Invited to the ACM/SIGSOFT Doctoral Symposium
(September 2006)
At the Doctoral Symposium at the ACM/SIGSOFT 14th Symp. on Foundations of Software Engineering (FSE-14), I will present my research proposal to distinguished faculty in software engineering. The symposium provides an early forum to receive feedback on research methodology and evaluation.

Awarded the Walter H. Wilkinson Research Ethics Fellowship
(June 30, 2006)
The fellowship provides a small stipend and engages students to conduct an in-depth study of research ethics for one academic year, exploring guidelines for professional conduct and ethical decision-making.

Visiting Scholar with CERIAS at Purdue University
(May 8, 2006)
In summer residence at the Center for Education and Research in Information Assurance and Security (CERIAS) at Purdue University. Working with Dr. Annie Antón, my adviser, and members of CERIAS including Dr. Eugene Spafford and Dr. Victor Raskin.

Invited to attend the ICSE Doctoral Symposium.
(March 21, 2006)
Awarded a travel scholarship to defray the costs of attending the Doctoral Symposium at the2006 IEEE Int'l Conf. on Software Engineering (ICSE'06) in Shanghai, China.

Passed the Doctoral Qualifying Exam in Computer Science.
(Nov. 21, 2005)
The qualifying exam is the first milestone in the Ph.D. program, followed by the proposal and defense before receiving the Ph.D. The exam committee included Dr. Annie Antón (adviser), Dr. Munindar Singh (area representative) and Dr. Alan Tharp (chair and departmental representative).

Completed a 12-week internship at IBM TJ Watson in Hawthorne, New York
Aug. 5, 2005
In the Privacy Enabling Technologies with Dr. Clare Marie-Karat, Dr. John Karat, and Dr. Carolyn Brodie at IBM TJ Watson, we investigated the structure and specification of organizational security policies and their amenability to formal modeling and analysis.

Awarded the Cisco Systems Information Assurance Scholarship (IAS) for 2005-2006
Jun. 6, 2005
The scholarship is awarded to students who make a significant contribution to Information Security and Assurance.

Quoted in the article "Anthropologists beat gadget rage"
Dec. 18, 2004
The article appears in the New Scientist issue 2478, page 26. If you are interested in how anthropologists contribute to technological innovation, consider the use of ethnographic methods by IBM, Intel and Microsoft.

Elected President of the Computer Science Graduate Student Association
Sep. 7, 2004
In 2004, the association represented the interests of 384 graduates students (127 Doctoral, 257 Masters) in the Department of Computer Science at NCSU.

Completed a 4-month DOE internship at Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Aug. 6, 2004
Working under Dr. Robert Patton at ORNL in the Computational Sciences and Engineering (CSE) Division, we investigated polysemy in geo-location of place names on a project for the US Armed Forces.

Accepted full admission to the Ph.D. program in Computer Science
Mar. 13, 2004
The research and recognition of Dr. Annie Antón was a significant factor in my interest in this program at NCSU.

Awarded the Bachelor of Science in Computer and Information Science
Dec. 13, 2003
The B.S. in CIS with departmental honors was awarded by the Department of Computer and Information Science at the University of Oregon. Special thanks to my undergraduate adviser Dr. Stephen Fickas.

Awarded the Computer Science, Engineering and Mathematics Scholarship
Sep. 15, 2003
The CSEM scholarship is funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF). CSEM Scholars receive mentoring from department faculty and participate in a regular lecture series that involves visiting faculty and industry professionals.

Completed a 10-week SULI internship at Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Aug. 22, 2003
Working with Dr. Thomas Potok in the Applied Software Engineering Research group at ORNL.

Special thanks to Dr. Janet Cuny, a remarkable advocate of undergraduate research opportunities, Dr. Arthur Farley, and Dr. Andzrej Proskurowski for their support during the application process back in January 2003.