017 Teaching Spring DIGFOR 121 ndash File Systems I

DIGFOR 122 ndash File Systems II DIGFOR 318 ndash Small Devices

Fall DIGFOR 121 ndash File Systems I DIGFOR 318 ndash Small Devices DIGFOR 351 ndash Enterprise Network Investigations DIGFOR 417 ndash Advanced Topics in Digital Forensics

2017 Service Activities President of the Digital Forensics Certification Board Associate Editor for the Journal of Digital Forensics Security and Law Peer-reviewer for several industry journals conferences magazines and books University Planning and Budget Committee MADS Scholarship Committee APSCUFBU Nominations Elections amp Rules Committee APSCUFBU Audit Committee MADS Digital Forensics search and screen curriculum and assessment committees Faculty Advisor for the Bloomsburg Cyber Defense Club


William C Calhoun PhD Professor and Assistant Chair Department of Mathematical and Digital Sciences

Scholarly Interests Mathematical logic computability theory algorithmic randomness Kolmogorov complexity combinatorics

Education University of California Berkeley CA PhD Mathematics 1990 Carleton College Northfield MN Mathematics (with concentration in Computer Science) 1982

Recent Presentations Calhoun William C Strongly nontrivial minimal Turing degrees Association for Symbolic Logic University of Connecticut Storrs Connecticut May 23 2016 and American Mathematical Society Atlanta Georgia January 5 2017

Calhoun William C What is forcing What is data science Bloomsburg University Mathematical and Digital Sciences Seminar February 9 2016

Calhoun William C Triviality and lowness for K-reducibility and related reducibilities Connecticut Logic Seminar (University of Connecticut and Wesleyan University) November 9 2015 and Pennsylvania State University Logic Seminar December 8 2015

Recent Student Presentations Supervised Jenkins Louis Introducing LLVM to the Java Virtual Machine Bloomsburg University Mathematical and Digital Sciences Seminar November 28 2017 (Project funded by Bloomsburg University Professional Experience Grant)

Bott Ryan Solomonoff Induction Bloomsburg University College of Science and Technology Research Day April 29 2016 (Independent study)

Haggerty Megan Cryptographic Hash Functions and Password Cracking Bloomsburg University Digital Forensics Club April 25 2016 (Independent study)

Evans William Building a Partial C Compiler Bloomsburg University College of Science and Technology Research Day May 1 2015 (Independent study)

2017 Teaching Spring Theory of Computation (COMPSCIMATH 456)

Precalculus (MATH 113 2 sections)

Summer Calculus 1 (MATH 125) Calculus 3 (MATH 225 individualized instruction)

Fall Organization of Programming Languages (COMPSCI 350) Calculus 1 (MATH 125 2 sections) Computer Science Research 2 Designing a Monadic Java Virtual Machine (COMPSCI 493 ind study)


2017 Service Activities bull Bloomsburg University Middle States Steering Working Group bull Bloomsburg University Academic Placement Testing Working Group bull Bloomsburg University Sabbatical Committee bull Mathematics (Data Science) Tenure-Track Search Committee (chair) bull Data Science Committee (chair) bull Mathematics Curriculum Committee bull Advisor to Kappa Mu Epsilon bull Advisor to University Democrats bull State APSCUF Rules amp Bylaws Committee (acting chair) bull APSUCFBU Treasurer bull APSCUFBU Nominations Elections amp Rules Committee (chair) bull APSCUFBU Audit Committee (chair)


Drue Coles PhD Professor Department of Mathematical and Digital Sciences

Scholarly Interests Object-oriented software and evolutionary computation

Education Boston University PhD Computer Science 2005 Boston University MS Computer Information Systems 1994 Regents College BS Liberal Arts 1993 University of Florida 1982-1984

Teaching (2017) COMPSCI 121 Object-Oriented Programming with Java (3 sections) COMPSCI 122 Graphical User Interfaces in Java (2 sections) COMPSCI 345 Mobile Device Application Development COMPSCI 386 Concurrent Programming and Foundations of Operating Systems COMPSCI 402 Computer Science Research (Independent Study) COMPSCI 497 Internship in Computer Science MATH 101 Mathematical Thinking MATH 113 Precalculus

Scholarship (2015-2017)

Independent Study Projects Supervised bull Open Source Software for Efficient Evaluation of Student Code (Louis Jenkins) (2016)bull Ethical Agents An Analysis of the Inadequacies of Top-Down Approaches (Courtney Pachucki)

(2016)

Department Service (2017) Evaluation Committee chair Search and Screen (Computer Science Tenure-Track Position) co-chair High School Programming Contest Director (2008-present) Computer Science Learning Community co-director (spring only)

University Service (2017) Faculty Professional Development Committee


Heather K Ervin PhD Assistant Professor Department of Mathematical and Digital Sciences

Scholarly Interests Preservice elementary and middle school teachersrsquo understanding and knowledge of fraction models Mathematics preparation of high school students for collegiate mathematics Teaching statistics through sports

Education Pennsylvania State University University Park PA PhD CampI Mathematics Education 2015 Lehigh University Bethlehem PA MS Statistics 2005 Bloomsburg University Bloomsburg PA BS Mathematics 2003

Publications Articles Ervin H K (2017) Fraction Multiplication and Division Models A Practitioner Reference Paper

International Journal of Research in Education and Science 3(1) 258-279 Ervin H K (2017) The Impact of Instruction Through Models on Preservice Teachersrsquo Understanding of

Fraction Multiplication and Division Manuscript submitted for publication Books Ervin H K and Noubary R (2017) Lessons for Teaching Concepts in Mathematics and Statistics Using Sports

Volume 1 San Diego CA Cognella

Presentations Ervin H K (2016) The Impact of Instruction Through Models on Preservice Teachers Understanding of

Fraction Multiplication and Division Pennsylvania Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators 10th Annual Symposium Shippensburg PA May 2016

2017 Teaching Spring Concepts of Mathematics I Theory of Arithmetic (MATH 201)

Concepts of Mathematics II Geometry amp Statistics (MATH 202) Problem Solving for Teachers (MATH 303)

Fall Introduction to Statistics (MATH 141) Concepts of Mathematics I Theory of Arithmetic (MATH 201)

Concepts of Mathematics II Geometry amp Statistics (MATH 202)

Service Activities Chair of Mathematics Education Committee Course Coordinator for MATH 201 amp MATH 202 Director of Math Tutoring Center Spring 2016 Faculty Advisor of Wishmakers On Campus (Make A Wish) Frederick Douglass Teaching Scholar Fall 2015-Spring 2016 Instructor at Great STEM Adventure Camp Instructor at STEM Teacher Academy Judge of EPADEL Section of MAA Student Paper Competition Member of National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) Member of Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators (AMTE)


Member of Pennsylvania Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators (PAMTE) Member of Mathematics Curriculum Committee Outstanding Woman at Bloomsburg University Spring 2016 Program Committee Chair for 2017 PAMTE Symposium TALE Representative

Members of the Wishmakers on Campus present a check to Emma The Wishmakers raise money throughout the year in an effort to help grant the wishes of children with life-threatening medical conditions

Officers and senior members of the Wishmakers on Campus pose for a picture at the End of Semester Pizza Party


Kevin Ferland PhD Professor Department of Mathematical and Digital Sciences

Scholarly Interests Graph Theory Combinatorics Geometry Algebraic Topology Education Syracuse University Syracuse NY PhD Mathematics 1999 Syracuse University Syracuse NY MS Mathematics 1994 University of New Hampshire Durham NH BS Mathematics 1991 Publications K K Ferland Discrete Mathematics and Applications Second Edition CRC Press ndash Taylor amp Francis Copyright 2017 K K Ferland and Robert W Pratt Maximal Crossword Grids Journal of Combinatorial Mathematics and Combinatorial Computing accepted February 2017 K K Ferland Extending Two Classic Proofs of the Pythagorean Theorem to the Law of Cosines MAA Mathematics Magazine Volume 90 No 3 June 2017 pp 182-186 Presentations Fitting the Most Words in a Crossword Puzzle Contributed Talk EPaDel Sectional MAA Meeting Shippensburg University PA November 2017 Keys to a Good (Educational) Song Parody Invited Talk Online Presentation Virtual Ongoing Interdisciplinary Conferences on Educating with Song September 2017 Proving the Law of Cosines Like the Pythagorean Theorem AMS Meeting Hunter College New York NY May 2017 Ferland KK The Pi Song Video YouTube httpsyoutubeXLK89OXaxz8 September 2016 Teaching Fall 2017 Sabbatical Spring 2017 Calculus 2 (Math 126 Sections 0102) Discrete Mathematics (Math 185) Real Analysis (Math 421) 2017 Service Activities

bull Faculty Academic Grievance Board bull BU Honorary Degrees Committee bull Coordinator for Praxis Review Sessions bull Chair Department Promotion Sabbatical and Tenure Committees bull Department Committees Curriculum and Tenure Track Search


JoAnne Growney Professor Emeritus Retired 1997

Scholarly Interests

In addition to my ongoing interest in new and old mathematics I am interested in poetry ndash both for itself and for its connections to mathematics

Education

MFA (Creative WritingPoetry) Hunter College 2002 PhD (Mathematics) University of Oklahoma 1970 MA (Mathematics) Temple University 1964 BS (Mathematics) Westminster (PA) College 1962

2015 -2017 Publications and Presentations Growney J weekly postings (2010-2018) to the blog ldquoIntersections Poetry with Mathematicsrdquo -- available at

httppoetrywithmathematicsblogspotcom Growney J They Say She Was Good -- for a Woman Poetry and Musings Journal of Humanistic Mathematics Volume

7 Issue 2 (July 2017) pages 294-302 DOI 105642jhummath20170214 Available at httpscholarshipclaremontedujhmvol7iss214

Growney J Shaping Poems -- with Visual Forms and Counting Proceedings of Bridges 2017 Mathematics Art Music Architecture Education Culture pages 471ndash474 available at httparchivebridgesmathartorg2017bridges2017-471html

Growney J Poems Fools Gold Pigeons in Their Pigeonholes Bridges 2016 Poetry Anthology Ed Sarah Glaz (Tessellations Publishing 2016) pages 55-56

Growney J Book Review A New Index for Predicting Catastrophes Poems by Madhur Anand Journal of Humanistic Mathematics Volume 6 Issue 2 (July 2016) pages 200-206 DOI 105642jhummath20160214 Available at httpscholarshipclaremontedujhmvol6iss214

Growney J Poem Skagway Study in TalkingWriting April 2016 at httptalkingwritingcomjoanne-growney-poem Growney J Book Review ldquoProportions of the heart poems that play with mathematicsrdquo Journal of Mathematics and the

