Kerberos Task Force
Collaborations on Internet Security (CIS) was a federal interagency task force organized under the auspices of the Federal Networking Council. We tried to raise the level of Internet security by trying to introduce enhanced authentication, secure logon and file transfer, enhanced privacy, etc. across federal agencies. I was in charge of the Kerberos task force and have set up a Kerberos Web page that will help sites to install Kerberos at their facilities
Kerberos task force presentation at the CIS meeting held in Oak Ridge, TN on Feb. 13-14, 1997.
The draft final report of the Kerberos Test Bed and of the entire CIS project.
Talks on PKI delivered at the workshop A Public Key Infrastructure for Advanced Network Technologies (NIST, April 27–28, 12000) :
PKI—Deployment and Application Issues
Materials Microcharacterization Collaboratory (MMC)
In the Materials Microcharacterization Collaboratory we will join these Centers of Excellence into a single on-line interactive virtual laboratory. In it, we will give creative scientists, educators, and even students access to a new environment. One in which convenient, rapid
and dynamic interactions will be allowed to flow unencumbered by the limits of time, space and location. In this manner, we will not only foster but enhance their ability to conceive and execute new science in the area of materials research.
Security is required to protect the online devices as well as the data being collected and analyzed. The security plan for the MMC is outlined in this PowerPoint presentation.
MMC help pages:
Securing the Apache Web server
Securing the Apache2 Web Server on SuSE 9.1 Linux
Materials Science is a blend of a multitude of disciplines ranging from basic science to applied engineering, from physics and chemistry through metallurgy and ceramics, in which researchers combine their expertise with state-of-the-art instrumentation to push forward the frontiers of materials technology. Regardless of the substance being investigated, or the property being studied there is a universal procedure common to this field, -namely the characterization of the subject material. The team members of this project (ANL, LBNL, NIST, ORNL, and the Univ. of Illinois) collectively house virtually every characterization technique which employs electrons, ions, photons, x-rays, neutrons, mechanical and/or electromagnetic radiation to elucidate the microstructure matter.
Air traffic data analysis
In 1990 and 1991, I was a key participant in a study of the capacity of the U.S. airspace for the FAA. I have used this experience to study traffic flow in busy sectors and to evaluate effects of instituting flow constrained areas (FCAs)..
Airline Arrival Queue Resequencing
In 1998 and 1999 I worked with Northwest Airlines (NWA)and Lockheed Martin Management and Data Systems under a contract from NASA to determine whether resequencing the landing queue at the NWA hubs could save the airline money. In order to do this, a financial model was created to evaluate the cost of landing each flight in each available slot (within 10 minutes of nominal). Then a method for determine the optimum landing sequence was developed. Most details of this study are proprietary. As an example, we show a delay chain using "as flown" events, and the effects of allowing the first plane to land 9 minutes earlier. Here is a link to a copy of the paper that was published in the Air Traffic Controllers Association Quarterly.
Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, 1964
Master of Science in Electrical Engineering, 1967
Electrical Engineer, 1967
Doctor of Science, 1971