Towards End-to-End Security and Privacy: Accountability
and Data Privacy in the Life Cycle of Big Data

Taeho Jung
Department of Computer Science
Illinois Institute of Technology

11:00am Tuesday, 14 February 2017, ITE 325b, UMBC

The advent of big data has given birth to numerous innovative life-enhancing applications, but the big data is often called as a double-edged sword due to the increased privacy and security threats. Such threats, if unaddressed, will become deadly barriers to the achievement of big opportunities and success anticipated in the big data industry because they may arise at any part of the life cycle of the big data.

In this talk, I will describe my research which addressed various privacy and security issues in the big data life cycle: acquisition, storage, provisioning, and consumption. More specifically, I will briefly present how various types of data can be protected in their acquisition and consumption phases of the life cycle, and subsequently, I will introduce the theoretic foundations of the presented research. Finally, I will present how to make large-scale data trading accountable against dishonest users for the provisioning phase of big data, and this talk will be concluded with my future research agenda briefing.

Taeho Jung is a Ph.D. candidate in Computer Science at Illinois Institute of Technology. His research area, in general, includes privacy and security issues in data mining and provisioning in the big data life cycle. His paper has won a best paper award (IEEE IPCCC 2014), and two of his papers were selected as best paper candidate (ACM MobiHoc 2014) and best paper award runner up (BigCom 2015) respectively. He has served many international conferences as a TPC member, including IEEE DCOSS 2016, IEEE MSN 2016, IEEE IPCCC 2016, and BigCom 2016. He received his B.E. in Computer Software in Tsinghua University in 2011, and he will receive his Ph.D. in May 2017.

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This handout is to call your attention to just some of the many nationally and internationally recognized and/or celebrated diverse days of observance and religious/ethnic holidays that fall within the month of February 2017. We invite you to share it with the students, staff, and faculty you work with across campus.  For more information, feel free to visit the Diversity Resource Calendar located on the Office of Student Life’s website:http://www.diversityresources.com/aa_gsr/index.php?key=adCaO2Shix6u

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Student Life’s Mosaic: Center for Culture and Diversity & Interfaith Center Staff

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Adjunct Faculty Advisory Committee (AFAC)

Research Awards for Adjunct Faculty

The UMBC Adjunct Faculty Advisory Committee (AFAC) is pleased to announce that we have professional development funding for adjunct faculty. This is a rolling deadline.  

UMBC established the fund, to be administered annually by the AFAC, to support professional development for adjunct faculty.

Individual awards will be capped at $500 for the academic year. The amount of individual awards may be affected by factors including number of applicants.

Criteria, eligibility, and conditions are posted at myUMBC. See under Groups (tab at top of screen); go to the Adjunct Faculty Advisory Committee group.

• Spend a week in Lumberton, NC
• Engage in flood relief work
• Learn about the realities of rural poverty
• Spend time with the Native American community
• Join us for an eco-spiritual canoe tour

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A weekly round-up curated by Women’s Center staff member, Michael Jalloh Jamboria

In the spirit of my friend, who gave us the glorious name ‘Slaying on the Weekly’, every week I will be bringing you some interesting, funny or thought-provoking content from the internet! Be sure to join us next week for more and continue to slay! Due to scheduling not working, we’re posting last weeks SOTW today, which is great! Why you ask? Because now we get to talk about Beyonce!

Things you should know:

February is Black History Month! Join us in celebrating the lives, activism, and labor of African-American and Black activists, scholars and thinkers this month.Who better to celebrate than the celestial being that is Beyonce. Did you catch her performance on the Grammy’s last night? Check it out here! 

UMBC Happenings:

The Women’s Center is continually dedicated to support throughout this semester and beyond. February is full of events and programs, all of which are geared towards expanding our knowledge and understanding of feminism and social justice. Join us for our first Roundtable discussion, What Now? UMBC Police Meet & Greet and Money 201: Basic Investing Program.

The Mosaic Center released a list of Black History Month Events available on the myUMBC Mosiac Center page. Be sure to download the list.

