Dr. Pedro A. Diaz-Gomez

Ph.D. Computing and Technology Cameron University, USA 2800 W. Gore Boulevard Howell Hall, Room 203-D Lawton, OK 73505 580-581-7934 e-mail: pdiaz-go@cameron.edu

Positions held

• Assistant Professor. Information Assurance/Security, Network Security, Robotics and Visual Basic Programming. Computing and Technology, Cameron University, OK., USA. 2007- Present
• Research Assistant at the Robotics, Evolution, Adaptation, and Learning Laboratory (REAL Lab) School of Computer Science, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK., USA. 2004-2005-2006-2007-2008
• Research Assistant at the MRI Laboratory University of Oklahoma Children's Hospital, USA, Summer 2006
• Teaching Assistant Programming for Non-Majors University of Oklahoma, USA, 2004-2005-2006-2007
• Teaching Assistant AI Robotics University of Oklahoma, USA, Spring/2004/2005
• Teaching Assistant Operating Systems University of Oklahoma, USA, Fall/2004/2005
• Computer Science Director Universidad Central, Colombia, 2001-2002
• Director of the Telecommunication Area Universidad El Bosque, Colombia, 2000-2002
• Professor at The Universidad El Bosque Computer's Networks, Compilers, Microprocessors, Operating Systems, 2000-2002
• Professor at The Escuela Colombiana De Ingenieria Compilers, Formal Languages, Discrete Mathematics, 1999-2001
• Computer Security Consultant Gesfor International 2000
• Control and Politics Manager Banco Santander Colombia 1999
• Production Manager Cellular Telephone Celumovil, Colombia, 1997-1999
• Computer Center Manager Computec Colombia 1995-1997
• Computer Science Vice-Dean Universidad Central 1987-1997
• Technic Director Datafast Pago Electronico 1993-1994
• Technic Consultant Superintendencia de Valores, Colombia, 1988-1989
• Programmer Analyst Computec Colombia 1986-1988
• High School Teacher National Schools in Colombia 1978-1984

Education

• Ph.D. Computer Science, University of Oklahoma, USA, Fall 2007
• Master of Science Computer Science, University of Oklahoma, USA, 2004
• Specialist of Quality Control Management Universidad del Valle, Colombia, 1998
• Specialist of Human Resources Universidad de los Andes, Colombia, 1995
• Specialist of Telematique Universidad de los Andes, Colombia, 1991
• Computer and Systems Engineer Universidad de los Andes, Colombia, 1985
• Degree in Pedagogic with emphasis in Mathematics Universidad Pedagogica Nacional, Colombia 1977

Projects

• Leader of the Cyber Security Education Consortium (CSEC) at Cameron University. Spring 2010 - Present
• Leader of the Information Technology Program at Cameron University. 2009 - Present
• Leader and creator of the Robotics' Lab. at Cameron University. Fall 2009 – Present
• Leader and creator of the Cyber Security networking Lab at Cameron University. Summer 2010 – Present
• Leader and creator of the Computer Forensics Lab at Cameron University. Spring 2011 - Present
• Leader of the Exploring Opportunities to K-12 Students committee at Cameron University. Fall 2010 – Present
• GIAC Certified Intrusion Analyst. – Fall 2010
• Research Project with Middle/High School Teachers Leader of a team of teachers of the Summer 2008 Middle/High School Teacher Science Institute at the K-20 Center of the University of Oklahoma
• Formulation of Computer Security Policies Develop and management of computer security policies according with the Company philosophy. Implementation of policies and empowerment of employees with courses and computer security fairs. Two (2) years of experience in the field
• Analysis and Develop of Information Systems Information flow charts, processes, equipment and software needed. One (1) year of experience
• Computer Science Teacher Computer's Networks, Computer's Security, Compilers, Formal Languages, Programming. Five (5) years of experience
• Development of Quality Control Systems in Computer Centers Implementation of automatic production schedule. Parameterization of computer programs. Develop statistic concepts and systems to analyze the errors produced by human factors, computer programs, and computer networks, in order to do planning in production, work practices and workforce planning. Applications emphasized issues of planning, organizing, implementing, tracking, and documenting in a project environment. Five (5) years of experience
• Implementation of an interbank switch Implementation of the first interbank software system in Colombia. Modification of the interbank Burroughs System ACIS. One (1) year of experience
• Implementation of communication protocols Implementation of protocols of communication between processors. Computec Colombia. One (1) year of experience

