David A. Dampier - [ CSE Faculty and Staff ]
Phone: (662) 325-8923
Email: dampier@cse.msstate.edu
Biographical Information:
Associate Professor
Ph.D., U.S. Naval Postgraduate School
Personal Home Page
Research Areas:
Digital Forensics, Software Engineering, Formal Methods
Education
- Ph.D.: Computer Science, Naval Postgraduate School, 1994
- M.S.: Computer Science, Naval Postgraduate School, 1990
- B.S.: Mathematics, University of Texas at El Paso, 1984
Employment
- Mississippi State University, 2000 - Present
- August 16, 2006 - Present - Associate Professor
- July 1, 2005 - Present - Director, Southeast Region Forensics Training Center
- July 1, 2004 - August 1, 2007 - Undergraduate Coordinator
- February 7, 2000 - August 15, 2006 - Assistant Professor
- U. S. Army Officer, 1984 - 2000
- Professor of Systems Management, National Defense University, 1997 - 2000
- Software Engineer, Army Research Laboratory, 1994 - 1997
- Acquisition & Automation Systems Officer, 1991 - 1994
- Missile Materiel Officer, 1984 - 1991
Professional Activities
- IFIP Working Group 11.9 on Digital Forensics
- Society for Software Engineering
- Society for Design and Process Science, Founding Member
- IEEE Computer Society, Member
- Program Committee, 12th International Rapid Prototyping Workshop, Monterey, CA, June 2001.
- Session Chair, 5th World Conference on Integrated Design and Process Technology, Dallas, TX, June 2000.
- Vice Program Chair, 3rd World Conference on Integrated Design and Process Technology, Berlin, Germany, July 1998.
- Vice Program Chair, International Conference on Tools with Artificial Intelligence, Irvine, CA, November 1997.
- Track Moderator, Eighth Software Technology Conference, Salt Lake City, UT, April 1996.
- Session Chair, Twelfth International Conference on Data Engineering, New Orleans, LA, February 1996.
- Session Chair, Computers in Engineering Symposium, Houston, TX, January 1996.
- Co-Program Chair, 1993 Monterey Workshop on Increasing the Impact of Formal Methods on Computer-Aided Software Development: Software Slicing, Merging and Integration, October 1993.
Awards and Honors
- Best New Teacher Award, American Society of Engineering Education - Southeastern Section, 2003.
- Army Research Laboratory Research Excellence Award, July 1997.
- Army Research Laboratory Scientific Achievement Award, November 1995.
- Army Research Laboratory Scientific Achievement Award, December 1994.
- Best Technical Paper in Session, Knowledge Based Computing Systems Session, 19th Army Science Conference, June 1994.
- Society of American Military Engineers Outstanding Senior Engineering Student, 1984.
Areas of Teaching and Research Specialization
- Computer Forensics, Software Engineering, Software Evolution, Software Slicing, Merging and Integration, Rapid Prototyping
Publications
Book Chapters
- Dampier, D. and A. Bogen, "Digital Forensics", accepted and to appear in Enterprise Information Systems Assurance and System Security: Managerial and Technical Issue, 2006.
- Dampier, D. and A. Siraj, "Intrusion Detection and Response", accepted and to appear in Enterprise Information Systems Assurance and System Security: Managerial and Technical Issue, 2006.
- Dampier, D. and Vaughn, R. "Is Your Employer Unknowingly Contributing to Identity Theft?" in Chapter 6 "Disgraceful Education" (Contributing Authors), Who is You? The Coming epidemic of Identity Theft, S. Schmidt and M. McCoy, The Consortium, ISBN 0-9773260-0-4, 2005
Refereed Journal Papers
- Bogen, A. and D. Dampier, "Modeling Evidence Recovery from Digital Media," Journal of Naval Science and Engineering, Vol. 3, Num. 1, January 2005, pp. 1-10.
- Dampier, D., and V. Chadha, "Change-Merging of PSDL Abstract Data Types," Transactions of the Society for Design & Process Science, December 2003.