Arts published online 05 April 2016 Growney J Inspire Math-Girls-Women (perhaps with poems) Proceedings of Bridges 2015 Mathematics Music Art

Architecture Culture pages 463ndash466 available at httparchivebridgesmathartorg2015bridges2015-463html

Service Activities

My blog and my book reviews (noted above) are non-paid service activities I also lead poetry workshops for mental health clients working with the organization PWRS (Peer Wellness and Recovery Services) Inc

Hobbies Poetry Mathematics Grandchildren I love to read and curiosity sends my interests in many directions I hypothesize that ldquoeverything connectsrdquo

Final Thoughts

Bloomsburg University was a great place to work I had fine colleagues and varied opportunities for new learning and professional advancement In addition to my teaching I enjoyed administrative activities that included Director of Planning Director of the TALE program and Acting Provost I am delighted that enrollment of women in departmental program continues strong and I encourage the selection of more female faculty The photo to the right shows me with my eight grandchildren ndash seven of whom are girls So far (the oldest is now 14)all eight of them like math I continue working towardequal opportunities for women and for other underservedgroups hoping to make the world an even better place for my grandchildren


Scott Inch PhD Professor Department of Mathematical and Digital Sciences Certified Computer Examiner

Scholarly Interests Digital Forensics File Systems Mobile Device forensics E-Discovery

Education Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Blacksburg VA PhD Mathematics 1992 Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Blacksburg VA MS Mathematics 1988 Bloomsburg University Bloomsburg PA BS Mathematics 1986

2015-2017 Presentations Authors Title Meeting Location Date Inch S Murder Malpractice and A Really Big Oil Spill My Strange Academic Career Invited speaker

Susquehanna Valley Undergraduate Research Symposium Bloomsburg PA August 2017 Inch S Sometimes They Are Innocent BloomCON Bloomsburg PA March 2017 Inch S Intellectual Property Theft War Stories and Practical Advice 2016 Small Business Technology and

Security Expo Drums PA May 2016 Inch S Small Details Win Big Cases BloomCON Bloomsburg PA February 2016 Inch S Digital Forensics Stopping Hackers and Catching Criminals in the 21st Century Bloomsburg University

Bloomsburg PA November 2015 Inch S Overview of Digital Forensics Opening Ceremony for Center for Digital Forensics and Cybersecurity

Buea Cameroon Africa July 2015 Inch S Using Digital Forensics Techniques to Fight Terrorism restricted talk to the military and government of

Cameroon Beau Cameroon Africa July 2015 Inch S Fighting Cyber Crime Case Studies Beau Cameroon Africa July 2015 Inch S Digital Forensics Curriculum Beau Cameroon Africa July 2015

2015-2017 Teaching Spring 2015 Mathematical Thinking (MATH 101)

Advanced Topics in Digital Forensics (DIGFOR 417)

Fall 2015 Mathematical Thinking (MATH 101) File Systems 1 (DIGFOR 121) Digital Forensics Software (DIGFOR 317)

Spring 2016 Mathematical Thinking (MATH 101) Digital Forensics Software (DIGFOR 317) Advanced Topics in Digital Forensics (DIGFOR 417)

Fall 2016 Mathematical Thinking (MATH 101) Digital Forensics Software (DIGFOR 317) Advanced Topics in Digital Forensics (DIGFOR 417)


Spring 2017 Mathematical Thinking (MATH 101) File Systems 1 (DIGFOR 121) Digital Forensics Software (DIGFOR 317) Advanced Topics in Digital Forensics (DIGFOR 417) Fall 2017 Mathematical Thinking (MATH 101) File Systems 1 (DIGFOR 121) Digital Forensics Software (DIGFOR 317) 2015-2017 Training Taken AccessData Boot Camp Live Online Training 21 hours July 2016 Windows 8 Forensics Live Online Training 21 hours July 2016 iOS Forensic Analysis Live Online Training 21 hours June 2016 2015-2017 Training Taught Basic Forensic Techniques Taught to government and military personnel Buea Cameroon Africa July 2015 2015-2017 Certifications Certified Computer Examiner renewed January 2016 2015-2017 Conferences Attended June 2017 Techno Forensics Myrtle Beach SC August 2017 PFIC Pittsburgh PA 2015-2017 Student Research Megan Mahle Tracking Criminal Activity on Tumblr Using Open Source Intelligence Techniques Summer 2017 Zach Prebosnyak Smart Devices and Dumb Companies A Shocking Look at the Internet of Things Summer 2017 2015-2017 Notable Digital Forensics Cases Lead Forensic Analyst Murder Case June 2015 Performed forensic analysis of numerous hard disk images email archives mobile phone images and records Authored expert report in federal criminal case United States v David Rainey (BP Deepwater Horizon) Eastern District of Louisiana Lead Forensic Analyst Murder Case July 2016 A well-known Washington DC law firm does pro-bono work investigating cases believed to have unfair convictions I analyzed six mobile devices to determine whether there was additional evidence that might be useful in the case Lead Forensic Analyst Employee Misconduct February 2016 An employee of a well-known national museum in Washington DC took control of a Microsoft Surface tablet changing settings and employing Bitlocker encryption I analyzed the device to determine the employeersquos motivation and activities Neutral Expert Intellectual Property Theft Breach of Contract May 2017 I was hired as a neutral expert working for all sides in a case involving two of the largest E-Discovery firms in the world I imaged and analyzed numerous devices including hard disks volatile memory and mobile devices I authored numerous expert reports and testified in US District Court in New York City Pro Bono expert Cause of Death November 2017 I was asked by a local coroner and police chief to analyze the laptop hard disk of a decedent to determine if the cause of death was accidental or possibly murder


2015-2017 Service Activities Digital Forensics Presentation Columbia Montour Vo-Tech 2016 Digital Forensics Presentation Millville High School 2016 Occupational Advisory Committee Columbia Montour Vo-Tech 2016-2017 Digital Forensics Presentation PA Wing Conference 2017 Digital Forensics Presentation Civil Air Patrol Conference 2017 Mathematics Workshops STEM camp for teachers 2016-2017 Digital Forensics Workshops Gear Up Program 2017 Digital Forensics Workshops Anchor Program 2017


Curt Jones PhD Professor and Chair Department of Mathematical and Digital Sciences

Scholarly Interests Software Engineering Web Application Design Computer Science Education Algorithmic Graph Theory Computationally Difficult Problems and Techniques for Solving these Problems

Education Pennsylvania State University State College PA PhD Computer Science 1992 University of Iowa Iowa City IA MS Computer Science 1985 Lock Haven University Lock Haven PA BS Computer Science 1983

2017 Teaching Spring Software Engineering (Compsci 480)

Fall Computer Ethics Social Impact and Security (Compsci 360) University Seminar for Computer Science Students

2017 Service Activities bull Bloomsburg University Academic Placement Testing Working Groupbull Computer Science Curriculum Committee Chairbull Southern Columbia Area Community Foundation Board of Directors (Treasurer)bull Southern Columbia Area Volunteer Junior High Assistant Football Coach (Receivers and Defensive Backs)

2017 Student Projects Supervised (Compsci 480) bull BUWeatherViewer Software used in Meteorology classes for Dr Jeff Brunskill

Students Brett Logan Brian Fekete Jacob Daniel Nicholas Shellenbergerbull HydroWatch Stream and river flow web application for Dr Jennifer Whisner

Students Cody Bennett Jesse Barsh Chao Zhangbull WaterQuality Stream water quality web application for Dr Steven Rier

Students Louis Jenkins Kevin Cummings Brandon Meglathery Tyler Mutzek Dan Latovich


Eric B Kahn PhD Associate Professor Department of Mathematical and Digital Sciences

Scholarly Interests Mathematics and Sports History of Mathematics Algebraic Topology Homological Algebra

Education University of Kentucky Lexington KY PhD Mathematics 2009 University of Kentucky Lexington KY MS Mathematics 2006 Kenyon College Gambier OH BA Mathematics 2004

Teaching

Independent Studies and Individualized Instructions bull Representation Theory (Spring)bull Linear Algebra (Summer)

Scholarship bull ldquoExploring Discrete Mathematics with American Footballrdquo (coauthored with Dr Brown) PRIMUS 2015bull Problems and Proofs in Numbers and Algebra (coauthored with Dr Millman amp Dr Shuie) Springer

Publishing 2015

Presentations bull ldquoPerspectives on Inquiry-Based Learning Novice Experienced and Masterrdquo MAA Panel at the MAA-AMS

Joint Meetingsbull ldquoA First Attempts at a History of Mathematics Courserdquo MAA-AMS Joint Meetingsbull ldquoIBL SIGMAArdquo poster IBL mini-conference at Mathfest (joint presentation)

Service Activities bull Program Coordinator for national MAA IBL-SIGMAA (Special Interest Group on Inquiry Based Learning)bull Coordinator for the student paper contest of the MAA EPaDel Sectionbull Judge for Young Mathematicians Conference submissionsbull Recording Secretary for PASSHE-MA amp for KME (PA Lambda Chapter at Bloomsburg)bull Coordinator for the Department Seminar Series (Spring)bull Reviewer for PRIMUS amp Oxford University Pressbull Course Coordinator for MATH 113 (Pre Calculus)

Spring Fall Mathematical Thinking (MATH 101 Section 02) Mathematical Thinking (MATH 101 Section 05) Calculus 2 (MATH 126 Sections 01 amp 02) Mathematical Concepts 2 (MATH 202 Section 02) Linear Algebra (MATH 314) Calculus 3 (MATH 225)

Linear Algebra (MATH 314)


Zahira S Khan Professor Department of Mathematical and Digital Sciences

Scholarly Interests Database Design Parallel Processing

Education Temple University Philadelphia PA PhD Computer Science 1995

2017 Service Activities Courses Taught CompSci 121 Object- Oriented Programming with Java

CompSci 122 Graphical User Interfaces in Java CompSci 357 Database Design 1 CompSci 347 Database Design 2

Member of Computer Science Committee Personnel Committee


Stephen Kokoska PhD

Professor Department of Mathematical amp Digital Sciences

Scholarly Interests Mathematical Modeling The Analysis of Cancer Chemoprevention Experiments AP Calculus the use of technology in the classroom

Education University of New Hampshire Durham NH PhD Mathematics 1984 University of New Hampshire Durham NH MS Mathematics 1980 Boston College Chestnut Hill MA BA Mathematics and Economics 1978

2015-2017 Publications Kokoska S Introductory Statistics A Problem Solving Approach Second Edition BFW January 2015 Kokoska S Solutions Manual for Introductory Statistics A Problem Solving Approach Second Edition BFW