Research and Publications

• Management - An Achilles Heel of Information Assurance Security: A Case Study of Verizon's Data Breach Reports. In Proceedings of the 2012 International Conference on Security and Management. Las Vegas, USA - Ranked as a Regular Research Paper
• National Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Security and Information Assurance. An Implementation Case at Cameron University. In Proceedings of the 2012 International Conference on Frontiers in education: Computer Science and Computer Engineering. Las Vegas, USA - Ranked as a Regular Research Paper
• Internal Vs. External Penetrations: A Computer Security Dilemma. In Proceedings of the 2011 International Conference on Security and Management. Las Vegas, USA - Ranked as a Regular Research Paper
• A Hacking View of Access Control. In Proceedings of the 2010 International Conference on Security and Management. Las Vegas, USA - Ranked as a Regular Research Paper
• Teaching Robotics to Freshman Students. In Proceedings of the 2010 International Conference on Frontiers in Education: Computer Science and Computer Engineering. Las Vegas, USA - Ranked as a Regular Research Paper
• The Trilogy of Genetics Algorithms. In Proceedings of the Eleventh Annual Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference 2009. Montreal, Canada
• Information Technology Program at Cameron University. In Proceedings of the 2009 Conference on Enterprise Information Systems and Web technologies (EISWT-2009)
• Initial Population Diversity and Performance Independence. In Proceedings of the 2009 Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Pattern recognition (AIPR-2009)
• Initial Population Diversity Does Not Influence Performance. In Proceedings of the 2008 International Conference on Genetic and Evolutionary Methods (GEM'08) - Ranked as a Regular Research Paper
• Internal Vs. External Parameters in Fitness Functions In Proceedings of the 2008 Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Pattern recognition (AIPR-2008)
• Hunting for Snakes in Hypercubes using Genetic Algorithms In International Journal of Computer & Information Science, 2007
• Initial Population for Genetic Algorithms: A Metric Approach In Proceedings of the 2007 International Conference on Genetic and Evolutionary Methods (GEM'07) - Ranked as a Regular Research Paper
• A Trade-Off of the Schema Theorem In Proceedings of the 2007 Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Pattern recognition (AIPR-2007)
• Empirical Study: Initial Population Diversity and Genetic Algorithm Performance In Proceedings of the 2007 Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Pattern recognition (AIPR-2007)
• MISUSE DETECTION: A Neural Network vs. a Genetic Algorithm Approach In Proceedings of the Nineth International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems, 2007
• MISUSE DETECTION: An Iterative Process vs. a Genetic Algorithm Approach In Proceedings of the Nineth International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems, 2007
• A Genetic Algorithm Approach for doing Misuse Detection in Audit Trail Files In Proceedings of the 15th. International Conference on Computing. Mexico City 2006
• The Snake in the Box Problem: Matematical Conjecture and Genetic Algorithm Approach In Proceedings of the Eight Annual Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference 2006
• Genetic Algorithms for Hunting Snakes in Hypercubes: Fitness Function Analysis and Open Questions In Proceedings of the Seventh International Conference on Software Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, Networking, and Parallel/Distributed Computing - SNPD 2006 - Ranked in the Top 10%
• Three Approaches to Intrusion Detection. Analysis and Enhancements In Proceedings of the VI National Computer and Information Security Conference ACIS 2006 - COLOMBIA - Conference
• Pseudo Random Generation of the Initial Population in Genetic Algorithms: an Experiment In 2nd Annual Computer Science Research Conference at the Stephenson Research and Technology Center 2006
• Analysis of an Off-Line Intrusion Detection System. A Case Study in Multi-Objective Genetic Algorithms In Proceedings of the Florida Artificial Intelligence Research Society Conference 2005
• Improved Off-Line Intrusion Detection using a Genetic Algorithm In Proceedings of the Seventh International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems, 2005
• Analysis and Mathematical Justification of a Fitness Function used in an Intrusion Detection System In Proceedings of the Seventh Annual Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference 2005
• Further Analysis of an Off-Line Intrusion Detection System: An Expanded Case Study in Multi-Objective Genetic Algorithms SCISS'05 The South Central Information Security Symposium
• A Case Study in Genetic Algorithms applied to Off-line Intrusion Detection Systems In 1st Annual Computer Science Research Conference at the Stephenson Research and Technology Center 2005
• Mathematical Justification of a Fitness Function used for Audit Trail Intrusion Analysis In the Poster Session of the Research Experience Symposium 2005, at the University of Oklahoma
• Artificial Intelligence Research Group Computer Science Department at OU. AIR
• Evolutionary Computation Applied to Intrusion Detection Masters' Thesis Abstract
• Genetic Algorithms Applied to Intrusion Detection Revista de Ingenieria de sistemas. Universidad el Bosque Fall/2004
• Genetics Algorithms Revista de Ingenieria de sistemas. Universidad el Bosque Spring/2004
• Robustness in Robotics Revista de Ingenieria de sistemas. Universidad el Bosque Fall/2003

