Nicklaus A. Giacobe

Lecturer and Faculty Research Associate

College of Information Sciences and Technology

The Pennsylvania State University

 

Office Address	Home Address
101 IST Building	1306 Laura Lane
University Park, PA 16802	Bellefonte, PA 16823
(814) 865-8233	(814) 280-0281
nxg13@ [psu.edu, ist.psu.edu]	nick@giacobe.us

12. Tapia, A, Giacobe, N.A., LaLone, N., Vasavada, T. (March 2015) Social Media and Disaster Management: Microblogging as a Tool to Prevent Violence, American Society for Public Administration’s 76th Annual Conference, Chicago, Illinois
12. Giacobe, N.A. and Soule P.J. (May 2014) Social Media for the Emergency Manager in Disaster Planning and Response, 11th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management, State College, Pennsylvania
11. Giacobe, N.A. (October 2013) A Picture is Worth a Thousand Alerts, Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA
10. Giacobe, N.A., McNeese, M.D., Mancuso, V.F., Minotra, D. (June 2013) Capturing Human Cognition in Cyber-Security Simulations with NETS, IEEE Intelligence and Security Informatics, Seattle, WA
9. Jun Dai, Xiaoyan Sun, Peng Liu, Nicklaus Giacobe (December 2012). Gaining Big Picture Awareness through an Interconnected Cross-layer Situation Knowledge Reference Model. ASE International Conference on Cyber Security. Washington, DC.
8. Tyworth, M.J., Giacobe, N.A., Mancuso, V.F. (April 2012). The distributed nature of cyber situation awareness. SPIE Defense, Security, and Sensing Conference. Baltimore, MD.
7. Giacobe, N. A. (April 2012). Data fusion in cyber security: first order entity extraction from common cyber data. SPIE Defense, Security, and Sensing Conference. Baltimore, MD.
6. Vincent Mancuso, Dev Minotra, Nicklaus Giacobe, Michael McNeese and Michael Tyworth. (March 2012). idsNETS: An Experimental Platform to Study Situation Awareness for Intrusion Detection Analysts. 2nd IEEE Conference on Cognitive Methods in Situation Awareness and Decision Support. New Orleans, LA.
5. Innovative Tool Adaptation Award

   Giacobe, N., & Xu, S. (2011). Geovisual Analytics for Cyber Security: Adopting the GeoViz Toolkit. Paper presented at the 2011 IEEE Symposium on Visual Analytics Science and Technology.
4. Ballora, M., Giacobe, N. A., & Hall, D. L. (2011). Songs of cyberspace: an update on sonifications of network traffic to support situational awareness. Paper presented at the Proc. SPIE, Orlando, FL.
3. Giacobe, N.A.; Kim, H.W.; Faraz, A.; "Mining social media in extreme events : Lessons learned from the DARPA network challenge," Technologies for Homeland Security (HST), 2010 IEEE International Conference on , vol., no., pp.165-171, 8-10 Nov. 2010
2. Giacobe, NA, (April 2010) “Application of the JDL Fusion Process Model for Cyber Security”, Proc. SPIE 7710-27, Orlando, FL.
1. Giacobe, NA, (February 2010) “Large Scale Network Security Visualization”, iSymposium 2010, College of Information Sciences and Technology Graduate Symposium, University Park, PA.

Book Chapters

1. Ballora, Mark, Nicklaus A. Giacobe, Michael McNeese and David L. Hall. "Information Data Fusion and Computer Network Defense." Situational Awareness in Computer Network Defense: Principles, Methods and Applications. IGI Global, 2012. 141-164. Web. 21 Dec. 2011. doi:10.4018/978-1-4666-0104-8.ch009