- Dampier, D., and R. Vaughn, "The Use of Intrusion Detection in Securing Information Assets," World Market Series Business Briefing " Global Information Security, World Markets Research Centre, London, England, July 2002, pp. 38-43.
- Vaughn, R., A. Siraj, and D. Dampier, "Information Security System Rating and Ranking," CROSSTALK, The Journal of Defense Software Engineering, May 2002, pp. 30-32.
- Vaughn, R. and D. Dampier, "Just What is Intrusion Detection and How Do You Use It?," World Market Series Business Briefing-Global Information Security, World Markets Research centre, London, England, December 2001.
- Cooke, D., and D. Dampier, "A Real-Time Version of SequenceL," Annals of Software Engineering, Vol. 7, 1999, pp. 157-176.
- Berzins, V., and D. Dampier, "Software Merge: Combining Changes to Decompositions," Journal of Systems Integration - Special Issue on CAPS, Vol. 6, No. 2, 1996, pp. 135-150.
- , D., Luqi, and V. Berzins, "Automated Merging of Software Prototypes," Journal of Systems Integration, Vol. 4, No. 1, January 1994, pp. 33-49.
Refereed Conference Papers
- Bogen, A., D. Dampier, and J. Carver, "Domain Modeling in Computer Forensics Examination: An Empirical Study", Proceedings of the 2007 Hawaii International Conference on the System Sciences, Minitrack on Digital Forensics, Waikoloa, Hawaii, January 3-7, 2007.
- Vaughn, R. and D. Dampier, "The Development of a University-based Forensics Training Center as a Regional Outreach and Service Activity", Proceedings of the 2007 Hawaii International Conference on the System Sciences, Minitrack on Digital Forensics, Waikoloa, Hawaii, January 3-7, 2007.
- Bogen, A. and D. Dampier, "A Software Engineering Modeling Approach to Computer Forensics Examination Planning," Proceedings of the First International Workshop on Systematic Approaches to Digital Forensic Engineering (SADFE 2005), Taipei, Taiwan, November 7-10, 2005.
- Bogen, A. and D. Dampier, "Preparing for Large-Scale Investigations with Case Domain Modeling," Proceedings of the 2005 Digital Forensics Research Workshop (DFRWS), New Orleans, LA, August 17-19, 2005.
- Cantrell, G. and D. Dampier, "Hiding Data through FAT 32 Boot Sector Manipulation," Proceedings of the 1st Annual IFIP Conference on Digital Forensics, Orlando, FL, February 13-16, 2005.
- Dampier, D., "Integrating Practical Problem-Solving into Software Engineering Education," Proceedings of the UM-Dearborn Conference on Integrating Practice into Engineering Education, Dearborn, MI, October 3-5, 2004.
- Vaughn, R., D. Dampier, and M. Warkentin, "Building an Information Security Education Program," Proceedings of The 2004 Information Security Curriculum Development Conference, Kennesaw, Georgia, September 17- 18, 2004.
- Bogen, A. and D. Dampier, "Knowledge Discovery and Experience Modeling in Computer Forensics Media Analysis," Accepted for publication in the Proceedings of the 3rd International Symposium on Information and Communication Technologies, June 16-18, 2004, Las Vegas, NV.
- Cantrell, G. and D. Dampier, "Experiments In Hiding Data Inside the File Structure of Common Office Documents: A Stegonography Application," Accepted for publication in the Proceedings of the 3rd International Symposium on Information and Communication Technologies, June 16-18, 2004, Las Vegas, NV.
- Dampier, D., "BSSE at MSU: The First Accredited Software Engineering Bachelor"s Degree in a Public University," Proceedings of the 2004 ASEE SE Conference, Auburn, AL, April 4-6, 2004.
- Dampier, D., and G. Li, "A Web Application for Maintaining Web Consistency," Proceedings of the 33rd International Computers in Industrial Engineering Conference, Jeju, Korea, March 24 " 27, 2004
- Dampier, D., and T. Philip, "Using Software Engineering Classes to Support K-12 Education," Proceedings of the 2003 ASEE Southeastern Conference, Macon, GA, April 6-8, 2003.