Spring 2015 Stewart J Kokoska S AP Calculus Cengage Learning to be published March 2018 Hedrick B Judkins T and Kokoska S AP Calculus Modules Question and Video Author Summer 2016 Kokoska S and Dick T TI in Focus Video Series AP Calculus December 2017

2015-2017 Presentations Kokoska S AP Calculus Student Preparation for College Mathematics Joint Mathematics Meetings San Antonio

TX January 2015 Kokoska S AP Calculus Two-Day Workshop for AP Calculus Teachers and Students Edmonton Canada March

2015 Kokoska S AP Calculus Student Edition St John Neuman High School Naples FL March 2015 Kokoska S Three presentations and Panel Moderator The AP Calculus Curriculum Framework Notational

Fluency AP Calculus Questions and Answers Panel AP Calculus Framework ndash Opportunities and Challenges T3 International Conference Fort Worth TX March 2015

Kokoska S Summary of the 2014 AP Calculus Exam NCTM Meeting Boston MA April 2015 Kokoska S Two WebEx presentations Questions and Answers with the Chief Reader BFW February and April

2015 Kokoska S Results of the 2015 AP Calculus AB and BC Exams AP National Conference Austin TX July 2015 Kokoska S The Updated AB and BC Calculus Courses MathFest Panel presenter Washington DC August 2015 Kokoska S Sign Charts Use and Abuse and Other Notation Issues NCTM Regional Conference Minneapolis

MN November 2015 Kokoska S One-Day College Board AP Calculus Workshop Verona NJ October 2015 Kokoska S Two-Day AP Calculus College Board Workshop Guangzhou China October 2015 Kokoska S Results from the Administration of the 2015 AP Calculus Exam Two WebEx Presentations

Sponsored by Cengage Learning October 2015 Kokoska S AP Calculus Technology Issues T^3 International Conference Orlando FL February 2016 Kokoska S and Hedrick B Mock AP Calculus Reading Indiana TIP Program Indianapolis IN March 2016 Kokoska S Carter V Technology and the AP Calculus Exam TI WebEx April 2016 Kokoska S Summary of the 2015 AP Calculus Exam NCTM San Francisco CA April 2016


Kokoska S AP Calculus What Every Teacher and Student Should Know and Panel Discussion Leader AP Best Practices Conference Calvin College Grand Rapids MI May 2016

Kokoska S Carter V LrsquoHospitalrsquos Rule Review and Preview with TI Technology TI WebEx July 2016 Kokoska S Results from the Administration of the 2016 AP Calculus Exam Cengage WebEx (2) October 2016 Kokoska S Two-Day College Board AP Calculus Workshop Chengdu China December 2016 Kokoska S A Few Series Errors T3 International Conference Chicago IL March 2017 Kokoska S Dick T and Carter V AP Calculus Review Sessions Two TI WebEx Presentations April 2017 Kokoska S AP Calculus Focus Group Participant NCTM San Antonio TX April 2017 Kokoska S One-Day College Board AP Calculus Workshop AP National Conference Washington DC July 2017 Kokoska S AP Calculus Question and Answer Session What Every AP Calculus Student and Teacher Should

Know North Texas Area Association of AP Mathematics Teachers September 2017 Kokoska S Two-Day College Board AP Calculus Workshop Singapore November 2017 Choong C Mcfarlan R and Kokoska S AP Course Seminar Changshu International School Suzhou China

December 2017 Kokoska S Two-Day College Board AP Calculus Workshop Shenzhen China December 2017 2015-2017 Professional Activities Advanced Placement Calculus Chief Reader appointed July 1 2011 AP Calculus Reading May 28 ndash June 7 2015

Kansas City MO Member AP Calculus Development Committee 2011-2015 AP Calculus Item Bank tagging College Board September 2015 Evaluation Report Wyoming-Sullivan County Drug Court August 2015 College Board Consultant Training Chicago IL April 2016 AP Calculus Standard Setting Panelist Kansas City MO June 2017 Review of Khan Academy Calculus Videos For the College Board August 2017 Member College Board-MAA Mutual Concerns Committee 2015-2017 Teaching Introduction to Statistics (MATH 141) 2015-2017 Service Activities President APSCUFBU Chair State-wide APSCUF Chapter Presidents Co-Chair Planning and Budget Committee Member Secretariat Member Presidentrsquos Advisory Committee Member Enrollment Management Steering Committee Advisor BU Council of Trustees Music Ministry Catholic Campus Ministry


Lisa A Lister PhD Associate Professor Department of Mathematical and Digital Sciences

Scholarly Interests Graph Theory and Combinatorics Mathematical Pedagogy

Education University of Wyoming Laramie WY PhD Mathematics 1997 University of Wyoming Laramie WY MS Mathematics 1995 University of Maine Orono ME BA Mathematics 1991

Publications L Ipi119899119899a and L Lister ldquoSpockrsquos Logic Flawed or Fabulousrdquo Mathematics TeacherrewriteL Ipi119899119899a and L Lister ldquoMoving with Friendsrdquo in preparationLister and Shader ldquoRank Decompositions of (0 1 -1 )-Matricesrdquo in preparation

Presentations Lister Do our Calculations Matter if Our Assumptions are Flawed Joint Mathematics Meetings Atlanta GA January 2017

Teaching 2015 Precalculus (MATH 113)

Discrete Mathematical Structures (MATH 180) 2 sections Calculus 3 (MATH 225) 2 sections Calculus 4 (MATH 226) College Geometry (MATH 231) University Seminar for Digital Forensic Students (INTSTUDY 100) 2 sections

2016 Discrete Mathematical Structures (MATH 180) Concepts of Mathematics (MATH 201) College Geometry (MATH 231) University Seminar for Math Students (INTSTUDY 100) University Seminar for Digital Forensic Students (INTSTUDY) 2 sections

2017 Precalculus (MATH 113) Calculus 1 (MATH 125) Discrete Mathematical Structures (MATH 180) 2 sections Concepts of Mathematics (MATH 201) 2 sections University Seminar for Digital Forensic Students (INTSTUDY 100) 2 sections


Paul Loomis Professor of Mathematics BA MS PhD

Scholarly Interests Number theory abstract algebra

Education Purdue University West Lafayette IN PhD in Mathematics 1999 Purdue University West Lafayette IN MS in Mathematics 1998 Wabash College Crawfordsville IN BA in Mathematics 1992

Publications Loomis P Una Introducciόn Histόrica al Sistema de Criptografiacutea RSA (A Historical Introduction to the RSA Cryptosystem) Investigaciόn y Tecnologiacutea October 2016 Vol 4 No 1 pp 51-56 Loomis P New Families of Solitary Numbers Journal of Algebra and its Applications 14 No 9 (2015) 154004 (6 pages)

Presentations Loomis P La Teoriacutea de Nuacutemeros y sus Aplicaciones (Number Theory and its Applications) Universidad de San Antonio Abad del Cusco Peru May 18 2017 Loomis P Un Problema de la Probabilidad el Caacutelculo y la Teoriacutea de Nuacutemeros (A Problem in Probability Calculus and Number Theory) Universidad Nacional San Agustiacuten Arequipa Peru May 12 2017 Loomis P La Teoriacutea de Nuacutemeros y el Caacutelculo (Number Theory and Calculus) Universidad Nacional de San Cristoacutebal de Huamanga Ayacucho Peru April 21 2017 Loomis P Una Introduccioacuten a la Teoriacutea de Nuacutemeros (An Introduction to Number Theory) Universidad Nacional de San Cristoacutebal de Huamanga Ayacucho Peru April 20 2017 Loomis P Cuadrado de Suma Igual a Sumo de Cuadrados (Square of Sum Equals the Sum of Cubes) XIX Congreso Boliviano de Matemaacuteticas Cochabamba Bolivia October 18 2016 Loomis P Una Introducciόn Histόrica al Meacutetodo de Criptografiacutea RSA (A Historical Introduction to the RSA Cryptosystem) XXIII Congreso Nacional de Ciencias de Computaciόn La Paz Bolivia October 9 2016

2017 Teaching Fall Mathematical Thinking (MATH 101)

Pre-Calculus (MATH 113) Number Theory (MATH 360) Analytic Number Theory Independent Study (MATH 492)

Spring (on sabbatical in Peru)

2017 Service Activities bull Coordinator for Mathletes an after-school math program at Greenwood Friends School Millville PAbull TALE Center Advisory Board Bloomsburg Universitybull Latin American Studies Advisory Board Bloomsburg Universitybull Curriculum Committee Department of Mathematical and Digital Sciences Bloomsburg Universitybull Evaluation Committee Department of Mathematical and Digital Sciences Bloomsburg Universitybull Promotion Tenure and Sabbatical Committee Department of Mathematical and Digital Sciences

Bloomsburg University


Youmin Lu PhD Professor Department of Mathematical and Digital Sciences

Research Interests Non-linear analysis special functions and neutrix limits

2017 Publications Neutrix Limit on Divergent Series (with Huizeng Qin) IAENG International Journal of Applied Mathematics vol 46 no 2 pp231-240 2016 Recursive Formulas Fast Algorithm and Its Implementation of Partial Derivatives of the Beta Function (with Huizeng Qin) Proceedings of the International Conference on Computational Methods (UC Berkeley Aug 1mdash4 2016) Vol 3 p 1361-1371 A note on Fractional order derivatives (with Huizeng Qin) Accepted with revision by Integral Transforms and Special Functions

2017 Teaching COMPSCI 121 Object-Oriented Programming with Java COMPSCI 221 Advanced Java WDD 120 Introduction to Web Programming MATH 123 Essentials of Calculus MATH 322 Differential Equations

2017 Presentations Department Seminar Neutrix Limit on Divergent Series

2017 Activities Worked with Dr Jones and the Computer Science Committee to create a new major on Web Design and Development Participated in the 2017 AP Computer Science grading

2017 University Service Member of the University CWCHR Committee Member of the Computer Science Committee Member of the Evaluation Committee


Chris D Lynd PhD Assistant Professor Department of Mathematical and Digital Sciences

Scholarly Interests Systems of difference equations competitive theory bifurcation theory and nested radicals

Education University of Rhode Island Kingston RI PhD Mathematics 2012 University of Rhode Island Kingston RI MS Mathematics 2009 Ohio State University Columbus OH BS Mathematics Education 1995

Recent Publications C D Lynd and J W Sharpe Sequences Generated by Powers of the kth-order Fibonacci Recurrence

Relation (Accepted for publication in The American Mathematical Monthly April 2017) D A Lesher and C D Lynd Convergence Results for the Class of Periodic Left Nested Radicals