Posters and Presentations

13. Cristin M. Hall, Nicole Breeden and Nicklaus A. Giacobe (February 21–24, 2017) Kernels of Information: Analysis of Pinterest Content for School Psychologists. National Association of School Psychologists (NASP 2017). San Antonio, TX.
12. Nicklaus A. Giacobe and Pamela J. Soule (November 11-16, 2016) End-User Preferences for Notification of Crime Reports and Emergencies on University Campuses. Northeast Conference on Public Administration (NECoPA 2016). Harrisburg, PA.
11. Nicklaus A. Giacobe and Ryan Kohler (November 1-2, 2016) Development of Polymorphic Homework and Laboratory Assignments in Cyber Security with PolyLab. 7th Annual Conference of the National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education (NICE 2016). Kansas City, MO.
10. Pamela J. Soule and Nicklaus A. Giacobe (July 31 - Aug 3, 2016). Emergency Notification Survey of Campus Community. 2106 Big Ten Emergency Management and Special Events Conference. Evanston, IL.
9. Michael McNeese, David Hall, Michael Tyworth and Nicklaus Giacobe, "Cognitive Aids for Enhanced Cyber-Situation Awareness", Year 3 Annual Review for Human Centric Computer-Aided Cyber Situation Awareness ARO MURI, Berkeley, CA. November 14, 2012.
8. Nicklaus A. Giacobe (July 2012). POSTER: Is a Picture Worth a Thousand Alerts? Symposium on Usable Privacy and Security. Washington, D.C.
7. Nicklaus A. Giacobe (April 2012). Improving Situation Awareness in Cyber Security. The Pennsylvania State University, College of Information Science and Technology Advisory Board. University Park, PA.
6. Nicklaus A. Giacobe (April 2012). Improving your Cyber Situation Awareness. Penn State Security Operations and Services Security Conference. University Park, PA.
5. Michael Tyworth, Nicklaus A. Giacobe, Vincent Mancuso, Christopher Dancy (March 2012). The Distributed Nature of Cyber Situation Awareness. 2nd IEEE Conference on Cognitive Methods in Situation Awareness and Decision Support. New Orleans, LA.
4. Michael McNeese, David Hall, Michael Tyworth and Nicklaus Giacobe, “Using Field Research, Simulations, Data Fusion, and Visual Analytics to Improve Cyber Situation Awareness: A Cognitive Systems Engineering Approach”, Year 2 Annual Review for Human Centric Computer-Aided Cyber Situation Awareness ARO MURI, Fairfax, VA. September 8, 2011.
3. J. Cole, N. Giacobe, S. Hutchinson, W. McIntosh, A. Pressley, A. Reifers; “Understanding the Role of Network Analysts: A Day in the Life of an Analyst”, Invited Talk, Cyber Situational Awareness Workshop, Gilbert, AZ. February 8-11, 2011.
2. Giacobe, NA,“Application of the JDL Fusion Process Model for Cyber Security”, Network Science Day, University Park, PA. April 16, 2010.
1. Giacobe, NA,“An Evaluation of the Technical Approaches to the Insider Threat”, College of Information Sciences and Technology Graduate Symposium, University Park, PA. February 2009.

Teaching Experience

Instructor

IST 440W, Senior Capstone, Spring 2017 - Resident Course for 44 undergraduates

SRA 231, Decision Theory and Analysis, Spring 2017 - Resident course for 98 undergraduates in two sections

IST 210, Organization of Data, Fall 2106 - Resident course for 42 undergraduates

IST 220, Networking and Telecommunications, Fall 2016 - Resident course for 67 undergraduates

SRA 111, Introduction to Security and Risk Analysis, Fall 2016 - Resident course 42 undergraduates

SRA 111, Introduction to Security and Risk Analysis, Summer 2016 - Resident course in two sections for a total of 48 undergraduates

IST 440W, Senior Capstone, Spring 2016 - Resident Course for 42 undergraduates

SRA 231, Decision Theory and Analysis, Spring 2016 - Resident course for 96 undergraduates in two sections

IST 220, Networking and Telecommunications, Fall 2015 - Resident course for 67 undergraduates

IST 451, Network Security, Fall 2015 - Resident course for 72 undergraduates

SRA 111, Introduction to Security and Risk Analysis, Summer 2015 - Resident course in two sections for a total of 48 undergraduates

IST 496, Independent Study in Cybersecurity Lab Design, Fall 2015 - Resident course for 8 undergraduates

IST 451, Network Security, Spring 2015 - Resident course for 42 undergraduates

SRA 231, Decision Theory and Analysis, Spring 2015 - Resident course for 72 undergraduates

SRA 221, Introduction to Cyber-security, Fall 2014 - Resident course for 48 undergraduates

SRA 221, Introduction to Cyber-security, Fall 2014 - Resident course for 48 undergraduates

SRA 111, Introduction to Security and Risk Analysis, Summer 2014 - Resident course in two sections for a total of 48 undergraduates

SRA 231, Decision Theory and Analysis, Spring 2014 - Online course for 24 undergraduates

SRA 231, Decision Theory and Analysis, Spring 2014 - Resident course for 48 undergraduates

SRA 221, Introduction to Cyber-security, Fall 2013 - Resident course for 48 undergraduates

IST 220, Networking and Telecommunications, Fall 2013 - Spring 2013 - Course Resdesign for Online Delivery

IST 220, Networking and Telecommunications, Summer 2013 - Online course for 48 undergraduates

IST 496, Independent Studies - Developing Complex Web Application Systems, Spring 2013 - Resident Independent Study for 1 undergraduate

SRA 231, Decision Theory and Analysis, Spring 2013 - Resident course for 48 undergraduates

IST 220, Networking and Telecommunications, Spring 2013 - Online course for 32 undergraduates

Guest Lecturer

Invited Speaker, SRA 497C/SRA 480, Crisis Informatics, Dr. Andrea Tapia

• Spring 2015 - Communications and Organizational Challenges in the Emergency Services

• Spring 2015 - Communications and Organizational Challenges in the Emergency Services

• Spring 2014 - Communications and Organizational Challenges in the Emergency Services

• Spring 2013 - Communications and Organizational Challenges in the Fire Services

Invited Speaker, IST 110, Introduction to Information Sciences and Technology, Dr. Katherine Hamilton

• Summer 2013 - Social Media Impacts for Individuals, Organizations and Social Science Researchers

Invited Speaker, IST 498H, Research Methods for the Information Sciences and Technology, Dr. Katherine Hamilton