- Dampier, D., "Teaching Practical Problem-Solving in Software Engineering Through Industrial Experience," Proceedings of the 2002 ASEE SE Conference, Gainesville, FL, April 7-9, 2002.
- Dampier, D., and V. Chadha, "Change-Merging PSDL Abstract Data Types," Proceedings of the 2001 Monterey Workshop on Engineering Automation for Software Intensive System Integration, Monterey, CA, June 2001.
- Wilson, R., and D. Dampier, "The Link Between Software Engineering and Scientific Method," Proceedings of the Fifth World Conference on Integrated Design and Process Technology, Dallas, TX, June 2000, p.32 (CD).
- Dampier, D., "Rapid Prototyping and System Evolution," Proceedings of the 2nd World Conference on Integrated Design & Process Technology, Austin, TX, December 1996, pp. 400-406.
- Dampier, D., R. Byrnes, M. Kindl, and Luqi, "Rapid Prototyping of Army Embedded Software Systems," Proceedings of the Seventh Software Technology Conference, Salt Lake City, UT, April 1995, CD.
- Luqi, J. Goguen, V. Berzins, and D. Dampier, "Engineering Support for Software Evolution," Proceedings of the Computers in Engineering Symposium (ASME 1995), Houston, TX, January 1995, pp. 161-172.
- Dampier, D., V. Berzins, Luqi, M. Shing, D. Dolk, and C. Rasmussen, "A Slicing Method for Semantics-Based Change-Merging of Software Prototypes," Proceedings of the Computers in Engineering Symposium (ASME 1995), Houston, TX, January 1995, pp. 87-92.
- Dampier, D., R. Byrnes, and M. Kindl, "Computer-Aided Maintenance for Embedded Real-Time Software," Proceedings of the 19th Army Science Conference, Orlando, FL, June 1994, p. 163.
Non-Refereed Conference Papers
- Dampier, D., "Web Parsing for Maintaining Consistency," Fourteenth Annual Software Technology Conference, Salt Lake City, April 28-May 2, 2002.
- Vaughn, R., and D. Dampier, "A Report on the Software Engineering BS Degree - One of the First!," Proceedings of the Thirteenth Annual Software Technology Conference, Salt Lake City, UT, April 29 " May 4, 2001 (on CD).
- Hamaker, J., and D. Dampier, "Web Engineering: Convergence and Software Engineering," Proceedings of the Thirteenth Annual Software Technology Conference, Salt Lake City, UT, April 29 " May 4, 2001 (on CD).
- Dampier, D., "Rapid Prototyping and System Evolution," Tenth Software Technology Conference, Salt Lake City, UT, May 1998.
- Dampier, D., and C. Forest, "Advanced Software Technology for Affordability Program, Ninth Software Technology Conference, Salt Lake City, UT, April 1997.
- Workshops
- Dampier, D., and R. Wilson, "Teaching Scientific Method for Real-Time Software Engineering," Proceedings of the CSEET "00 Real Time Workshop, Austin, TX, March 2000, p. 1999.
- Dampier, D., and Luqi, "Automated Software Maintenance Using Comprehension and Specification," CSM-92 Program Comprehension Workshop Notes, November 1992, pp. 24-26.
Presentations
Refereed Conferences
- Dampier, D., "Rapid Prototyping and Incremental Evolution," Proceedings of the 1997 Monterey Workshop on Increasing the Impact of Formal Methods for Computer-Aided Software development: Requirements Targeting Software and Systems Engineering, Bernried, Germany, October 1997.
- Dampier, D., and R. Byrnes, "Specification Merging for Software Architectures," Proceedings of the 1995 Monterey Workshop on Increasing the Impact of Formal Methods for Computer-Aided Software Development: Building Software with Specification Based Components, Naval Postgraduate School, September 1995, pp.71-74.
- Dampier, D., and V. Berzins, "Software Change - Merging in Dynamic Evolution," Proceedings of the 1994 Monterey Workshop on Increasing the Impact of Formal Methods for Computer-Aided Software Development: Evolution Control for Large Software Systems, Naval Postgraduate School, September 1994.
