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Rick Sheldon Professor

Positions

Principal Consulting Engineer, Acadia Cyber Solutions LLC 2013 -
Visiting Associate Professor, University of Memphis 2014 -
Visiting Professor, Wuhan University 2015 -
Professor, Computer Science , College of Engineering 2015 -

Sheldon has 29+ years in the fields of software engineering and computer science engaged as an engineer, principal investigator, research scientist, business developer and conference chair. He is professor and chair of computer science at the University of Idaho, and holds a visiting professorship at the Int’l School of Software, WHU, China. He’s held faculty appointments (U. Colorado CS, Wash. State U., U. Memphis) and R&D positions at Oak Ridge National Laboratory and three fortune 100 companies (LMCO, GD and Raytheon/TI) including a National Academy NRC postdoc at NASA Langley, and Visiting Scholar at NASA Ames and Stanford University. He’s published 130+ articles, 12 editorships and 4 US Patents. He’s chaired, facilitated and participated in National R&D venues including invited speaker, panelist and moderator. An IEEE Sr. Member, he received the Sigma Xi research and UT-Battelle key contributor and significant event awards. He obtained two undergraduate degrees from the University of Minnesota and his MS/PhD from the University of Texas at Arlington. His research interests are currently focused on cyber and information security. He enjoys teaching Senior and Graduate level topics.