• Spring 2013 - Design of Human-Subjects Simulation-Based Experiments

Invited Speaker, SRA 111 Introduction to Security and Risk Analysis, Dr. David Saab

• Summer 2012 – “Intrusion Detection and Prevention Systems”

Invited Speaker, IST 220 Networking and Telecommunications, Dr. Xiaolong Zhang

• Fall 2011 – “Transmission Media – Practice and Theory”, 3 Sessions

Invited Speaker, SRA 111 Introduction to Security and Risk Analysis, Dr. Isaac Brewer

• Summer 2008 – “Computer Security Technologies”

• Fall 2008 – “Computer Security Technologies”

• Spring 2009 – “Firewalls and Intrusion Detection Systems”

• Spring 2009 – “Cryptography – History and Current Techniques”

Teaching Assistant

IST 220 Networking and Telecommunications, Dr. Xiaolong Zhang, Spring 2011

Funded Research Projects

Development of PolyLab (Intramural Seed Funding, $10,000)

March 2016 - June 2017

Develop a cheating-resistant and polymorphic laboratory and homework system for use in cybersecurity. The system uses cryptographic hashes to give each student a unique-to-them version of the homework or lab assignment. Inside the virtual lab, the system generates the parameters for the lab systems to ensure that each student receives their own version. On the assessment side, the system allows the student to present their answers and compares those answers to the expected (for them) responses for automated assessment.

Open Source Workflow Collaboration, Integration and Training Co-Investigator with Jacob L. Graham (PSU Applied Research Lab for a government agency, $200,000)

August 2016 - July 2017

Developed and investigated workflow issues with specific geo-analytic open source software. Supervised a group of students (25) who worked through end-user, system administrator and developer issues with the software on servers, workstations and mobile devices. Documented issues and concerns that were found to improve workflow of end users in the disaster planning and management domain.

PennTap Internship Program (Intramural)

January 2013 - May 2015

Assisted in the selection of interns and placement into organizations for criminal intelligence and emergency management (EMA) and the state and local levels. Coordinated with external agencies to identify needs of the organizations. Held regular meetings for on-campus interns to meet the objectives of the external stakeholders. Identified methods of analysis of open source data to include social media to be used in criminal intelligence, and communication of disaster preparedness and response.

Applied Research Lab - Using Social Network Analysis of Social Media Data for Open Source Analysis (Intramural)

3 weeks Summer Effort June - August 2013

Supervised four undergraduate interns in the use of social media to explore the actions of violent extremist organizations in foreign countries.

Student Supervision

Graduate Students

• Matthew Kennedy, Schreyers Honors College IUG Masters Student (Co-advised with Dr. Gerry Santoro) (January 2016 - current)
• Ryan Kohler, Schreyers Honors College IUG Masters Student (Co-advised with Dr. Gerry Santoro) (January 2016 - current)

Undergraduate Student Interns - 300 Hour, 1 Credit Internship
College of Information Sciences and Technology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania

Nathan Morningstar, Summer 2017 Titus Matthews, Summer 2017 Arianna Scheidell, Summer 2017 Christopher Doty, Summer 2016 Amanda Strange, August 2015-April 2016 Jared Bosco, Summer 2013 Megan Bergamaschi, Summer 2013 Conrad Lutz, Summer 2013 Haley Shaw, Summer 2013 Marc Burns, Spring 2013

Mike Konek, Summer 2012 - Spring 2013 Eric Zee, Spring 2011 Scott Lomax, Fall 2010/Spring 2011 Carl Breznai, Fall 2010 Harry Miller, Fall 2010 Harry Huang, Fall 2009/Spring 2010 Paul Bradley, Fall 2009 Bryan Brainard, Summer 2009 Michael Barnes, Spring 2008 Brian Halpin, Summer 2007

Associate Degree Student Interns - 336 Hour Internship
South Hills Business School, State College, Pennsylvania

Tony Mona, Spring/Summer 2010 Ryan McManus, Summer 2009

Larry Quay, Summer 2008 Jennifer Pellegrino, Summer 2007

Committees and University Service

Standing Committees

• Awards Committee (2016-present)
• College of IST Continuing Operations Committee (2016-present)

Course Committee Member

• IST 220 - Networking and Telecommunications (2014-present) (Chair 2015-present)
• SRA 221 - Introduction to Information Security (2016-Present) (Interim Chair 2016-present)

Ad-Hoc Committees

• Cybersecurity Curriculum Revision Committee (2015-present)
• Intelligence Analysis and Modeling Option Curriculum Revision Committee (2015-present)
• Lecturer Search Committee (2016-present)
• Scheduler Staff Search Committee (2016)

Professional Memberships and Service

IEEE Member (since 2009)

SPIE Student Member (2010-2012)

Penn State Competitive Cyber Security Organization

• Faculty Adviser and Coach (Fall 2014-present)

Penn State Red Cell Analytics Lab (Student Club)

• Faculty Co-Adviser (Spring 2013-present)

Graduate Student Association in IST (GIST)

• Treasurer (2009-10)
• Seminar Leader (2011)
• Faculty Adviser (Fall 2013-present)

2010 College of IST Graduate Symposium, Logistics Subcommittee Chair