Woman of the Week:  

During Black History Month, Slaying on the Weekly will be featuring inspiring, innovative or groundbreaking black women. This week’s Woman of the Week is Sister Rosetta Tharpe. She was one of the most influential guitarists of the 20th century, so much so that she is regarded as the Godmother of Rock and Roll. Check her out! 

Last year, the UMBC’s men’s baseball team finished the season with a modest record of 28-23 overall record and an American East Conference record of 13-10. But on Feb. 24, the first day of the new season, all the records and all the statistics of the previous season will lose all importance. On Feb. 24, when the scent of sod and fresh cut grass envelopes the air the only thing that will matter is baseball. When the bases are anchored and the baselines are marked with chalk the only thing on everyone’s mind will be the next pitch as the new season begins.

Despite a lack of postseason wins a year ago and an underwhelming preseason America East ranking there are a multitude of reasons to be optimistic for the Retrievers’ 2017 season. Head coach Bob Mumma is welcoming 11 newcomers to the roster including Nick Trabacchi, the sixth ranked pitcher from Long Island and the third ranked catcher from Maryland and Delaware in Dmitri Floyd.

It is also vital to note that the Retrievers capped the season with the fourth best record in the conference sitting just half a game behind Stony Brook University and just one game behind the University of Hartford. Additonally, both AEC tournament losses came to teams with losing records and this is perhaps due to faulty outings not indicative of the team’s skill or promise. This lack of success in 2016 is also countered by a fantastic 2015 season in which coach Mumma and the Retrievers were AEC runner ups.

Moreover, the Retrievers will retain several key players from a year ago that will certainly help defy the AEC coaches who ranked them fifth. Junior catcher Hunter Dolshun will look to build upon his incredible 2016 campaign where he excelled both in overall and conference play. Dolshun led the team in home runs, runs batted in and slugging percentage while swinging for the second-best batting average in conference play, just behind senior Anthony Gatto.

Meanwhile, freshman Jacob Christian did not allow a single home run in his 26-innings pitched, all while averaging over seven strikeouts per nine innings. Pitcher Conrad Wozniak was also invaluable to the pitching staff as he earned six wins in his 14 outings while pitching four complete games. Wozniak struck out a team high 57 opponents in his team leading 76 innings.

With very few Retrievers coming close to either mark Wozniak, the right-handed pitcher, will likely be a work horse again this season. Wozniak also holds the team record for the lowest earned run average in a single season and UMBC career. He garnered an impressive 1.48 mark during the 2015 season which, of course, was a valuable contribution for the Retrievers’ postseason run that year while maintaining his record 2.42 career ERA.

The pitching staff has also been buttressed by notable signees Aaron Husson and David Lyskawa, both of whom have received significant praise from pitching coach Liam Bowen. 24 letter winners will also be returning to aid the 2017 campaign and so a lack of optimism for this season is unfathomable. The Retrievers were also a fantastic home team a season ago as they went 16-5 while playing at Alumni Field which should give any fan confidence of their team’s chances.

UMBC will begin their season at the Liberty Tournament in Lexington, S.C., which will likely be an excellent barometer of the team’s success. Conference play on the other hand will not being until April when the Retrievers take on Binghamton University in a three-game series. This Retrievers squad will certainly be exciting and worth the watch in 2017 as they seek to reclaim the success they achieved two seasons ago.

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• becoming more disciplined and focused
  
• Bettering your overall mental and physical health
• Becoming more mindful and aware
• Reflecting on life and relationships
• stress relief
• attaining inner peace
• improving memory

We practice sitting, moving, hand mudra, and walking meditation.

Meditating in a group helps us to receive spiritual support, and learn from each other. It gives us the opportunity to grow and look outside of our egos so that we can see the world beyond our personal concerns. Group meetings also help those who meditate to stay committed to the meditation practice.

While meditation is a spiritual experience for many, we are not a religious organization and welcome everyone from all backgrounds to join us.

Have a great semester everyone!