C. Edward Chow  Professor of Computer Science Universtiy of Colorado at Colorado Springs JCN Editor in Network Reliability and Security Education: Ph.D., University of Texas, Austin, 1985 M.A., University of Texas, Austin, 1982 B.S., National Taiwan University, 1977 Tel: (719)262-3110 FAX: (719)262-3369 Address: University of Colorado at Colorado Springs 1420 Austin Bluffs Parkway Colorado Springs, CO 80933-7150 Email: chow@cs.uccs.edu chow@cs.uccs.edu for MS Messenger (cedwardchow as screenname) Office: ENS 186. Map with direction to my office Office Hours:    MW: 10:40-11:10am; 7:05-7:35pm T:9:30-10:30am

Current Research Interests and Projects

List of Potential Thesis Projects

Network System Research Lab Equipment

Current class web pages:

• CS591 S2007 Fundamental of Computer and Network Security
• CS301 F2006 Web Programming
• CS522 F2006 Computer Communications
• CS691 F2006 Advanced System Security Designs
• CS526 S2005 Advanced Internet and Web Systems.
• CS525 S2006 Multimedia Computing and Communications
• CS622 S2001 Distributed Network class home page
• CS401 F2000 Web Systems and Electronic Commerce class home page
• CS115 F99 Principles of Computer Science home page
• CS520 S99 Computer Architecture class home page

Taught CS115 Principle of Comter Science, CS301 Web Programming, CS401 Web system and Electronic Commerce, CS420/520 Computer Architecture, CS522 Computer Communications, CS525 Multimedia Computing/Communications, CS526 S2005 Advanced Internet and Web Systems., CS591 F2005 Fundamental of Computer and Network Security, CS622 Distributed Networks, CS691 S2003 Advanced System Security Designs

Working on Web systems/security, WAN load balancing, Internet Network Measurement, Wireless network planning, high speed networks/protocols, distributed/optimal algorithms for network resource allocation and interactive programming environments for network/protocol design.

Research Grants and Projects:

• Principal Investigator of Online E-commerce System Project with $8,280 grant from Internet Business Skills, 12/2006-5/2007
• Principal Investigator of TNUA-UCCS International Cooperation on Human Body Movement Analysis with $10,000 grant from Taipei National University of the Arts, 11/2006-3/2007
• Principal Investigator of Making Secure Information Sharing Easy and A Reality project with $10,000 Proof of Concept grant from UC Technology Transfer Office, 1-6/2006
• Principal Investigator of Secure Information Sharing Project with $39,948 grant from NISSC, 7/2004-6/2005.
• Co-Principal Investigator of Information Fusion Project with $58,155 grant from NISSC, 7/2004-6/2005, a joint project with Drs. Xiaobo Zhou and Marijke Augusteijn.
• Principal Investigator of FRSN: First Responders Sensor Network Project with $10,000 grant from NISSC, 9-12/2003.
• Co-Principal Investigator of Admission Control with Adaptive Resource Management for Defending Degrading DDoS Attacks Project with $10,000 grant from NISSC, 9-12/2003, a joint project with Dr. Xiaobo Zhou.
• Principal Investigator of SCOLD: Secure Collective Internet Defense Project Sponsored by NISSC, $10,000, 6-8/2003.
  
• Principal Investigator of Admission Control with Adaptive Resource Management for Defending Degrading DDoS Attacks Project w
• ith $10,000 grant from NISSC, 6-8/2003, a joint project with Dr. Xiaobo Zhou.
• Principal Investigator of Secure Groupware for First Responders Project with $10,000 grant from NISSC, 6-8/2003, a joint project with Dr. Chip Benight of Psychology Department for evaluating the stress level.
• Principal Investigator of Secure Mobile Ad Hoc Network Project with $7,500 grant from NISSC, 6-8/2003.
• $235,940 network equipment grant from Intel with 8 SSL accelerators and 4 XML traffic managers 7/2002. The equipment will be used in network classes to enrich student learning and in Parallel Hardware Accelerator System (PHAS) research project.
• Principal Investigator of Advanced Content Switch Design with $220,515.52 grant from CCL, 11/2000-2/2003.
• $25,000 Gift from Fujitsu Lab of America to work on Internet Related Research Project, received 4/2002.
• Co-Prinicipal Investigator of "Detect and Prevent Rogue Wireless Traffic" Project with $23,752.71 from ITT, 6-9/2001.
• Principal Investigator of WINPLAN: Wireless Information Networks Planning Project with $35,260 grant from CASI, sponsored by Omnipoint, 1998-1999. Provide software tools that use GIS data for antenna location selection, user traffic simulation,

