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Marist College to Become Marist University
University designation reflects breadth of global opportunities and bold vision for Marist's next century.
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Marist College to Become Marist University
University designation reflects breadth of global opportunities and bold vision for Marist's next century.
Academics
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Marist College to Become Marist University
University designation reflects breadth of global opportunities and bold vision for Marist's next century.
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Marist College to Become Marist University
University designation reflects breadth of global opportunities and bold vision for Marist's next century.
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Alan G. Labouseur
Professor of Computer Science
Bio
Dr. Labouseur is a professor, researcher, and computer scientist with a background in consulting. He applies that practical consulting background to his theoretical and academic pursuits, shaping the minds of our future technology leaders.
An experienced consultant, advisor, team leader, mentor, and award-winning professor, Alan enjoys developing systems and leading students by example. He co-invented the subfield of Dynamic Data Quality, which, along with research interests in large-scale graph databases and cybersecurity analytics, keeps him busy inside and outside the classroom.
Education
PhD, Computer Science – University at Albany (SUNY), 2014
MS, Computer Science – Pace University, 1995
BS, Computer Science – Marist College, 1990
Research Interests/Areas of Focus
Databases and Distributed Systems (especially relational and graph database systems), Compilers and Programming Languages, Functional and Concurrent Programming, Software Craftsmanship, Cybersecurity Analytics
Selected Publications
A HoneyNet Environment for Analyzing Malicious Actors
An API Honeypot for DDoS and XSS Analysis
An Introduction to Dynamic Data Quality Challenges
The G* Graph Database: Efficiently Managing Large Distributed Dynamic Graphs
A Demonstration of the G* Graph Database System
G* Studio: An Adventure in Graph Databases, Distributed Systems, and Software Development
Efficient Top-k Closeness Centrality Search
Scalable and Robust Management of Dynamic Graph Data
A Demonstration of Query-Oriented Distribution and Replication Techniques for Dynamic Graph Data
A Browser-based Operating Systems Project: JavaScript Adventures in Dinosaur Slaying.
A Game Design and Programming Concentration in Computer Science
Dynamic Data Quality for Static Blockchains
COVID in the Classroom
A Structural Holistic Believability Metric for Influence in Linked Data
Creative Work
- Research lead for faculty-student API Honeypot and HoneyNey design and implementation project, 2017 – 2018
- Research lead for faculty-student Essential Blockchain design and implementation project, 2017 - 2018
- Co-Principal Investigator on NSF CC:DNI grant (#1541384) to design and implement an infrastructure for cloud network security – 2015
- IBM Faculty Scholar Grant, 2009
- IBM Eclipse Innovation Grant, 2005
Primary Software Developer: BiG* Data Studio
Built and led a team of four graduate students and one undergraduate (collectively called the “G-stars”) for two semesters where we designed, developed, debugged, and demoed a web-based graphical front end for G*: The Dynamic Graph Database. Features included graph visualization and relational database integration
Primary Software Developer: LCARS
Leading a team of undergraduates in the design and development of LCARS - Lightweight Cloud Analytics for Realtime Security. This effort is part of the NSF SecureCloud grant, of which I am a co-PI. Features include a security dashboard, attack analytics, threat intelligence, and a dynamic reconfigurator.
Selected Presentations
- SUNY Westchester Mathematics Day 2014 – Keynote speaker: STEM from Space War to Portal
- E-commerce Software Architecture and Implementation – College of Software Engineering in the Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2006
- Information Management in the Global Bio-Pharma Industry – 2002 China BioPharma Forum
Awards and Honors
- Marist College Board of Trustees’ Faculty Award for Distinguished Teaching, 2018
- Best Poster Award, IEEE International Conference on Data Engineering (ICDE), 2014
- SGA Faculty of the Year Award - Marist College School of Computer Science and Mathematics, 2013
- SGA Faculty of the Year Award - Marist College School of Computer Science and Mathematics, 2005