- Dampier, D., and V. Berzins, "A Slicing Method for Semantic-Based Merging of Software Prototypes," Proceedings of the 1993 Monterey Workshop on Increasing the Impact of Formal Methods for Computer-Aided Software Development: Software Slicing, Merging and Integration, Naval Postgraduate School, October 1993, pp. 22-24.
Invited Lectures
Invited Talks (International)
- Digital Forensics Research, August 31, 2005, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
- A Software Engineering Undergraduate Degree at Mississippi State University, August 29. 2005, Japanese Accreditation Board on Engineering Education, Tokyo, Japan
- E-Commerce Security, March 22, 2004, Pohang Institute of Technology, Pohang, Korea
- Computer Forensics, March 23, 2004, Pohang Institute of Technology, Pohang, Korea
Invited Talks (National)
- Digital Forensics Education at the Southeast Region Forensics Training Center, October 12, 2006, Mississippi Judicial College, Philadelphia, MS.
- Building a Government-University Cooperative Digital Forensics Program, October 10, 2006, Starkville Women"s Club, Starkville, MS.
- Digital Forensics Activities at Mississippi State University, September 28, 2006, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL.
- Digital Forensics, July 4, 2006, International Association of Identification Specialists, Boston, MA.
- Developing a Computer Forensics Program, April 29, 2005, Depaul University, Chicago, IL
- Information and Computer Security, March 17, 2005, Tougaloo College, Jackson, MS
- MSU"s Cyber Crime Center, February 21, 2005, Civitan International, Starkville, MS
- Digital Forensics, February 17, 2005, Mississippi Hospital Association, Jackson, MS
- Options for Using Technology in the Classroom, March 6, 2003, Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS
- Automated Software Evolution, November 17, 2000, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, ALItem I. may be used to document various presentations not given elsewhere.
- of Logic in Software Engineering, Software Engineering Doctoral Program, Naval Postgraduate School, October 1999.
- A Formal Method for Semantics-Based Change - Merging of Software Prototypes, Computer Science Department, University of Texas at El Paso, July 1994.
Workshops
- Introduction to Computer Forensics, October 21-22, 2004, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS
- Introduction to Computer Forensics, August 3-5, 2004, Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS
- Introduction to Computer Forensics, June 23-24, 2004, Mississippi State University Information Assurance Workshop for Under-represented Groups, Starkville, MS
University Service
- Coordinator of Undergraduate Programs, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, 2004-2007
- Search Committee, Computer Science and Engineering, 2006-7
- Committee, Director of Continuing Education and Academic Outreach, 2004
- Search Committee, Associate Dean of the College of Engineering for Academic Affairs, 2005
- Engineering College Faculty Council, 2002-2005
- Computer Science & Engineering Graduate Coordinating Committee, 2003
- Engineering College Courses and Curricula Committee, 2002-2004
- Computer Science & Engineering Graduate Studies Committee, 2001-2002
- Computer Science & Engineering Courses and Curricula Committee, 2000-2004 - Chair, 2002-2004
- Computer Science & Engineering Scholarships and Fellowships Committee, 2001-2002 - Chair, 2001-2002
- Software Engineering Undergraduate Studies Committee, 2001-2002, 2003-Present - Chair, 2004-Present
- Computer Science Undergraduate Studies Committee, 2004-Present - Chair, 2004-Present
- Computer Engineering Steering Committee, 2004-Present
- Chair " Ad Hoc Committee on Software Engineering Recruiting, 2001
- Chair " Ad Hoc Committee on Distance Learning Alternatives, 2002
- Advisor to Student Chapter of the Association for Computing Machinery
- Coach, Intercollegiate Programming Competition Teams in 2002, 2003, 2004
- Regional Champions, 2002
- Mentor, Pre-Engineering Students
- Computer Science, Engineering and Mathematics (CSEM) Scholars Program
- Advisor, Bulldog Taekwondo Club
Students Advised
Ph.D. students advised (with title and date of dissertation if graduated):
- Bogen, Alfred C., Selecting Keyword Search Terms in Computer Forensics Examinations with Domain Analysis and Modeling, December 2006.
