Dr. Samir Tout

Samir Tout, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
School of Technology Studies, Information Assurance
Eastern Michigan University
Ypsilanti MI 48197 USA

Office: 206 F Roosevelt Hall
Phone: 734.487.4906
E-mail: stout@emich.eduu

Courses Taught:

• IA 103: Information Security Overview
• IA 329: Policy Development Info Assurance
• IA 416: Applied Research Projects in Information Assurance
• IA 542: Information System Security Overview for Managers
• IA 642: Enterprise Security
• IA 645: Data Mining for IA Security
• IA 651: Enterprise Incident Response
• IA 681: Data Mining for Security
• IA 694: Professional Seminar in Information Security/Assurance
• NITA 422: End-User Systems:Planning & Design
• COT 797: Independent Study
• COT 894: Ph.D. Candidacy Seminar
• COT 899: Ph.D. Dissertation Research

Grants:

• NSF Grant – CPS Program, February 2009 (Not granted)
• NSF Grant – ITEST Program, February 2010
• Graduate Research Fair Supervisor, 2010 for two graduate students

Service:

• United Way School of Technology Studies Representative, 2009 – 2011
• University Human Subjects Review Committee (UHSRC), 2010 – 2012
• Doctoral Operations Committee member, 2009 - present

Industry:

• Software Designer, Perle Systems, Toronto, Ontario
• Software Developer, Unisys, Plymouth, MI
• Senior Principal IT/Security Consultant, Keane/GMAC, Southfield, MI
• Systems Architect, Compuware Corporation/OnStar, Detroit, MI

Awards and Professional Affiliations:

• Two GM-CIO awards for industry consulting excellence
• ITIL Foundation Certified
• Project Management Professional (PMP) Certified
• TOGAF Certified
• IEEE Member
• AOGEA Member

Most Important/Recent Publications: (More available upon request)

• Tout, S., Sverdlik, W., & Sun, J. (2006). Parallel hybrid clustering using genetic programming and multi-objective fitness with density (PYRAMID). Proceedings of the 2006 International Conference on Data Mining (DMIN'06), Las Vegas, NV, USA, pp. 197-203.
• Tout, S., Sverdlik, W. (2007). Clustering using Genetic Programming. To appear in the proceedings of the 2007 Michigan Academy of Science.
• Tout, S., Sverdlik, W., & Sun, J. (2007). Cluster detection with the PYRAMID algorithm. Proceedings of the 2007 IEEE Symposium on Computational Intelligence and Data Mining, Hawaii, USA.
• Tout, S., Sverdlik, W., & Sun, J. (2007a). Cluster Detection of Special Datasets using the PYRAMID Algorithm. Proceedings of IAENG International Multi-Conference of Engineers and Computer Scientists, March 21-23, 2007, pp. 812-817. (Chosen for publication in the special issue of the IAENG Journals)
• Tout, S., & Higgins, M. (2007). Web Services Conversion, Security Enhancements - Experience Report. Proceedings of the 2007 IEEE SOA Industry Summit (SOAIS 2007), Salt Lake City, Utah, July 2007.
• Tout, S., Sverdlik, W., & Sun, J. (2007b). Current Trends in Intelligent Systems and Computer Engineering. Accepted to appear in the edited Springer Book of IMECS'07.
• Tout, S., Sverdlik, W., & Sun, J. (2007c). A Hybrid Approach to Cluster Detection. IAENG International Journal of Computer Science, Volume 34 Issue 1, pp. 105-110
• Tout, S., Sverdlik, W., & Sun, J. (2008). A Hybrid Evolutionary Approach to Cluster Detection. Trends in Intelligent Systems and Computer Engineering. Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2008. Vol. 6, Chapter 42, pp. 619-636.
• Tout, S, W Sverdlik, and G Lawver (2009). Cloud Computing and its Security in Higher Education. In The Proceedings of the Information Systems Education Conference (ISECON) 2009, v 26 (Washington DC): §2314. ISSN: 1542-7382.
• Tout, S., Basal, A. (2009). "E-Security Global Governance". In The Proceedings of ECDC'09, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Nov 3-4, 2009.
• Tout, S., McMillan, W., Xie, Y., and Lawver, G. (February, 2009). CPS: Medium: RUI: The Enhanced Mobile Emergency Response System (EMERS). NSF grant proposal submitted to Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS) Program. (Not Granted.)
• Tout, S., Xie, Y., and Lawver, G. (February, 2010). EDucational Games training Students how to Protect against Intrusion (EDGSPI). NSF grant proposal submitted under the Strategies components of the ITEST Program.

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