Ted Mims

VITA HIGHLIGHTS

• Emeritus Professor2017
• Retired as Head of Computer Science Department
• University of Illinois at Springfield One University Plaza Springfield, Illinois 62703
• Email: tmims1@uis.edu
• Home Page: http://www.uis.edu/~tmims1

Education

• Ph.D., Computer Science - College Teaching, 1983, University of North Texas - Denton, Texas.
• M. S., System Science - Computer Science, 1979, Louisiana State University - Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
• B. S., M. S., Mathematics, 1967, 1971, Northwestern State University - Natchitoches, Louisiana.

Selected Publication and Conference Presentations

• T. Mims, "Challenges of Developing and Implementing Successful Online Degree Programs,” 2014 Symposium on Computing at Minority Institutions, Association of Computer and Information Science/Engineering Departments at Minority Institutions (ADMI), April 2014, Virginia Beach, VA.
• J. Sands and T. Mims, "Successful Partnership Program Between Higher Education and Public/Private Sector Employers,” National Career Pathways Network Conference, October 2013, San Antonio, TX.
• G. Perera, T. Mims and J. Sands, Invited Panel, "Resources for Teaching and Researching In Systems Security and Information Assurance," 2013 Society for Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS) Conference, October 2013, San Antonio, TX.
• T. Mims, Invited panel member at 15th Colloquium for Information Systems Security, Education, “Articulation Agreements, Reverse Articulation Agreements and Other Transfer Issues,” Fairborn, Ohio June 13-15, 2011.
• T. Mims, Invited panel member at The National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education (NICE) Track 2 Coalition Organizational Meeting "4-Year Colleges/Bachelor’s Degree Programs," November, 2010, Baltimore, Maryland.
• T. Mims, Invited presenter at The Colloquium - 2009: Topic "Community College Session: 2 + 2 Articulations," June, 2009, Seattle, Washington.
• D. Pruitt, T. Mims, J. Werner, and S. Lawyer Panel discussion of collaboration. Topics included the use of labs and relationships to build collaboration, The Colloquium - 2008: Industrial Cyber Security: A Global Imperative, June, 2008, Dallas, Texas.
• T. Mims, “Community Colleges and Universities Building System Security and Information Assurance Articulation Plans”, League for Innovation's 2005 Conference on Information Technology, October 2005, Dallas, Texas.
• T. Mims and E. Spengler, “Developing Curriculum and Articulation Agreements for Security and Information Assurance Programs”, Secure IT Conference 2005, April 2005, San Diego, California.
• J. Blyzka, D. Manson, T. Mims and E. Spengler, “Collaboration of Community Colleges and Universities on NSF/ATE Cyber Security Projects”, Secure IT Conference 2005, April 2005, San Diego, California.
• T. Mims, “Incorporating IT Workforce Needs in Information Assurance Faculty Development Programs”, National Science Foundation Advanced Technology Education Conference, October, 2004, Washington, D.C.
• T. Mims, et al., Panel Discussion, "Introducing Parallel Processing into the Undergraduate and High School Curriculum," The National Educational Computing Conference, Baltimore, MD, June 1995.
• M. McGraw and T. Mims, "Utilizing an Object Oriented Language to Implement Semaphores and Shared Memory," The Twenty Eighth Annual Small College Computing Symposium, Sioux Falls, SD, April 1995.
• P. Wallace and T. Mims, "Parallel Processing of an Existing FORTRAN Application in a Supercomputing Environment," The Twenty-Eighth Annual Small College Computing Symposium, Sioux Falls, SD, April 1995.
• T. Mims, "A Parallel Processing Laboratory Designed for Use by Non Traditional Undergraduate Students," The Quality Education for Minorities EM Network Conference, Chicago, IL, March 1995.
• T. Mims, S. Castaneda, and C. Torsone, "Message Passing and Numerical Computation Laboratory Assignments Utilizing Portable Programs for Parallel Processing (P4)," The Parallel Computing For Undergraduates, National Science Foundation Symposium, Colgate University, Hamilton, New York, June 1994.
• T. Mims and S. Castaneda, "Parallel Processing Laboratory Assignments Utilizing Portable Programs for Parallel Processing (P4)," The Twenty Seventh Annual Small College Computing Symposium, Winona, Minnesota, April 1994.
• T. Mims, "A Model Concurrent Programming Project for Implementation on Shared Memory and Message Passing Architectures," The Twenty Seventh Annual Small College Computing Symposium, Winona, Minnesota, April 1994.
• T. Mims, "Research Experiences for Undergraduates," The Eighth Annual Midwest Computer Conference, Normal, Illinois, March 1994.
• T. Mims, "Utilizing Transputers and OCCAM2 to Introduce Message Passing Communication Between Processes," The Seventh Annual Midwest Computer Conference, Whitewater, Wisconsin, March 1993.
• T. Mims, (Chair), S. Castaneda, D. Sanders, and C. Torsone, Panel Discussion, "Parallel Processing Panel," The Seven Annual Midwest Computer Conference, Whitewater, Wisconsin, March 1993.
• T. Mims, "Transputers and OCCAM2: An Economical Solution to Parallel Computing," The Fifteenth Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Atlantic Section of the Society For Industrial and Applied Mathematics, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, North Carolina, April 1991.
• T. Mims, and A. Hoppe, "Utilizing A Transputer Laboratory And Occam2 in an Undergraduate Operating Systems Course," The 1991 SIGCSE Technical Symposium On
• Computer Science Education, San Antonio, Texas, March 1991. OTHER SCHOLARLY ACTIVITIES
• Serving as Principal Investigator for the Equipment Funding Gift from State Farm Insurance to the UIS Computer Science Department 2009 – present.
• Served as a Co-Principal Investigator for NSF Award #1002746 for $1,877,252 National Resource Center for Systems Security and Information Assurance. This is a grant awarded to Moraine Valley Community College and UIS is a Sub-awardee/partner ($51,630). The grant was awarded in October 2010 and with an end date of September 2014.
• Serving as the Director of the National Center of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance Education at the University of Illinois at Springfield, sponsored by the National Security Agency and Department of Homeland Security, June 2009 – present.
• Consultant to Missouri State University Administration: Served as the external evaluator of the MSU Computer Science Department, October 2007.
• Served as an external evaluator for the Master of Science in Information Technology degree program at the University of Maryland University Campus summer 2005.
• Invited attendee at the Committee on National Security Systems (CNSS) Annual Conference, April 2004, Norfolk, Virginia.
• Served numerous times as a panel member and moderator to review proposals for the National Science.