Mathematics Magazine 89 No 5 (2016) 319 ndash 335

2017 Presentations The Global Dynamics of Several Systems of Non-Linear Difference Equations AMS

Eastern Sectional Meeting Hunter College CUNY May 2017 The Global Dynamics of Several Systems of Non-Linear Difference Equations 23rd International

Conference on Difference Equations Timişoara Romania July 2017 The Global Dynamics of Several Systems of Non-Linear Difference Equations Joint AMSMAA Meeting

San Diego CA January 2018

2017 Teaching Spring Math for Health Sciences (Math 116)

Applied Matrix Algebra (Math 118) [2 Sections] Real Analysis (Math 421)

Fall Applied Matrix Algebra (Math 118) [2 sections] Discrete Mathematics (Math 185) College Geometry (Math 213) Programming in Mathematics (Math 320)

Undergraduate advisees 10 Faculty advisees 1

2017 Service Activities bull Coordinator for the COMAP Math Modeling Competition Coordinator for the department seminar

series reviewer for the Major Field Test in Mathematicsbull Committees General Educational Council Research Day Committee Adjunct Search and Screen

(Chair) Scholarship Committee (Chair) Tenure-Track Search and Screen (3 searches) MathCurriculum Committee Data Science Curriculum Committee Math RetentionRecruitment Committee


Scholarly Interests STEM pipeline development (K-12) Professional development of teachers in collaboration with regional districts Cutting-edge research in STEM education Innovative college programs based on pedagogies that produce graduates prepared for success in STEM fields

Education PhD Mathematics Lehigh University Bethlehem PA May 1999

bull Focus Real Algebraic GeometryMS Mathematics Lehigh University Bethlehem PA January 1996BS Mathematics Moravian College Bethlehem PA May 1993

bull Pennsylvania Instructional I certification in secondary mathematics education

2017 Teaching College Algebra Math Thinking

2017 Service Activities Bloomsburg Universityrsquos Strategic Enrollment Management Committee Member Led the curricular discussions regarding the development enhancement and innovation of the STEM teaching

endorsement approved by the Pennsylvania Department of Education in 2016 Donald Heiter Center STEM board

2015 - 2017 Scholarly Activity Directed $729000 Math and Science Partnership Federal Grant through the Pennsylvania Department of

Education The STEM Teachersrsquo Academy allows regional K-8 teachers to participate in a graduate class that is designed to improve their skills in inquiry-based science (summers 2016 2017 2018)

Selected for the Fulbright Specialist Roster October 6 2017 ndash October 6 2020

Elizabeth Mauch PhD Professor Department of Mathematical and Digital Sciences


Barry Minemyer PhD Assistant Professor Department of Mathematical and Digital Sciences

Scholarly Interests Differential Geometry Metric Geometry Discrete Geometry Topology Algebraic Topology

Education Binghamton University Binghamton NY PhD Mathematics 2013 Binghamton University Binghamton NY MA Mathematics 2009 Penn State Altoona Altoona PA BS Mathematics 2007

Publications Isometric embeddings of polyhedral into Euclidean space Journal of Topology and Analysis 7 (2015) no 4 677-

692 Isometric embeddings of pro-Euclidean spaces Analysis and Geometry in Metric Spaces 3 (2015) 317-324 Approximating continuous maps by isometries New York Journal of Mathematics 22 (2016) 741-753 Simplicial isometric embeddings of polyhedral Moscow Mathematical Journal 17 (2017) no 1 79-95 Intrinsic geometry of a Euclidean simplex to appear in the conference proceedings Topological Methods in Group

Theory A Conference in Honor of Ross Geogheganrsquos 70th Birthday Combinatorial systolic inequalities (with R Kowalick and JF Lafont) submitted to Geometriae Dedicata arXiv

150607121 On the isometric embedding problem for length metric spaces submitted to Journal of Topology and Analysis

arXiv 160107895 Real hyperbolic hyperplane complements in the complex hyperbolic plane submitted to Advances in Mathematics

arXiv 160901974 Warped product metrics on (complex) hyperbolic manifolds submitted to Journal of the London Mathematical

Society

Presentations Combinatorial systolic inequalities

AMS Sectional Meeting at Michigan State University March 2015 Penn State University Geometry Seminar March 2015 Penn State Altoona Topology Seminar March 2015 2015 STDC at Bowling Green State University May 2015

The geometry of n-dimensional triangles via edge lengths MAA Allegheny Mountain Section Meeting at WampJ April 2015 Ohio State University (for the Ross Mathematics Program) July 2016 Duquesne University Undergraduate Colloquium September 2016 MAA Ohio Section Meeting at Capital University October 2015

The isometric embedding problem manifolds vs polyhedral rigidity vs flexibility University of Pittsburgh Geometry and Topology Seminar October 2015 Ohio State University Topology Seminar October 2015

Synthetic geometry and the isometric embedding problem University of Dayton Colloquium February 2016

The isometric embedding problem for length metric spaces 2016 STDC at Baylor University March 2016


Wesleyan University of Colloquium October 2016 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Geometry Seminar November 2016 Binghamton University (sequence of three talks in May 2016) The isometric embedding problem and Nashrsquos C1 solution The smooth Nash isometric embedding theorem The isometric embedding problem for length metric spaces Real hyperbolic hyperplane complements in the complex hyperbolic plane Ohio State University Topology Seminar November 2016 Michigan State University Topology Seminar December 2016 Approximately continuous maps by isometries 2017 JMMrsquos in Atlanta January 2017 A Higher-Dimensional Analogue to Heronrsquos Formula Bloomsburg University MADS Seminar November 2017 2017 Teaching Fall Mathematical Thinking (Math 101) [2 Sections] College Algebra (Math 109) [2 Sections] 2017 Service Activities RefereeReviewer for four research papers in mathematics Committees ROTC Strategic Enrollment Scholarship Curriculum Committee Adjunct Search and Screen Co-organizer for the Geometric Topology Session at the 2017 Spring Topology and Dynamical Systems

Conference at New Jersey City University


Robert Montante PhD Associate Professor Department of Mathematical and Digital Sciences

ACM Advisor

Computer Science Learning Center Director

Scholarly Interests Computer Networks Computer Hardware and Organization Information Security

Education Indiana University Bloomington IN PhD Computer Science 1997 Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge MA SB Physics 1976

Publications Montante R Virtual-Machine-Based Network Exercises For Introductory Computer Networking Courses Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges January 2017 Volume 32 Number 3 pp92-98 Montante R Teaching Computer Networks Top-Down Or Bottom-Up Proceedings of the PACISE 2016 Annual Conference April 2 2016 Presentations Montante R Using Scapy in Teaching Network Header Formats SIGCSE-2018 Conference Baltimore MD February 22 2018 Montante R Virtual-Machine-Based Network Exercises for Introductory Computer Networking Courses CCSC-Eastern Conference Frostburg MD October 29 2016 Montante R Teaching Computer Networks Top-Down Or Bottom-Up PACISE 2016 Annual Conference Kutztown PA April 2 2016

Moderator ldquoWomen in Computingrdquo Panel PACISE 2016 Annual Conference Kutztown PA April 2 2016

Montante R Netcat and SSH BloomCon 0x01 Bloomsburg PA January 6 2016

Service Activities bull Faculty Advisor Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Bloomsburg Student Chapterbull Director Computer Science Learning Centerbull Bloomsburg representative Pennsylvania Association of Computer and Information Sciences Educators

(PACISE) Governing Boardbull Moderator Computer Science Panel CoST Career Daybull Computer Science Curriculum Committeebull Web Design and Development Search Committeebull Digital Forensics Curriculum Committeebull Digital Forensics Search Committeebull CoST Technology Committeebull Safety Committeebull Faculty Party member Winter and Spring

Undergraduate Commencements

Courses Taught Introduction to Computer Networks (for Digital Forensics) Computer Networking (for Computer Science) C and Assembly Programming Digital Design and Computer Organization Computer Architecture Python Programming Advanced Python Programming


Reza Noubary


Publications Books Lessons for Teaching Topics in Mathematics and Statistics Using Sports Volume 1 San Diego CA

Cognella (with H K Ervin) In Press Mathematics and Sports Revised Version Bloomsburg University Introduction to Identification of Time Series Bloomsburg University Articles Survival Analysis of the Menrsquos 100meter Dash Record Applications and Applied Mathematics 11 1 115- 126

(with F Noubary) On Calculation of Failure Probability for Structures Designed Based Magnitudes of Historical Event Applications

and Applied Mathematics 10 2 983-994 (with F Noubary) J-measure for assessing agreement between two methods of clinical measurement JP Journal of Biostatistics

Volume 11 Number 2 135-141 Introducing a Better Means to Analyze and Communicate Flood Risk submitted to the Practice Periodical on

Structural Design and Construction (with R Soltz) Coincidences - A Motivating Theme for Introductory Probability Course Submitted Analysis of Longitudinal Data Using Order Statistics with Application to Prediction of Sports Records Submitted

Newspaper Educational Articles

bull All You wanted to Know About Happiness bull Math Science Needed to Keep US in Game bull Pi-Day of the Century bull Older and Slower But Happier and Smarter bull Hours in the Gym or a Glass of Wine bull Are you a pattern-seeking coincidence believer bull Obesity is now a worldwide epidemic bull Math practical and mystical surrounds us bull This Monday will be as easy as Pi bull A mathematician calculates Bolts chances in 100m bull Expensive medical care can be deadly too bull Can some people willfully postpone deathday bull Globalization problem or solution bull Christmas is time to treasure life and family bull Islam is Worldrsquos Fastest Growing Religion bull Pi and Pub Culture bull Let Us Appreciate What We Have In America bull Make Aging an Investment Not an Expense bull Korea is Beautiful But Torn Country bull Hate Your Fat Sure But Your Body Loves It bull Amid So Many Lies and Deceptions Is Truth Still a Virtue bull Worldwide Drug Epidemic Grows Ominously bull Seldom Discussed ldquo Lookismrdquo is Major Bias


bull Go Ahead Take a Nap Donrsquot Feel Guilty bull lsquoDonrsquot sweat itrsquo is actually not good advice bull To draw a conclusion be sure to do all the math

Presentation Do diagnostic tests do what they are supposed to do Global Awareness Society International Meeting Budapest

Hungry May 26 Panelist Global Affairs Global Awareness Society International Meeting Budapest Hungry May 27 Teaching Probability and Linear Algebra using Tennis and Table Tennis Misericordia University April 9 Mathematics of Records Department of Mathematics Bloomsburg University Oct 20 Other Activities Member of the departmentrsquos evaluation committee Member of the departmentrsquos statistics committee Referee of four scientific papers Consultant for the United State Olympic Track and Field committee


