Hans-Peter Bischof is an expert in security in computing environments and visualization of scientific data.

He is an associate professor, the computer science graduate coordinator and the co-director of the Laboratory for Astrophysical Dynamics.

As the co-director of the Laboratory for Astrophysical Dynamics, he leads a project titled Spiegel, for visualizing n-dimensional data (a large data set of particles in 3-dimensional time). Spigel was developed in collaboration with Dr. David Merritt, Director of the Laboratory for Astrophysical Dynamics. The visualization system allows a user to explore the simulation by moving through time and space in a 3-Dimensional environment. Like Star Trek’s Captain James T. Kirk, one can travel through time and space and observe the dance of gravity when galaxies collide.

Spiegel has to be a very flexible system, because it is not possible to predict what kind of attributes should be visualized. As a side-effect of the unpredictability, Spiegel is also used to visualize the behavior of atoms in a protein under increasing temperature. Spiegel was developed as a team effort. More than 30 RIT Computer Science graduates and undergraduate students have been or are involved in the development of Spiegel. To find out more about Spiegel, visit: www.grapecluster.rit.edu.

A few interesting movies can be found at spiegel.cs.rit.edu/~hpb/Movies

Bischof has co-authored a book, Das Netzbetriebsystem Plan 9", Carl Hanser Verlag and a CD, Einblicke ins Internet. He is the recipient of RIT’s Norman Miller Award in 2002.

He received his Ph.D. in computer science from University of Osnabrueck, Germany in 1983 and an M.S. and B.S. in mathematics from University of Ulm in Germany in 1989 and 1986 respectively.

Charles Border is an expert on computer security, system administration, spyware, networking and higher education issues.

His teaching concentrates on system administration and he has also taught networking courses.

Border has a Ph.D. in Higher Education Administration from the University of Buffalo and an MBA with concentration in Finance and Management Information Systems from the University of Buffalo.

He is comfortable talking about a range of issues related to networking and system administration and is in the process of developing expertise in computer and enterprise security.

Bruce Hartpence is an expert on network security, wireless and wired networking and real-time data (e.g. VoIP).

Sam McQuade is a professor and graduate program coordinator for the cross-disciplinary professional studies master’s degree program in RIT’s Center for Multidisciplinary Studies.

He has 30 years of experience as a practitioner, teacher and researcher of criminal justice and security. He is a former Air National Guard security police officer, deputy sheriff, police officer and detective, police organizational change consultant, National Institute of Justice program manager for the U.S Department of Justice, and study director for the Committee on Law and Justice of the National Research Council of the National Academies of Sciences. He participated in and directed federally funded grant research projects on behalf of the U.S. Department of Justice and Congress.

McQuade completed doctoral degree studies in 2001 at George Mason University, School of Public Policy, in Fairfax, Va. His dissertation combined content analysis, history construction and archival records analysis methodologies to articulate and provisionally test aspects of a new theory for understanding the technological co-evolution and perpetual relative complexity of crime, policing and security. In 1994, he earned a Master of Public Administration Degree from the University of Washington, Graduate School of Public Affairs. In 1992, he earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Human Services Management from the Western Washington University, Woodring College of Education.

McQuade has received numerous honors and awards, including a Presidential Management Internship award that placed him at NIJ in 1994 where he managed computer crime and other technology-related social science and criminal justice research projects. While in Washington, D.C., he also provided independent consulting services to the Urban Institute, among other clients, and served as Deputy Director of Research and Resource Development at the Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia. In that capacity he worked with technology developers to experiment with new applications of crime and intelligence analysis software.

McQuade currently teaches courses in multidisciplinary professional studies including those relating specifically to high tech crime, information security, and infrastructure assurance. His textbook, Understanding and Managing Cybercrime, published by Allyn & Bacon (2006), provides an introduction to these and related topics. He has also taught several professional courses including grants administration and research methods at training institutions such as the FBI National Law Enforcement Academy in Quantico, Va. His university teaching experience includes adjunct faculty instruction at the University of Maryland, Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice; and for both the Department of Sociology and the Department of Political Science at George Mason University. He has authored scholarly papers and awarded grants, managed peer reviews of grant proposals and book manuscripts, and presented and moderated at academic and practitioner conferences in areas of law enforcement, criminal justice and security technology administration, high tech crime and human services management and education.

Prior to his work at RIT, Rick made his mark in Mobile Forensics while a professor of Purdue University's College of Technology. Rick's areas of research include Small-Scale Digital Device Forensics, Mobile Security, Unusual Sources of Digital Evidence, and the Application of Artificial Intelligence Techniques for Improving Efficiency in Cyber Forensics. He was also a faculty member with the Center for Education and Research in Information Assurance and Security (CERIAS).

Previously at Ferris State University, in Big Rapids, Michigan, Rick taught graduate and undergraduate courses in Information Security, Network Management, and E-Business Strategy. Rick also served as a Technology Director and Educator for various school districts, a Communications Electronic Warfare Officer for the U.S. Army, and a Radio Disc Jockey.

He has authored numerous articles in the area of Small Scale Digital Device Forensics, served as editor for the Small Scale Digital Device Forensics Journal, and acts as a reviewing editor for the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) on Guidelines for Cellphone Forensics, Guidelines for PDA Forensics, Cell Phone Forensic Tools, and PDA Forensic Tools.