Director's Database

Professor Dave Binkley, Graduate Program Director

As I write this, the weather is warming up and the courses for summer are in place. This coming summer includes some exciting electives that you should consider.

First, there's Nathan De Graw's elective in game design and programming. Game programming integrates several aspects of computer science, including networking, artificial intelligence, computer graphics, human computer interaction, computer architecture, and databases. In this class, students will design and program games individually and as a group.

Prerequisites: CS631, proficiency in an object-oriented language, or equivalent, plus a strong desire to write code.

An experienced software engineer, Nathan De Graw has over 15 years of software engineering experience in a variety of industries, including companies such as IBM, Verizon, and Northrop Grumman. In addition to his industry experience, he has taught dozens of Computer Science courses at four universities over the past ten years. He helped one university develop a game programming degree in cooperation with Disney Interactive Studios.

Alternatively, consider Dennis Dworkiwski's elective on wireless security. He recently related to me that Sun Tzu said in the Art of War, "If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles." This course will consider:

• Who wants to extract information from your Wireless LAN (WLAN)
• What secure mechanisms you should deploy
• What tools, processes, and methodologies are used in WLAN attacks and in WLAN defense
• Related topics such as availability, integrity, confidentiality, non-repudiation, and access.

Prerequisites: CS730, TCP/IP, or equivalent, plus strong ethical behavior.

Dennis has been actively involved in Loyola's graduate curriculum since 1991, in which his work includes the network curriculum and courses in information assurance. He has worked with wireless communications since 1973, including IEEE 802.11 before it had a suffix. He has spent the past twenty years working in Information Assurance and presently works for the Federal Government in Cybersecurity on the Enterprise Vulnerability Management Program team.

Courses for the Summer term are found in Webadvisor. They are also listed together for you convenience at the Summer 2010 course page on CS Department's web site.