John Polhill PhD Professor Department of Mathematical and Digital Sciences

Scholarly Interests Algebraic combinatorics difference sets partial difference sets error-correcting codes strongly regular graphs integer-labeled graphs

Education University of Virginia PhD in Mathematics 1999 University of Virginia MS in Mathematics 1998 University of Richmond BS in Mathematics with Honors 1993

Recent Publications In Preparation ldquoRelative and Almost Linking Systemsrdquo with James Davis (University of Richmond) and Ken Smith (Sam Houston State University) ldquoPartial Difference Sets in 3-Groups and Their Graphs Schemes and Codesrdquo

2017 Presentations ldquoThinking About Linking Combinatorial Stylerdquo Bloomsburg University MADS Seminar October

24 2017 ldquoFamilies of Strongly Regular Graphs and Two-Weight Codes from Partial Difference Setsrdquo The 123rd

Annual Meeting of the American Mathematical Society Atlanta Georgia January 4-7 2017

2017 Teaching Spring

Honors 141 Introduction to Statistics Math 225 Calculus 3 (Two sections)

Fall Math 113 Precalculus Math 126 Calculus 2 (Two sections) Math 405 Introduction to Abstract Algebra Math 492 Independent Study (Mathematics and Baseball)

2017 Service Activities Departmental Committees

Evaluation Mathematics Curriculum Data Science Curriculum Search and Screen Math and Data Science Tenure Track Math Recruitment and Retention

Mathematics Liaison for COST Career Day BU High School Math Contest Co-Coordinator COST Student Recruitment Committee Member Math Consultant for COE NCATE Accreditation University-wide Promotion Committee


Philip A Polstra PhD Associate Professor Department of Mathematical and Digital Sciences

Scholarly Interests Linux Forensics Windows Forensics Mac Forensics USB Forensics Penetration testing with small devices

Education Northcentral University Prescott AZ Doctor of Philosophy Business Administration with Concentration in Computer and Information Security 2012 Purdue University West Lafayette IN Master of Science Low-temperature Condensed-matter Physics 1994 Calvin College Grand Rapids MI Bachelor of Arts Physics (Mathematics) 1990

Recent Publications Philip Polstra ldquoUSB Forensics Writeblocking and Impersonationrdquo (video course) PluralSight February 2017 Philip Polstra USB Forensics Pentester Academy July 2017 Philip Polstra Windows Forensics Pentester Academy August 2016 Dr Polstrarsquos book Hacking and Penetration Testing with Low Power Devices was translated into Chinese in 2016 Author of an 18-hour training course on Windows Forensics for PentesterAcademycom that was release in May 2016 Dr Polstra authored a book chapter entitled ldquoUSB Write Blocking and Forensicsrdquo for the book Counterterrorism and Cybersecurity Total Information Awareness (2nd ed) (Springer 2015) Philip Polstra Linux Forensics Pentester Academy August 2015 Philip Polstra Hacking and Penetration Testing With Low Power Devices Syngress September 2014

Recent Presentations Invited keynote speaker at IOTNext Security Conference in Bangalore India in November 2017 Invited speaker at the CornCON 0x03 Security Conference in Davenport IA in September 2017 Invited speaker at the Noblis seminar series in Washington DC in August 2017 Invited speaker to the Washington DC (ISC)2 chapter meeting in January 2017 Invited speaker for the SecureWV conference that was held November 18-20 2016 in Charleston WV Invited speaker for the first ever OrsquoReilly Security conference to be held October 31 2016 in New York NY Invited speaker for the fifth consecutive year to GrrCON 2016 Invited as the sole trainer to deliver the HackCon Autumn Trainings in September 2016


Dr Polstra presented a webinar entitled ldquoIntro to USB Forensicsrdquo for Garage4Hackers an India-based security group on October 1 2016 He also created a USB forensics challenge to go along with this webinar Speaker at the DEFCON security conference for the fifth consecutive year in August 2016 Dr Polstrarsquos talk was titled ldquoMouse Jiggler Offense and Defenserdquo Trainer BlackHat USA 2016 Trainings Dr Polstra was an assistant trainer for the ldquoAdvanced Wireless Securityrdquo course led by Vivek Ramachandran Trainer Shakacon 2016 security conference Dr Polstra delivered a 2-day training class on Linux Forensics Invited to return as a speaker to CyberSecureGov to be held May 18-19 2016 in Washington DC Dr Polstra gave a talk on ldquoLinux Incident Response Triagerdquo Invited to exhibit low-power hacking devices at the first Bloomsburg Mini Maker Faire April 30 2016 at the Childrenrsquos Museum Bloomsburg PA Invited speaker for the fifth time to ForenSecure 2016 Dr Polstra gave a talk entitled ldquo15 Minute Linux DFIR Triagerdquo Service Activities Organized the first second and third annual BloomCON Forensics and Security Conference Faculty advisor for Digital Forensics club Digital Forensics committee member Digital Forensics search committee member Adjunct search and screen committee member Meet and Discussion committee member Awards Distinguished Faculty Award College of Science and Technology Scholarly Activity February 2018 Provostrsquos Award for Excellence in ResearchScholarly Activity April 2016


James Pomfret

Professor Emeritus

Retired January 2008

Itrsquos hard to believe that nearly 45 years ago at the urging of JoAnne Growney I came to Bloomsburg State College to join the Department of Mathematics where I was to teach a variety of math courses-abstract algebra linear algebra topology-to students preparing to teach high school mathematics It was about this time that the department purchased its first programmable calculator that required a box weighing about 100 pounds and accepting programs of up to 64 statements

Somewhere along the way I realized that mathematics might be the basis of methods and techniques that could actually be used in the real world I realize Dave Nancy Scott Kim Lee and perhaps a few others were successful in completing PhDrsquos in mathematics but I knew that the majority of our students were not headed for PhD programs and would benefit from learning applications The operations research decision theory and computer simulation courses we developed and taught were some of my favorite primarily because of the projects that students conceived and carried out

Among my fondest memories of teaching at BU include the KME conferences where students had the chance to present what were usually their first research papers We traveled to Chicago San Francisco Nashville Niagara Falls usually staying in the cheapest motels we could find where the night before the paper completion students would bring out their overhead slides (no PowerPoint) and nervously go through their talks one last time

I retired from the Department of Mathematics Computer Science and Statistics in January 2008 feeling grateful to the university and the department for an enjoyable 36 year career Since retirement I have continued to work with the Global Awareness Society International a non-profit dedicated to providing a forum for research related to the many effects of globalization This year we will hold our 26th annual conference in Costa Rica in May I have also continued to work to strengthen the departmentrsquos relationship with Shandong University of Technology with whom we have had a joint program in computer science During three fall semesters I taught both mathematics and ESL in China for students hoping to transfer to Bloomsburg In addition I try to keep my calculus skills up to date by tutoring students in BUrsquos STEM Program and keep my programming skills minimally up to date by sitting in on Dr Zhangrsquos Python Programming course

Off campus I serve on the board of the Friends of the Bloomsburg Public Library the Advisory Council of the Area Agency on Aging and I deliver Meals on Wheels My golf game is stagnant with a mean of 90 and a very small standard deviation although there are occasional outliers Last summer my wife (of 52 years) and I earned our Compostella for hiking a requisite portion of the Camino de Santiago with our daughter and son-in-law

If any department graduates come to BU perhaps to show their children or grandchildren the campus stop by the Library where Global Awareness shares a small office and join me for a cup of Starbucks It would be great to see you

My retirement philosophy Just Keep Moving


Mehdi Razzaghi PhD Professor Department of Mathematical and Digital Sciences

Scholarly Interests Statistical Modeling Generalized Linear Models Statistics in Toxicology Risk Assessment Machine Learning

Education Bloomsburg University Bloomsburg PA BS Computer Science 2004 University of London London England PhD Statistics 1977 Sussex University Brighton England BSc 1970School Location Degree Major Year (start with most recent)

Publications Razzaghi M and Khorsheed E (2017) Bayesian Model Averaging for Benchmark Dose Analysis in

Developmental Toxicology Submitted to Environmental and Ecological Statistics Razzaghi M and Malhi S (2017) Multinomial Logistic and Multinomial Probit for Multiclass Classification In

preparation To be submitted to Journal of Modern Applied Statistical Methods Razzaghi M and Zhang D (2016) A Generalized Mixture Model for Detecting Differentially Expressed Genes in

Microarray experiments Journal of Advanced Statistics 1 4 199 - 211 Razzaghi MYearlong Undergraduate Research Projects Problems Resources and Issues in Mathematics

Undergraduate Studies (PRIMUS) 27 517 ndash 525 Razzaghi M and Militzer E (2016) Introduction to Statistics 2nd edition Kendall Hunt

Presentations Comparing Canonical and Non-Canonical Link Functions in Generalized Linear Models International Conference

on Applied Statistics and Econometrics Tirana Albania April 2017 Rosnerrsquos Mathematical Model of Ovarian Cancer and Extensions Joint Mathematical Meetings Seattle 2016 Breast Cancer Risk Assessment Tool - Uncovering Gailrsquos Model Invited Presentation at the 5th Iranian International

Conference on Womenrsquos Health Shiraz May 2016 Extending the Random-Effects Model for Repeated OverdisperesedUnderdispersed Count Data University of

Warsaw Poland March 2015 The Role of Mathematical Models in Science Invited Lecture University of Bialystok Bialystok Poland March

2015 Awards PA State System of Higher Education (PASSHE) Faculty-Student Research Non-Canonical Link Functions in

Generalized Linear Models for Data Mining Applications 2015 ndash 2016 $9464 Fulbright Fellowship University of Warsaw Poland September 2014 ndash June 2015

Student Research Sadan Malhi ndash A Simulation Study to Compare Multinomial Logistic and Multinomial Probit for Multi-Class

Classification Spring 2016 Chase Sakitis ndash Properties and Applications of log-Lindley Normal Distribution Fall 2017

Certification Teaching Online Certification Course ndash PASSHE 2017

Teaching Spring Math for Health Sciences Fall Introduction to Statistics

Introduction to Statistics Applied Regression Analysis


Service

bull Chair Statistics Committee bull Member Data Science Search and Screen Committee bull Course Coordinator Introduction to Statistics bull Member of the department Tenure Promotion and Sabbatical Committee bull Member of Data Science Committee bull Judge 2016 EPADEL Student Paper Competition

Service to the Profession

bull Judge 2017 EPADEL Student Paper Competition bull Referee for Bulletin of Emergency and Trauma bull Referee for Risk Analysis bull Referee for Fulbright Junior Research Award