Associations

• Association for Computing Machinery 2005-2008 ACM
• American Association for Artificial Intelligence 2006,2007 AAAI
• Computer Science Graduate Student Senator University of Oklahoma OU, 2005,2006 GSS
• Graduate Students Association Computer Science Department at OU, 2004-2007 GSA
• Colombian Student Association COLSA at the University of Oklahoma, 2003-2007 COLSA
• Asociacion Colombiana de Ingenieros de Sistemas ACIS Bogota, Colombia ACIS
• Asociacion de exalumnos de la Universidad de los Andes AEXANDES

Referee for Journals, Conference Papers & Magazines

• Engineering Research Magazine. Universidad de los Andes. Colombia.
• Journal of Intelligent and Robotic Systems.
• IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation.
• IEEE Control Systems Society Conference Management System.
• Magazine of the PhysicoMechanic Engineering Department. Universidad Industrial de Santander. Colombia.
• Magazine of the Systems Engineering Department. Universidad El Bosque. Colombia.
• Magazine of the Systems Engineering Department. Universidad El Bosque. Colombia.

Awards & Lectureships

• Who’s Who in America - 2012
• Nominated to the Bhattacharya Research Award at Cameron University – Spring 2011
• Nominated to Who’s Who in Academia in America - 2011
• Best Professor at the Especializacion en Seguridad Informatica at the Universidad Piloto de Colombia – 2010
• Recipient of SouthWestern Endowed Lectureship at Cameron University for buying a Forensics Recovery of Evidence Device – Fall 2010
• Recipient of the Perkin’s Grant at Cameron University for buying robotics kits. 2009.
• Academic Excellence Latino Student Life, USA, Spring/2007
• Academic Achievement OU Latino Achievement and Heritage Celebration LAHC, USA, Spring/2006
• International Student of the Month Lions Club, Norman, USA, October/2005
• Academic Achievement OU Latino Achievement and Heritage Celebration LAHC, USA, Spring/2005
• Scholarship COLSA as Outstanding Student University of Oklahoma, USA, Spring/2005
• Scholarship COLSA as Best Student University of Oklahoma, USA, Spring/2004
• Best Computer Science Professor Universidad El Bosque, 2003. unbosque
• Best National High School Student Candidate Coltejer, Colombia 1972
• Best High School Student Colegio Salesiano Leon XIII, Colombia 1971