Publications

selected publications

academic article
- Adaptive IDS for Cooperative Intelligent Transportation Systems Using Deep Belief Networks. Algorithms. 15. 2022
- IoT Intrusion Detection Using Machine Learning with a Novel High Performing Feature Selection Method. Applied Sciences - Basel. 12. 2022
- Novel Security Models for IoT-Fog-Cloud Architectures in a Real-World Environment. Applied Sciences - Basel. 12. 2022
- A Formal Model and Verification for HESTIA: An Automated, Adversary-Aware Risk Assessment Process for Cyber Infrastructure. IEEE Access. 10:83755-83792. 2022
- Examining the Performance of Fog-Aided, Cloud-Centered IoT in a Real-World Environment. Sensors. 21. 2021
- Detecting Stealthy False Data Injection Attacks in the Smart Grid Using Ensemble-Based Machine Learning. Computers and Security. 97:101994. 2020
- Access Control in Fog Computing: Challenges and Research Agenda. IEEE Access. 8:83986-83999. 2020
- A data integrity verification scheme in mobile cloud computing. Journal of Network and Computer Applications. 77:146-151. 2017
- Model-based autonomic security management for cyber-physical infrastructures. International Journal of Critical Infrastructures. 12:273-294. 2016
- Defining and computing a value based cyber-security measure. Information Systems and E-business Management. 10:433-453. 2012
- The Insecurity of Wireless Networks. IEEE Security and Privacy. 10:54-61. 2012
- Forewarning of Failure in Complex System. Journal of Homeland Security. 5:1-16. 2011
- Toward Scalable Trustworthy Computing Using the Human-Physiology-Immunity Metaphor. IEEE Security and Privacy. 9:14-23. 2011
- Quantifying security threats and their potential impacts: a case study. Innovations in Systems and Software Engineering. 6:269-281. 2010
- Moving Toward Trustworthy Systems: R&D Essentials. Computer. 43:31-40. 2010
- Authentication Protocol Using Quantum Superposition States. International Journal of Network Security. 9:101-108. 2009
- Modeling security as a dependability attribute: a refinement-based approach. Innovations in Systems and Software Engineering. 2:39-48. 2006
- A short survey on quantum computers. International Journal of Computers and Applications. 28:227-233. 2006
- Measuring the complexity of class diagrams in reverse engineering. Journal of Software Maintenance and Evolution-research and Practice. 18:333-350. 2006
- Recovery preservation: a measure of last resort. Innovations in Systems and Software Engineering. 1:54-62. 2005
- Testing software requirements with Z and statecharts applied to an embedded control system. Software Quality Journal. 12:231-264. 2004
- Critical Energy Infrastructure Survivability, Inherent Limitations, Obstacles and Mitigation Strategies. International Journal of Power and Energy Systems. 86-92. 2004
- Multi-Agent System Case Studies in Command and Control, Information Fusion and Data Management. Informatica. 28:79-89. 2004
- Metrics for maintainability of class inheritance hierarchies. Journal of Software Maintenance and Evolution-research and Practice. 14:147-160. 2002
- A Review of Some Rigorous Software Design and Analysis Tools. Software Focus. 2:140-150. 2001
- Composing, analyzing and validating software models to assess the performability of competing design candidates. Annals of Software Engineering. 8:239-287. 1999
- Specification and analysis of real-time systems using csp and petri nets. International Journal of Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering. 6:229-248. 1996
- Reliability Measurement: From Theory To Practice. IEEE Software. 9:13-20. 1992
article
- Development of the Joint Weigh-In- Motion (WIM) and Measurement Reach Back Capability (WIM-RBC): The Configuration and Data Management Tool. SOLE Logistics Spectrum Magazine. 38:4-9. 2005
chapter
- Data Diodes in Support of Trustworthy Cyber Infrastructure and Net-Centric Cyber Decision Support. Optimization and Security Challenges in Smart Power Grids. Springer. 203-216. 2013
- Economic Incentives for Cybersecurity: Using Economics to Design Technologies Ready for Deployment. ISSE 2013 Securing Electronic Business Processes. Ed. Reimer, Helmut. Springer. 133-147. 2013
conference paper
- Attack Scenario-based Validation of the Idaho CPS Smart Grid Cybersecurity Testbed (ISAAC). 2019 IEEE Texas Power and Energy Conference (TPEC). 2019
- Formalizing an Automated, Adversary-aware Risk Assessment Process for Critical Infrastructure. 2019 IEEE Texas Power and Energy Conference (TPEC). 2019
- ISAAC: The Idaho CPS Smart Grid Cybersecurity Testbed. 2019 IEEE Texas Power and Energy Conference (TPEC). 2019
- METICS: A Holistic Cyber Physical System Model for IEEE 14-bus Power System Security. 2018 13th International Conference on Malicious and Unwanted Software (MALWARE). 2019
- A virtual testbed for security management of industrial control systems. International Conference on Malicious and Unwanted Software (MALWARE). 2018
- Designing and operating through compromise: architectural analysis of CKMS for the advanced metering infrastructure. Proceedings of the Eighth Annual Cyber Security and Information Intelligence Research Workshop. 2013
- Failure impact analysis of key management in AMI using cybernomic situational assessment (CSA). Proceedings of the Eighth Annual Cyber Security and Information Intelligence Research Workshop. 2013
- Intrinsically resilient energy control systems. Proceedings of the Eighth Annual Cyber Security and Information Intelligence Research Workshop. 2013
- Anomaly detection in multiple scale for insider threat analysis. Proceedings of the Seventh Annual Workshop on Cyber Security and Information Intelligence Research. 2011
- Has the cyber warfare threat been overstated?: a cheap talk game-theoretic analysis on the Google-hacking claim?. Proceedings of the Seventh Annual Workshop on Cyber Security and Information Intelligence Research. 2011
- Secure VM for monitoring industrial process controllers. Proceedings of the Seventh Annual Workshop on Cyber Security and Information Intelligence Research. 2011
- Secure cryptographic key management system (CKMS) considerations for smart grid devices. Proceedings of the Seventh Annual Workshop on Cyber Security and Information Intelligence Research. 2011
editorial article
- Introduction to the special issue on cyber security and management. Information Systems and E-business Management. 10:429-431. 2012

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Background

education and training

Ph.D. in Computer Science, University of Texas at Arlington 1996
M.S. in Computer Science, University of Texas at Arlington 1988
B.S. in Computer Science, University of Minnesota 1983

Contact

full name

Rick Sheldon