John H Riley Jr PhD Professor Department of Mathematical and Digital Sciences

Scholarly Interests Digital Forensics ndash File Systems Malware Mathematics ndash Analysis

Education University of Connecticut Storrs CT Ph D Mathematics 1980 University of Connecticut Storrs CT MS Mathematics 1975 Lehigh University Bethlehem PA BA Mathematics 1973

2017 Presentations Riley John H Jr Malware Columbia Montour Vo-Tech High School January 5 2017 Riley John H Jr NTFS Sparse Files BloomCON Bloomsburg PA March 24 2017 Riley John H Jr Mean Construction Mathematical and Digital Sciences Seminar Bloomsburg PA April 4 2017

2017 Service Activities Admissions Open Houses Chair ndash Digital Forensics Committee Bloomburg University Curriculum Committee (Chair) University Distance Education Committee Middle States Working Group College Employee Satisfaction Survey Task Force Academic Placement Working Group General Education Retreat August 22 2017 Referee ndash Computers amp Security Referee - Journal of Digital Forensics Security and Law Judge ndash EPADEL Student Paper Contest


Yixun Shi PhD Professor Department of Mathematical and Digital Sciences

Education University of Iowa Iowa City IA PhD Mathematics 1992 Shanghai Teacherrsquos University Shanghai China MS Mathematics 1984 Anhui Normal University Anhui China BS Mathematics 1981

2017 Teaching Spring 2017 Math 240 ndash Statistical Methods

Math 410 ndash Math Modeling Fall 2017 Math 109 ndash College Algebra

Math 116 ndash Math for Health Sciences

Publications [1] ``Sum-Difference Numbers and Right Triangles Mathematics and Computer Education 49 pp 119 -- 1232015

Professional Presentations [1] Mathematical Models for the Demand of Luxury Goods in China --- Keynote Speech at the 2017 8thInternational Conference on E-business Management and EconomicsBirmingham UK Oct 27-29 2017

[2] Student Behaviors in College General Education Classes --- Keynote Speech at the 2015 4th InternationalConference on Sociality and Humanities Tokyo Japan Dec 30-31 2015

[3] Estimating Social Impacts of Technology Developments --- Keynote Speech at the 2015 4th InternationalConference on Humanity Culture and Society New York Dec 14-15 2015


Michael Stephans PhD Professor Department of Mathematical and Digital Sciences

Scholarly Interests Technical and Professional Writing Visual Rhetoric Creative Non-Fiction Poetry Music Research and Performance Education California State University Northridge CA MA English 2003 University of Maryland College Park MD PhD Education 1976 University of Miami Coral Gables FL MEd Education 1969 University of Miami Coral Gables FL AB English 1967 Publications ML Stephans Experiencing Ornette Coleman A Listerrsquos Companion Lanham New York London Boulder Rowman amp Littlefield 2017 ML Stephans Experiencing Jazz A Listenerrsquos Companion Lanham New York London Boulder Rowman amp Littlefield 2017 (PB Edition) Presentations ldquoOrnette Coleman Music and Wordsrdquo Book DiscussionSigningConcert Smallrsquos New York NY November 25th 2017

2017 Service Activities University Committees General Education Council Library Advisory Committee College of Science amp Technology (COST) Committees COST Curriculum Committee COST Communication Committee Departmental Committees Search and Screen Committee Promotion Sabbatical and Tenure Committee Miscellaneous Activities

COST BU Recruiter Institute on Teaching and Mentoring Southern Regional Education Board (multiple years)


Erik L Wynters PhD Professor Department of Mathematical and Digital Sciences

Scholarly Interests Parallel processing on GPUs computational geometry artificial intelligence algorithms and data structures Windows programming operations research applied matrix algebra for solving optimization problems Education Cornell University Ithaca NY PhD Applied Mathematics 1991 Cornell University Ithaca NY MS Applied Mathematics 1989 University of New Hampshire Durham NH BS Mathematics 1986 2015-2017 Publications E Wynters Using parallel particle swarm optimization on GPUs to solve several facility location problems Proc of 31st Annual Conference of Pennsylvania Assoc of Computer and Information Science Educators 416 38-42 E Wynters Fast and easy parallel processing on GPUs using C++ AMP Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges 616 31(6) 27-33 E Wynters Thrust makes it easy to introduce parallel processing on GPUs into a research project or college course Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges 616 31(6) 40-41 E Wynters Small code changes can make many single-threaded CPU programs run hundreds of times faster in parallel on a GPU using C++ AMP Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges accepted to appear in 2018 2015-2017 Presentations E Wynters Thrust yourself into parallel processing on GPUs Consortium for Computing Sciences in Colleges-Eastern Galloway NJ 102315 E Wynters Parallel processing on GPUs using C++ AMP BloomCon Forensics and Security Conference Bloomsburg PA 2516 E Wynters Using parallel particle swarm optimization on GPUs to solve several facility location problems Pennsylvania Assoc of Computer and Information Science Educators Conference Kutztown PA 4216 E Wynters Fast and easy parallel processing on GPUs using C++ AMP Consortium for Computing Sciences in Colleges-Northeastern Clinton NY 42916 E Wynters Thrust makes it easy to introduce parallel processing on GPUs into a research project or college course Consortium for Computing Sciences in Colleges-Northeastern Clinton NY 42916 E Wynters Small code changes can make many single-threaded CPU programs run hundreds of times faster in parallel on a GPU using C++ AMP Consortium for Computing Sciences in Colleges-East Allentown PA 02017 2017 Teaching Spring Windows Programming (COMPSCI 356) Data Structures amp C++ (COMPSCI 255) Applied Matrix Algebra (MATH 118)

Fall Analysis of Algorithms (COMPSCI 355) Applied Matrix Algebra (MATH 118)

2017 Service Activities

bull Computer Science Curriculum Committee bull Dept Evaluation Committee and Dept Promotion Sabbatical ampTenure Committee


Dong Zhang PhD

Associate Professor


Education University of Toledo Toledo OH PhD Statistics 2012 Nankai University Tianjin China MSc Statistics 2007 Nankai University Tianjin China BSc Statistics 2004

Research Interest Receiver Operating Characteristic (ROC) curve analysis Empirical likelihood Semi-parametric inference Design of Experiment Risk analysis Data analysis on clinical trials Big data analysis and Data mining

Teaching Spring 2017 Summer 2017 Fall 2017 Python Programming (2 sections) Python Programming (1 section) Python Programming (3 sections)

Introduction to Statistics (2 sections) Introduction to Statistics (1 sections)

Biostatistics (2 sections)

Computer Science Research (Independent Study)

Scholarship bull Thomas Xie Dong Zhang and Jie Chen (Started in 2016) Bivariate Binomial 2 Stages Optimal Design for

Phase II Clinical Trials Manuscript revisingbull Mehdi Razzaghi and Dong Zhang (2016) A Generalized Mixture Model for Detecting Differentially

Expressed Genes in Microarray Experiments Accepted by Journal of Advanced Statisticsbull Shaheen N Awan Nelson Roy Dong Zhang and Seth M Cohen (2015) Validation of the Cepstral

Spectral Index of Dysphonia (CSID) as a Screening Tool for Voice Disorders Accepted to the Journal ofVoice obtained best paper award

bull Kuo-Hao Lee and Dong Zhang (2015) The Advancement of Information Technology and Its Effect onIndustries DSI Proceedings FI-2

bull Kuo-Hao Lee and Dong Zhang (2015) Causality Relationships among Stock Market Mortgage FixedInterest Rate and New Homes Market DSI Proceedings FI-4


Activities 1 Worked with Dr Jones Dr Calhoun Dr Razzaghi DrPolhill and Dr Lynd to create a new Major on Data

science 2 Build a parallel computing system prototype using Raspberry Pi 3 boards for Hadoop and Spark cluster

system 3 Build a three-node workstation cluster equipped Hadoop Spark and MPI system for teaching and research

in Data science

Service 1 Data Science Curriculum Committee 2 Data Science Search amp Screen Committee 3 Math Adjunct Search and Screen 4 Statistics Committee 5 Scholarship Committee 6 Evaluation Committee 7 CoST Environmental Committee


Career Day

This year the College of Science and Technology hosted our annual Career Day on Friday October 6th Career Day is an event where alumni come back to campus to share advice and words of wisdom on curriculum issues employment opportunities and career choices Current students are able to obtain advice from recent and not so recent graduates on a range of topics that could benefit their future professional life Students were able to participate in discussions have a networking lunch and ask about career opportunities in their field of study This is a great opportunity for students to interact with alumni and professionals who work in the field of science and technology Many of the panel members bring job and internship opportunities from their company with them to share with current students The Math and Digital Sciences Department held different panel sessions for Computer Science majors Digital Forensics majors and Math majors We also had a session targeting Women in Digital Forensics

The Computer Science panel was moderated by Dr Bob Montante

Panel members from left to right are Dan Polenick (standing) Riley Renn Kasey OrsquoConnor Landan Cheruka Melissa Wall Scott McCarty

Justin Eveland

Missing from Picture Dagaen Golomb


The Math Panel moderated by Dr John Polhill

Panel members were Katerina Custis Kyle DeFelice Thyme Greenfield and Ashley Yeager

Missing from Picture Nicholas Dermes

Pictured above is Dr Inch conferring with two current students and a panel member Left to right is Dr Scott Inch Alayna Fedarko (current BU student) Michele Hancock (Panel Member) and Kate Van Horn (current BU student)

The Women in Digital Forensics moderator was Dr Diane Barrett Panel

members included Michele Hancock Christina Hingston and Latoya Jamison


The Digital Forensics panel was moderated by Dr Scott Inch

Panel members included Michele Hancock Christina Hingston Latoya Jamison Jose Santana Matthew Shafer and Jonathan Zbikowski


ACM Student Chapter Department of Mathematical and Digital Sciences Faculty Advisor Robert Montante

The Association of Computing Machinery (ACM) is an international professional organization for those involved in computing and computers Student chapters at colleges in the United States and abroad represent student interests and prepare them to participate in the computing community Bloomsburg is proud to be home to one of these student chapters

Chapter Activities

At the beginning of the school year the chapter welcomed students back with a pizza party and introductory presentation Weekly meetings mixed social get-togethers with more formal student-led presentations on topics useful for academic and career growth including

bull Git and Github Workshopbull LinkedIn Workshopbull Javascript Language Overviewbull Swift Language Overviewbull Internship Panel

Besides these weekly programs the chapter has conducted bi-weekly ldquoCodeNightrdquo sessions offering class tutoring coding

projects and mutual support and intramural programming competition practice sessions Every year the chapter sends one or more programming teams to competitions across Pennsylvania and the northeastern US Recent teams have placed second or third in statewide contests