Here is the final report
• Principal Investigator of RACEWIN: Resource Allocation and Addmission Control Evaluator for Wireless Information Networks Project with $35,260 grant from CASI, sponsored by US West, 1996-1997.

Here is the final report
• Principal Investigator of Network Restoration Simulation Research Project with $44,444 grant from MCI, 1995-1996. A US patent#5,748,611 awarded 5/5/98 on distributed network restoration method based on conservative bandwidth request and selective forward.
• Principal Investigator of ATM Network Resource Optimization and Traffic Management Research Project(ATMROS) with $31,275 grant from CASI, sponsored by US West, 1995-1996. Here is the final report
• Co-Investigator of Wireless Multimedia Network Research Project with grant from ONR, $262,000, 1995-1996.
• Principal Investigator of NETSIM Survivable Network Simulation Research Project with $29,725 grant from CASI, sponsored by US West, 1994-1995.

Here is the final report
• Principal Investigator of the InterExchange Carrier (IXC) Network Restoration Research Project with $83,745 grant from MCI, 1992-1993. Awarded a US patent #5,495,471 Feb. 27, 1996 on two prong based fast distributed network restoration approach.

Designed collaborative multimedia networks. Coordinated network protocol and service software design effort. Designed multimedia servers.

Designed/developed path finding algorithms and connection management protocols for high speed ATM network testbed called EXPANSE. Coordinated an ISDN-LAN Telephony Network Interconnection Project between Bellcore and Fujitsu Lab and was responsible for the design of gateway and multimedia communication software for document transfer and real-time free hand drawing. Expertise:

Computer/Communication Networks, Protocol Engineering, Multimedia Information Systems, Network Management, High Speed Networks/Protocols, Intelligent Networks, Distributed Systems, Programming Environments, and Compute Architecture.

Master Thesis/Projects currently supervised

Available techical report from UCCS Network and Protocol Research Group

• CASI FY99 Final Report

Wireless Information Networks Planning
• UCCS Techical Report EAS-CS-97-2

Enhance Network Security with Dynamic Packet Filter.
• UCCS Techical Report EAS-CS-97-1

UTMOST: A User Traffic Modeling Tool for Wireless Information Networks.
• UCCS Techical Report EAS-CS-92-1

Resource Allocation Alogrithms for Multimedia Multipary Connections, by C. Edward Chow, January 1992.
• UCCS Techical Report EAS-CS-92-18

RREACT: A Distributed Protocol for Rapid Restoration of Active Communication Trunk, by C. Edward Chow, Steve McCaughey, and Sami Syed.

Available prototype software from UCCS Network and Protocol Research Group

• Modified Bprobe/Cprobe: An Internet network bandwidth measurement tool based on Bob Carter's Bprobe/Cprobe for Linux PC.
• Java based sharedraw: A Real-time Internet Computer Conference Tool(254K) Similar to a Shared WhiteBoard but allow revoke or suspend noisy confernce participant.

Master project/thesis guideline and proposal example

9/25/98 Talk on Computer System Configuration and Upgrade at Senior Center

Interesting web sites or home pages

On-line Web Course Study

Web Languages and Tools

• Color Name and Their RGB values. Donot confuse Lime with Green.
• Wade Martison's Web tutorial

Sightseeing over Internet

• Pikes Peaks Cam Web Page Colorado Springs
• Some Live Images

Informative Home Pages

• Interesting reference home page for Seattle Area