- Tanner, April, current
- Stinson, James, current
- Cohoon, Jansen, current
Master's students advised (with title and date of thesis or project if graduated):
- Bhargav, Marpuri, August 2003, CPE Course only
- Biruduraju, Lakshmi, May 2002, CPE Course only
- Bogen, Alfred C., May 2002, "Constructing a Lab Manual for Software Engineering I"
- Cantrell, Gary, May 2004, "Introduction to Computer Crime and Forensics Lab Manual
- Creation, Analysis and Revision"
- Chadha, Vineet, March 2002, "Automated Evolution of Abstract Data Types"
- Coleman, Allen, December 2003, "Development of a Website for the Software Engineering I Lab"
- Dandu, Kiram Kumar, May 2003, "FRAS: A Software Package for Monitoring Fisheries"
- Dhandapani, Mangayarkarasi, August 2003, "Performance Evaluation of High Performance Parallel IO"
- Divyakolu, Srinivasa, December 2002, "Simulation of a SCADA System"
- Durvusala, Shravan Kumar, August 2003, "Remote File Browser"
- Duzan, Emily, December 2003, "Automated Science Fair Judging using PDAs"
- Elliott, Robert, December 2003, "A Complete Hardware and Software System Migration of Alcorn State University's Student Debit Card System"
- Evans, Deland, May 2005, CSE Course only
- Fagan, Robert, May 2005, CSE Course only
- Johnson, Lora, current
- Johnson, Willie, August 2005, CSE Course only
- Kolluri, Megha S., August 2003, "Evaluation of a Business Process Execution Language for Web Services to Implement Web Services-Based Overflow"
- Kundurthi, Praveen, February 2002, CPE Course Only
- Leathen, August 2003, CPE Course Only
- Li, Gan, May 2004, CSE Course Only
- Liao, Wenyuan, May 2003, "Design and Implementation for an Efficient Higher Order Algorithm for Solving Reaction-Diffusion Equations"
- Martin, Denise, May 2004, "THE USACE DATANET - PROVIDING EFFICIENT DATA ACCESS THROUGH A NET-CENTRIC FRAMEWORK
- Mehta, Darshan, December 2003, "Automated Science & Engineering Fair Judging using PDAs"
- Mittipalli, Vamshi, May 2004, CPE Course only
- Monceaux, Weston, May 2005, CSE Course only
- Prasad, Shiva, May 2003, "Secure Portal to Portal Communication Using Web Services"
- Rutledge, Michael, May 2004, "Malicious Data Harvesting Using Publicly Auctioned Hard Drives"
- Shepherd, Shaun, August 2006, CSE Course Only
- Srirangan, Ravi, December 2004, CSE Course only
- Surakanti, Geeta, May 2004, CSE Course only
- Tanner, April, December 2005, "The Forensic Analysis of Hard Drive Wiping Tools During Disk Sanitization"
- Venkatesh, Vikram, December 2004, CSE Course only
- Wang, Cheng, August 2002, "An Implementation for Combining Changes to Software Decompositions"
- Yuan, Hong, August 2004, CSE Course only
Courses Taught
- CSE 3212/3222 Software Engineering Senior Design I & II
- CSE 4213/6213 Software Engineering I
- CSE 4224/6224 Software Engineering II
- CSE 4221/6221 Software Engineering Laboratory
- CSE 4243/6243 Information and Computer Security
- CSE 4273/6273 Introduction to Computer Crime & Forensics
- CSE 4283/6283 Software Quality Assurance & Testing
- CSE 4833 Introduction to Analysis of Algorithms
- CSE 8243 Software Specifications
- CSE 8823 Combinatorics & Graph Theory
- CSE 8993 Special Topics in Computer Science (Software Merging and Slicing)
- CSE 8993 Special Topics in Computer Science (Software Evolution)
- CSE 8993 Special Topics in Computer Science (Rapid Prototyping)
- CSE 8993 Special Topics in Computer Science (Advanced Digital Forensics)
- CSE 8993 Special Topics in Computer Science (Forensics Tools and Techniques)
- CSE 9253 Topics in Software Engineering (Software Process Improvement)