Department Service ACM members participate in campus Open Houses each semester offering student perspectives and enthusiasm to showcase the Department for prospective freshmen Members also contribute their time and effort working for the High School Math Contest in the fall and Programming contest in the spring They serve as scorers and program judges for contests that bring in as many as 50 teams from high schools throughout eastern Pennsylvania

ACM Student Officers

2nd Place at Edinboro


Bloomsburg Cyber Defense Club The Bloomsburg Cyber Defense Club is a collection of students interested in learning and discussing various security related topics Some examples include network concepts incident response (cyber defense) pentesting (hacking) network forensics and programming The club members compete in several competitions and challenges most noteworthy of which being the Mid-Atlantic Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition The club has several meetings each week depending on whether they are learning or practicing The club practice for and participate in the Mid-Atlantic Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition in the spring semester of each year This student club is making it cool to be nerdy ldquoWersquore a bunch really nerdy students and we like to take our learning beyond the classroom says Daniel Pany computer science and digital forensics major president of the Bloomsburg Cyber Defense Club (BCDC) BCDC focuses on studying hacking and security techniques working to hone their skills for cyber defense competitions and their future in digital forensics ldquoWe get to play with a lot of cool toys and do nefarious acts in a controlled environmentrdquo said Kyle Mumper computer science and digital forensics major and club treasurer ldquoWhen I first started here I didnrsquot know anythingrdquo Mumper said ldquoI had basic computer knowledge but Irsquove learned a lot in the classroom and even more through the clubrdquo


Bloomsburg University High School Math Contest

This year the department hosted our 20th Annual High School Math Contest The contest had over 290 students from 20 area high schools competing in three events namely the Quiz Bowl Brainteasers and ldquoGame of 24-Pointsrdquo The Quiz Bowl is a fast-paced Jeopardy type competition where teams compete against each other to solve math problems from algebra trigonometry statistics logic and geometry

The Brainteasers is a written test where teams work to solve 25-35 math problems

The ldquoGame of 24-Pointsrdquo is a fast-paced arithmetic game Using four cards dealt from a standard deck (with face cards removed) teams compete against each other to get the desired number using only the allowed operations


Bloomsburg University Math Club

The Bloomsburg University Math Club is a student club for math and non-math majors alike The group hosts the annual high school math contest and participates in service projects such as bell ringers for the Salvation Army or hosting a dinner at a local church The club also does a variety of other activities like a trivia night celebrating Pi Day and bowling

Trivia Night Winners Fall 2017


Internships and Research Our students are discovering interesting internship opportunities are available to them Most internship and research projects happen during the summer months Below is a sampling of some of their experiences Summer 2017 John Gibson Natural Aeronautics and Space Administration Internship

I received an internship with Natural Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) this past summer as a software engineer I always shared my dream of working with NASA with Dr Coles and that is when I learned that BU alumnus completed two internships with NASA that would be on campus for Career Day While with NASA I was under the supervision of a mentor and paired with another intern and we were responsible for building their team of system engineers a tool to automate the process of communicating changes on a project to all other team members Working with NASA gave me a clear experience of what itrsquos like in the real world when a

developer needs to work directly with a client to determine what they need and then build it from the ground up This has opened a lot of doors for future web development jobs Brian Gorrie CDC Software Internship From May 24th to June 28th I interned at CDC Software in Bloomsburg They are a computer telephony integration company for customer relationship management My first project as an intern was to convert files from batch to PowerShell both languages that I have never used before After completion of my first project I moved on to writing a script used by a customer and I built framework for a web based admin portal At the beginning of my internship I had never used PowerShell JavaScript or Entity Framework and had almost no experience with HTML However I would feel confident using any of these skills in future jobs Louis Jenkins Distributed Data Structures as a Student at Chapel Cray Inc ndash Google Summer of Code Program After devoting my entire Spring Break to networking with a single organization lsquoChapelrsquo I was one of four picked for the organization out of dozens The original goal at my internship was to create a simple distributed queue which became multiple lsquotypesrsquo of Queues which ended up being a full-on distributed data structures framework as well as two scalable and versatile data structures I began with no experience in distributed computing nor with Chapel programming language as a whole I quickly became proficient in not only the idioms of the language but in solving and debugging problems that arose during development I have learned a lot more about data structures even compared to before and especially the important of unit testing Laura Josuweit Application Development track at Vanguard Group I interned with the Vanguard Group the worldrsquos largest provider of mutual funds During my time there I worked on their website on a team with two other interns Our job was mostly bug fixing with a lot of time for learning and practicing with newer technologies They didnrsquot expect us to know much coming in ndash the emphasis was very much on how willing we were to learn In addition Vanguard does an event called VTO Day everyone gets a day off work to go volunteer They had an internship version for us where we went to help pack boxes of food donations at SHARE food


Daniel Kilgallon College to Corporate Intern at Vanguard I worked as a College to Corporate Intern for The Vanguard Group an investment group that has been a leader of the low-cost index based funds I originally heard about Vanguardrsquos initative to hire from friends and family members in my hometown After I got accepted and the summer started I was put on a team of web developers to build out a new user experience for clients of Vanguard I worked to create a responsive webpage that would be shown to twenty thousand clients this year I learned Javascript Angular JS and the Scrum Methodlogy Vanguard was a great place to work because of how welcoming it was from the employees and supervisors Kristin Morley Incident Response Intern for Johnson and Johnsonrsquos IT Global Technology Services During my internship I develop my cyber security knowledge and my technical writing skills assisted in investigations and project management learned new forensics software volunteered formed a strong network of connections throughout Johnson amp Johnson and applied for and received a full-time position I composted the Cyber Threat Intelligence Daily Security Digests that described updates on cyber security

advances and threats around the world In addition I assisted with and lead forensic investigations in which I applied knowledge that I have gained through my Digital Forensics courses I assisted in project management for the transition to a new incident management ticketing system in attempt to save $15000 by the end of the year I collaborated with

different teams across the security department in order to figure out what needed to be implemented into the system and what was feasible Johnson and Johnson offers an Information Technology Leadership Development Program (ITLDP) for graduating co-ops and interns It is a rotational program that gives the opportunity to work in two different technology positions for a year each and then guarantees you a full-time job I applied for ITLDP and will be returning to Johnson and Johnson after graduation to do two rotations in cyber security positions Meghan Mahle ldquoTracking Criminal Activity on Tumblr Using Open Source Intelligence Techniquesrdquo

Over the summer I completed a research project through Bloomsburg Universitys URSCA program My project was Tracking Criminal Activity on Tumblr using Open Source Intelligence Techniques I worked with Dr Inch to complete my project My project focused on Tumblr a blogging platform which allows users to post pictures and other content semi-anonymously I compiled a list of user accounts posting about shoplifting and opioid abuse on Tumblr and then tried to connect these accounts to a real-world identity I developed a method which I used to identify users which involved collecting personal information and geolocation data from each account Through the method I developed I was able to compile a large amount of information on Tumblr users including their full names addresses where they went to school where they worked their family members and more


Volan Nnanpelle NiSource Internship This summer I had the opportunity to intern in the Information Technology department for a utility company in Columbus Ohio called NiSource They are one of the large fully regulated utility company in the US serving

approximately 35 million natural gas customers and 500000 electric customers across seven states My summer project was to develop an Application Capability Catalog for all of NiSourcersquos 600 plus applications The company was performing a vendor transition during the summer which made my project completion crucial because they needed to know which applications needed to be discontinued and which servers needed to be shut down to aid in a smooth vendor transition An additional project I was asked to join with was to come up with a Capability Maturity model This is a methodology used to develop and refine an organizationrsquos software development process By accepting this internship I learned a significant amount about the business side of IT and the real world

in general I would highly suggest students to attempt getting an internship before they graduate Internships give you insight into what you can do with your degree and allow students to confirm if the major they are pursuing the correct career path for them Zach Prebsonyak ldquoSmart Devices and Dumb Companies A Shocking Look at The Internet of Thingsrdquo with Dr Scott Inch The project I worked on looked at devices that are a part of the Internet of Things (IOT) The IOT is any device that can send or receive data In this project the devices focused on were Amazon Echo Dot (Alexa) Google Home August Smart lock and the QuickLock I wanted to look at the smartphone applications that paired with each of the

devices for any evidence an investigator would find useful To do this I used an Apple iPhone (IOS) and a Samsung Galaxy S4 (Android) to pair with the devices I would image the smartphones every time I performed a task to look what caused data to be stored where and what action caused it Then I used this information to write a detailed forensic report of the smartphone applications for each device Sure enough there was digital evidence of things like GPS coordinates of the users phone plain text passwords plain text addresses usage history etc In the end I gained a lot of skills and knowledge from doing this not only in the field of Digital

Forensics but in other areas too such as problem solving research planning and time management Luke Vuksta Luke Vuksta competed and came in 7th in the US National Collegiate Mathematics Championship held at the MathFest meeting in Chicago IL on July 29 2017 Students who were top problem solvers in The Problem Solving Competition at colleges and universities across the country were invited to compete in the championship


Fall 2017 Louis Jenkins ldquoLLVM Java Virtual Machine (formerly Monadic Java Virtual Machine) at Bloomsburg Universityrdquo with Dr

William Calhoun With hopes of furthering a previous project Irsquove done for my Organization of Programming Languages course in which my advisor Dr Calhoun was the professor of I decided to take the Java Virtual Machine (JVM) I created a step further Recent research established by Azul Systems on introducing LLVm to the JVM boasting performance improvements from 5 to 250 over Oraclersquos state-of-the-art HotSpot JVM my goal is to explore the what and why behind these significant performance improvements Couple this with the fact that LLVM is a state-of-the-art in compiler architecture and itrsquos clear that anything I learn will be worthwhile

Winter 2017 James Reardon Forensics Cyber Unit Internship At my winter internship I gained a rare and valuable experience I worked one on one with the Sargent detectives and the analyst in the ICAC Unit (Internet Crimes again Children) While working with the detectiversquos they showed me hands on processes such as lsquoISPrsquo and lsquoChip-offrsquo methods to retrieve the Physical and Logical Data off a device On the computer I learned even more about programs I had prior experience with and got to familiarize myself with forensics tools such as Paladin and video software Out of the office I was further educated on search warrants forensic interviews federal court etc Overall I gained a wonderful experience in the ICAC Unit and I am very thankful for the detectives and analysts in that division Jason Miller New England Cyber Crime Task Force Internship During my 5 weeks with the Boston Police on the New England Cyber Crimes Unit I gained invaluable knowledge about investigations and how they take place in the real world I gained knowledge of programs that I did not know about before such as windows event viewer Cellebrite and the UFED Tablet Autopsy Forensics Suite and many more We discussed breaking into phones how the Boston Police and other law enforcement agencies obtain and store evidence I also received in field experience to what a crime scene looks like and how evidence is collected I got to see firsthand how detectives begun and conduct their investigations Overall I gained excellent experience and a lot of knowledge about Digital Forensics and Digital Forensics Investigations in my time with the Boston Police ndash New England Cyber Crimes Unit