Selected Grants and Awards

• Co-Principal Investigator for National Science Foundation Award #1002746 $1,877,252 for the National Resource Center for Systems Security and Information Assurance August 2010
• – present. This award is an additional monetary award to support the original award #0302612 for $2,997,615 in September 2003.
• Spencer Award University of Illinois at Springfield May 2010 $4,500. Award presented annually to the faculty member who best exemplifies the ideal "professor-citizen" at UIS.
• Principal Investigator for $50,000 Equipment Funding Gift from State Farm Insurance to the UIS Computer Science Department, fall 2008.
• Co-Principal Investigator for National Science Foundation Award # DUE-0702872 $1,999,986 for the Regional Center for Systems Security and Information Assurance October 2007 – present. This award is an additional monetary award to support the original award #0302612 for $2,997,615 in September 2003. The award is to nine partner institutions.
• Received a grant of more than $145,000 in equipment and software from Cisco Systems Critical Infrastructure Assurance Group to enhance the CSSIA security laboratory Summer, 2007.
• Interviewed by Larry Abramson on National Public Radio on
• the topic of “Being Effective Online,” November 2007.
• Co-principal investigator and recipient of National Science Foundation grant "Center for the Advancement of Systems Security and Information Assurance (CSSIA)" $2,997,615 awarded to Moraine Valley Community College September 2003 – September 2007.
• Principal investigator and recipient of National Science Foundation Instrumentation and Laboratory Improvement Grant entitled "A Parallel Processing Laboratory Designed for Use by Non Traditional Undergraduate Students" $24,864, July 1993.