Spiros Bakiras is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science at John Jay College, CUNY. He is also a member of the Doctoral Program in Computer Science at the Graduate Center, CUNY. Before that, he held teaching and research positions in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Hong Kong, the Department of Computer Science at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, and the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering at the University of Hong Kong. He received my B.S. degree (1993) in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the National Technical University of Athens, his M.S. degree (1994) in Telematics from the University of Surrey, and his PhD degree (2000) in Electrical Engineering from the University of Southern California. He is a recipient of an NSF Faculty Early Career Development Award (PI), 2009-2014 with the topic: CAREER: Providing Authentication And Privacy In Location-Based Services. Professor Bakiras teaches graduate courses in cryptography and data communications forensics and security (FCM 740). His research interests include forensic and security issues related to security and privacy, mobile computing, database systems, distributed systems and computer networks.
Monique Ferraro is an Adjunct Assistant Professor and member of the Digital Forensics and Cybersecurity Faculty. She is the manager of Technology Forensics, LLC, a firm that provides digital forensics examinations, e-discovery planning consultation and electronic evidence analysis and consultation. Ms. Ferraro is a Connecticut attorney and author who has published a textbook titled Investigating Child Exploitation and Pornography: The Internet, Law and Forensic Science. A graduate of Western Connecticut State University with a Bachelor's Degree in Justice and Law Administration (1985), she received her Master's Degree from Northeastern University in Criminal Justice (1987) and a Juris Doctorate from the University of Connecticut School of Law (1998). She is one of very few attorneys who are Certified Information Systems Security Professionals (CISSP). Attorney Ferraro worked for eighteen years with the State of Connecticut Department of Public Safety in several different capacities- as a Research Analyst for 8 years with the Crimes Analysis Unit, as a Planning Analyst for five years with the Criminal Intelligence Unit and five years with the Computer Crimes and Electronic Evidence Lab. She was a founding member of the Computer Crimes and Electronic Evidence Laboratory and the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force. For the Digital Forensics and Cybersecurity Program Professor Ferraro teaches digital forensic applications (FCM 753). Her research interests include the role of and extent of compliance to scientific standards in forensics labs, the likelihood of inadvertently downloading malware and contraband such as child pornography while using the Internet, and untested investigative assumptions in working digital forensics cases.
Ping Ji is a Professor in the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science at John Jay College, CUNY and a member of the computer science doctoral faculty at the CUNY graduate center. She earned her Ph.D. In Computer Science from the University of Massachusetts and a BS in Computer Science from Tsinghua University, She has received NSF grants on Criminal Investigations Involving Mobile Systems and on Information Assurance and Computer Forensics. Professor Ji teaches courses in network security (FCM 742) and network forensics (FCM 745). Her research interests include forensic and security issues related to computer networks, mobile devices, and packet analysis of wi-fi and network traffic.
Bilal Khan is a Professor in the in the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science at John Jay College, CUNY and a member of the computer science doctoral faculty at the CUNY graduate center. Professor Khan received his Ph.D. In mathematics from the Graduate Center of CUNY. Prior to that he earned a M.S. In Computer Science from John Hopkins University and his B.S. In Computer Science from M.I.T. He has developed a state-of-the-art digital forensics lab for the Digital Forensics and Cybersecurity Program and supervised numerous masters and doctoral theses. Professor Khan teaches courses in secure operating systems (FCM 710), network forensics (FCM 745) and network security (FCM 742). His research interests include networks, computer security, digital forensics, wireless communications, group theory, combinatorics, graph theory, modeling and simulation in anthropology, criminal justice, and epidemiology, computational neuroscience, data visualization and auralization.
Jinwoo Kim .is an an Associate Professor in the Mathematics and Computer Science Department at John Jay College, CUNY. Professor Kim has a PhD in computer science from Georgia Tech and received his BS degree in computer science and statistics from Seoul National University in South Korea. After touring the United States for two months in 1986, he decided to advance his studies in New York City and attended the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences at New York University. In 1999, after receiving his master’s degree, he continued his study at the Real Time Compilation and Instruction Level Parallel Process Lab at NYU. He subsequently became involved with the new Center for Research and Embedded Systems and Technology (CREST) at the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta where he spent more than three years conducting research funded by the Department of Defense, Hewlett-Packard and the State of Georgia. Professor Kim teaches forensic management of digital evidence (FCM 760). His current research interests include digital forensics, security in embedded systems and network security.
Richard Lovely Director of the John Jay College Master of Science in Forensic Computing Program and an Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology at John Jay College, CUNY. He earned his Ph.D. at Yale University and a B.A. from the University of Southern Florida. Prior to his academic career he served as a counter-intelligence agent with the US Army with a specialty in electronic counter-measures and as a special agent with the US Secret Service. On the academic and policy side of his career, he has worked as a research associate for the judicial system in Connecticut and done research on search and seizure law, causes of serious violence, and organizational innovation. He has also developed software applications for data retrieval and mining for institutional research on student data. Currently he teaches seminars in cybercriminology (CRJ/FCM 727) and data analysis (CRJ 716). His current research interests concern the professional certifications versus academic degrees as credentials, cyber-crime, the relationship of online privacy to social stigma, and educational outcomes assessment.
Doug Salane is an Associate Professor in the Math and Computer Science Department at John Jay College, CUNY. He is the Director of the Center for Cybercrime Studies at John Jay. After finishing his undergraduate degree in mathematics, Doug Salane went on to complete his PhD in applied mathematics with a specialization in numerical analysis at SUNY, Stony Brook. Doug has held positions with Exxon Corp., Sandia National Laboratories, and Argonne National Laboratories. He has served as coordinator of College’s Computer Information Systems Major. In 2006, Doug became the director of the Center for Cybercrime Studies at John Jay. The Center brings together expertise in law, computing, and the social sciences in an effort to understand and deter computer related criminal activity. Doug is a member of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), and the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM). Professor Salane teaches courses in computer security (FCM 700) and data communications forensics (FCM 740). His research interests include cybercrime, data clustering, computer security and forensics, high performance computing, and privacy.