Kappa Mu Epsilon (KME)

Kappa Mu Epsilon is a National Honor Society for Mathematics The Pennsylvania Lambda Chapter at Bloomsburg University currently has 28 members Induction ceremonies for new members and presentations of honors cords to graduating seniors are held twice per year in the fall and spring semesters

Spring 2017 New Members Spring 2017 Graduates

Fall 2017 New Members Fall 2017 Graduates


Computer Science Learning Community

One of the newest of Bloomsburg Universityrsquos freshman Learning Communities is the Computer Science LC In its second year the CS LC welcomed 24 freshmen

The Computer Science Learning Community provides a supportive environment for freshman majors Student Mentors John Gibson and Danny Kilgallon both Juniors provide guidance and counseling for LC members as they come to grips with classes and become familiar with life away from home at college The mentors hold regular one-on-one and group meetings and field trips are offered to allow a break from academic concerns Social events such as a LAN party for computer games are also organized and the LC coordinates some activities with the ACM student chapter

Mentors and Director welcome LC freshmen at the CoST Ice Cream Social

LC get-together ndash a LAN party


Mid-Altantic Cyber Defense Competition

The Mid-Atlantic Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition (MACCDC) presented by the National CyberWatch Center is a unique experience for college and university students to test their knowledge and skills in a competitive environment The MACCDC provides hands-on application of information assurance skills to enhance studentsrsquo understanding of both theory and practice The MACCDC combines legal ethical forensics and technical components while emphasizing a team approach The Mid-Atlantic Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition is held in the spring of each year In late February 2017 More than 300 students competed in virtual rounds for an opportunity to be one of eight teams to advance to the regional finals Bloomsburg Universityrsquos team competed fiercely for 3 hours during the virtual rounds Participating students were Kyle Mumper Daniel Pany Michael Frauenhoffer Jesse Mancuso Stephen Cross Riley Feese Rio Weber Dominic Pirolo Christopher Bingert Johnathan Unger Vincent Phan and David Lucas Dr Diane Barrett was the team advisor


The annual High School Programming Contest hosted by Bloomsburg University

Each spring for the past 22 years 200 students and their teachers from across eastern Pennsylvania converge on Bloomsburg University to compete in our annual High School Programming Contest The contest consists of the students working in teams of four collaborating to solve as many programming problems as possible within a three-hour period The teams are provided a booklet with ten different programming problems of various degrees of difficulty and may work on the problems in any order The contest is structured to allow all the teams to complete some of the problems but only very good programmers can solve all ten problems in the three hour time period The more challenging problems require significant coding skill and creativity Prizes are awarded to the top teams and schools

Each team has a judge who is stationed nearby When a team believes that it has correctly solved a problem the judge marks the time and then tests the solution by giving test inputs to one of the team members If the program produces correct output in each case then the marked time will become the official completion time for that problem

When the contest is over all teams are ranked based on the number of problems completed with ties broken ac-cording to when a teams last correct solution was submitted for judging For example if two teams complete six problems the team that finished its sixth problem first is ahead of the other

Participants problem statements and results are available at the contest website departmentbloomuedumathcompscistatsContest


SAE Batelle CyberAuto Challenge

The 2017 SAE Battelle CyberAuto Challenge held August 6-11 at Macomb Community College in Warren MI assembled teams of high school and college students and professionals to work on real cars to find real answers to cybersecurity challenges Participating professionals in the hands-on practicum and workshop included automotive engineers government engineers and ethical white hat researchers Thirty-four students from around the globe including students from Germany Japan and Canada were selected to participate in this years challenge The event enables industry professionals to benefit from the fresh perspectives offered by high-performing high schoolcollege students In turn students gain exposure to industry experts and hands-on learning

The Challenge is a five-day practicum-based workshop where teams comprised equally of students and professionals including automotive engineers government engineers and ethical ldquowhite-hatrdquo hackers work on real cars to find real answers to the challenges posed by cybersecurity in automobiles Teams work to identify automotive cybersecurity trends and develop talent in a new technical discipline in a high-tech industry Vehicle composition is made up of high school and college students OEM and supplier engineers government representatives (eg Department of Transportation Department of Defense and Department of Homeland Security) STEM educators and security researchers (white-hat hackers) A total of about 16 people make up a team Each team works together for the entire week on the same vehicle BU students have been accepted into the program every year since 2013 Two digital forensics students David Lucas and Donald Tennant were selected to participate in 2017


Mathematical and Digital Sciences

2017 Department Seminar speakers

Spring 2017

Date Title Speaker Affiliation

February 14 Open Source Software for Efficient Evaluation of Student Code Louis Jenkins BU Computer Science

major

March 7 Using Mathematics to Model the Treatment of River Blindness Dr Shelly Bouchat Indiana University of PA

April 4 Many Means from Two Means Dr John Riley Bloomsburg University

April 25 Principles of Public-Key Cryptography Dr Drue Coles Bloomsburg University

Fall 2017


September 12 Texas Instruments Technology in the Classroom Mr Dana Morse Texas Instruments

October 3 Application Development for QVC Mr Daniel Polenik QVC BU Computer

Science graduate

October 24 Thinking about Linking Combinatorial Style Dr John Polhill Bloomsburg University

November 7 A Higher-Dimensional Analogue to Herons Formula Dr Barry Minemyer Bloomsburg University

November 14 Data Science Dr Bailey PEDSnet

November 28 Designing a Monadic Java Virtual Machine Mr Louis Jenkins BU Computer Science

major


Mathematical and Digital Sciencesrsquo Tutoring Center

The Department of Mathematical and Digital Sciences offers free tutoring for all students enrolled in MAD science classes Students can go to rooms 218 and 115 Ben Franklin Hall for help Tutoring is available from 900-900 Monday through Thursday and 900-500 on Friday Weekly review sessions for different courses such as Calculus or Introduction to Statistics and vary by semester

Jeffrey Mann Digital Forensics

Emily Mansilla Digital Forensics and Math

Lexa Sabo Math

Chase Sakitis Math and Statistics

Derek Spachman Computer Science

Luke Vuksta Math and Python


GrrCon

This past October Dr Polstra took a charter bus of students to Grand Rapids Michigan to attend GrrCon GrrCon is a cyber-security summit and hacker conference that was held on October 26th and 27th This conference is put together to provide the community with a venue to share ideas information solutions and engage with like-minded people in a fun atmosphere Students are able to attend presentations workshops and a solution arena to ensure that they get the most of the event

Student Comments

ldquoAfter attending GrrCON I am much more excited for future conventions The vendors showed me many job opportunities in the field along with where I need to

study more in regards to terminology and tools It expanded my knowledge and held my interestrdquo ndash Michael Gingolaski

ldquoOur recent trip to GrrCON in Michigan was amazing Not only did I have a great time but it also impacted my life in more useful and long-lasting ways Although I am only a freshman having the opportunity to talk to various different companies and distinguished invidiauls truly did help develop me professionallyrdquo ndash Mark Pirella

ldquoGoing to GrrCON was a great experience I met lots of people who specialized in the kind of profession I want to go into and learned about a lot of new things I hever never heard of before After going I feel so much better about the major I picked and that I chose to come to Bloomsburg to better my educationrdquo ndash Amanda Ruditis

ldquoMy trip to GrrCON opened my eyes to the real world of cyber security and what employers will be looking for in me when it comes time to graduate and apply for jobs I was able to network with representatives who gave me a better idea on the skills I need to excel in the workplace I came home with a list of terms techniques and skills that Irsquod like to learn in-depthrdquo ndash Jeff Mann

ldquoGrrCON was beneficial to me as club president because it gave me the opportunity to explore and learn new topics that are relevant to our field It is always a great educational

experience because it exposes students to the industryrsquos leading professionals and cutting edge research that is taking place It truly is a beneficial and educational experience that canrsquot be found in the classroomrdquo ndash Kyle Mumper

ldquoI feel a lot more confident about my future after going to GrrCON Going to several speakers and talking to a few of the vendors I am left with a list of both materialstools and terms to review The vendors informed me about the many applications each company had and one of the speakers taught me more about the different hardware hacks that could be used This knowledge will help me expand my personal skills when it comes to topics like hardware hackingrdquo ndash Nick Savleski


Thank you for your support

We appreciate the direct support the following individuals provided to the Department of Mathematical and Digital Sciences during the 2017calendar year These contributions make a world of difference in the quality and quantity of the educational experiences we provide our students Student trips to conferences and competitions are supported with theses donations The students thank you for your generosity

2017 Donors

Mrs Alice Albertson Ms Kaitlyn Andrien Mr Cody Bennett Ms Amanda Busler Dr William Calhoun Mr Mark Cameron Ms Jill Carlson Mr Kevin Cummins Dr Scott Inch Dr Curt Jones Mrs Jean L Kroboth

Mr Stephen Krum Mrs Wendy Krum Ms Jennifer Kurtz Mr and Mrs Dayton Meyers Mr Joshua Meyers Dr Robert Montante Mr Luke Nester Mrs Teresa Peck Mr Travon Pugh Dr Mehdi Razzaghi Dr John Riley

Mrs Joyce Riley Mr Matthew Shafer Ms Hannah Shriver Mr Hakeem R Thomas Dr June Trudnak Mr Raymond Trudnak Mr William Voros Jr Ms Tara Warnig Ms Khadija Washington Ms Jamie Weidman Mr Mark A Wilson

The following links can be used to support our students One hundred percent of the donations go directly to student support

Support Computer Science Support Digital Forensics Support Mathematics


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Kevin Ferland15

Scott Inch17

Curt Jones20

Eric B Kahn21

Zahira S Khan 22

Stephen Kokoska23

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Paul Loomis26

Youmin Lu27

Chris D Lynd28

Elizabeth Mauch29

Barry Minemyer30

Robert Montante32

Reza Noubary33

John Polhill35

Philip A Polstra36

James Pomfret38

Mehdi Razzaghi39

John H Riley41

Yixun Shi42

Michael Stephans43

Erik L Wynters44

Dong Zhang45


Career Day47

ACM50

Cyber Defense Club51

High SchoolMath Contest 52

BU Math Club53


Internships and Research54

Kappa Mu Epsilon58

Computer Science Learning Community59

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Lynd

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