Abstract: The development of secure and dependable communication and sensor networks is a major objective for both civilian and military systems. There are two types of threat that are considered in this proposal: The first type is the cyberthreat, based on cyberattacks and software based approaches. One of the thrusts of this effort is to advance the use of statistical methodology to model cyberattacks by viewing them as abrupt changes in traffic patterns. Such approaches have been effective, but there is a need to advance the state of the art, making them more sophisticated and flexible to respond to changing cyberthreat forms. In this talk we discuss the use and advances of the novel approach of using statistical tools of decentralized fastest change detection as a building tool of a theoretical and practically implementable intrusion detection system.This research has been conducted at Texas Southern University during the past 3-4 years.

Brief Biography of the Speaker:
Dr Demetrios Kazakos received his Diploma in Electrical and Mechanical Engineering from the National Polytechnic University of Greece. He then started graduate his graduate studies in the United States. He received a Master of Arts degree in Electrical Engineering from Princeton University and a Doctor of Philosophy degree from the University of Southern California, specializing in Statistical Communication Theory. In 1980, he joined the Electrical Engineering Department of the University of Virginia,where he stayed until 1993. In 1992, he was elevated to the grade of Fellow of IEEE, for his research in two areas: Enhanced Algorithms for Multiuser Multiaccess Networks and Statistical Pattern Recognition. In 2009, he was elevated to the grade of IEEE Life Fellow. In 1993 he accepted the position of Head of the Electrical and Computer Engineering of the University of Southwestern Louisiana. At the same time he has always been a very active participant in IEEE conference organizing and editorial activities. He was Editor of the IEEE Transactions on Communications for 5 years, Technical Program Chair for two major IEEE Conferences, and member of the Technical Program Committee for several IEEE and other conferences. In 1983 he started a new company named HITEC, INC, which undertook several Research and Development projects in Information Technology, funded by the U.S. Department of Defense and the European Community. In 2001, he undertook the position of Professor and Chair of the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department at the University of Toledo. In 2004, he moved to the University of Idaho, as Professor and Chair of the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department. From 2006 to 2008, he was Dean of the College of Science and Technology at Texas Southern University. From September 2009 to September 2011, he was at the National Science Foundation in the position of Program Director responsible for the Program: "Centers of Research Excellence in Science and Technology". Overall, he has published about 165 refereed journal papers, book chapters and conference proceeding papers, as well as two books.