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Computer Science Interests:
Database Systems: Data Modeling, Operators, and Applications
Computer Science Education
Software Engineering, especially for Web/Database Applications
Social and Ethical Implications of Computing
Computer Security
Research Publications:
- Reviewing the SIGCSE Reviewing Process; Amruth Kumar, Patricia Joseph, Mike Goldweber and Paul Wagner; published in the Special Interest Group on Computer Science Education (SIGCSE) bulletin; Volume 40, Number 2, June 2008, pp. 84-89
- A Query Simulation System to Illustrate Database Query Execution; Brett Allenstein, Andrew Yost (students), Joline Morrison and Paul Wagner; published in the proceedings of the 39th Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education (SIGCSE 2008); March 2008, pp. 493-497
- Development and Implementation of the Honeynet on a University-Owned Subnet; Erin Johnson and John Koenig (students) and Paul Wagner; published in the proceedings of the 40th Midwest Instruction and Computing Symposium (MICS 2007); April 2007
- A Portable Computer Security Workshop; Paul J. Wagner and Andrew T. Phillips; published online in the Journal of Educational Resources in Computing (JERIC); Volume 6, Number 4, December 2006
- Developing Real-World Programming Assignments for CS1; Daniel Stevenson and Paul Wagner; published in the proceedings of the 11th Annual Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education (ITiCSE 2006); June 2006
- Investigating Database Security in a Networked Environment; Matthew Giuliani and Eric Lobner (students) and Paul Wagner; published in the proceedings of the 39th Midwest Instruction and Computing Symposium (MICS 2006); April 2006
- Modular Web Framework: Software Automation; Tuan Nguyen (student) and Paul Wagner; published in the proceedings of the 39th Midwest Instruction and Computing Symposium (MICS 2006); April 2006
- Using Market Basket Analysis to Integrate and Motivate Topics in Discrete Structures; Michael Wick and Paul Wagner; published in the proceedings of the 37th Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education (SIGCSE 2006); March 2006
- Teaching Data Modeling: Process and Patterns; Paul Wagner; published in the proceedings of the 10th Annual Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education (ITiCSE 2005); June 2005
- A DBMS Engine Simulator to Assist in Classroom Understanding of Oracle Query Execution; Brett Allenstein (student) and Paul Wagner; published in the proceedings of the 38th Midwest Instruction and Computing Symposium (MICS 2005); April 2005
- An Object Oriented Framework For Database Benchmarking Based On The Open Source Database Benchmark Project; Jason Vorpahl (student) and Paul Wagner; published in the proceedings of the 38th Midwest Instruction and Computing Symposium (MICS 2005); April 2005
- Laying the Foundation for Providing Quality of Service in a Grid Environment; Marc Kapke (student) and Paul Wagner; published in the proceedings of the 38th Midwest Instruction and Computing Symposium (MICS 2005); April 2005
- Using Testing and JUnit Across the Curriculum; Michael Wick, Daniel Stevenson and Paul Wagner; published in the proceedings of the 36th Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education (SIGCSE 2005); February 2005
- Developing Open Source Software as a Significant Part of Faculty-Student Collaborative Research Projects; Paul Wagner and Justin Sabelko; published in the proceedings of the 37th Midwest Instruction and Computing Symposium (MICS 2004); April 2004
- Using Web Services to Support a Shared Knowledge Repository for Market Basket Analysis and Suggestive Sell Strategies; Marcia Vaughn, Paul Wagner and Michael Wick; published in the proceedings of the 37th Midwest Instruction and Computing Symposium (MICS 2004); April 2004
- Designing and Implementing a Cyberwar Laboratory Exercise for a Computer Security Course; Paul Wagner and Jason Wudi; published in the proceedings of the 35th Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education (SIGCSE 2004); March 2004
- Integrating XML into a Database Systems Course, Paul Wagner and Thomas Moore; published in the Proceedings of the 34th Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education (SIGCSE 2003); February 2003
- Using Scientific Data to Teach a Database Systems Course, Paul Wagner, Elizabeth Shoop and John Carlis, published in the Proceedings of the 34th Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education (SIGCSE 2003); February 2003
- The Development of Extended Pattern Matching Operators and a Supporting Operator Framework for Relational Database Management Systems (Ph.D. Thesis), 2001.
- above work published to web as U of M CS Department Technical Report 02-007
Other Writings/Presentations:
- Developing a Dynamic Visualization of the Oracle Query Execution Process; Poster Presentation by Andrew Yost (student) for National Conference on Undergraduate Research (NCUR), San Rafael, CA; April 2007
- Artificial Intelligence; Presentation for Student ACM group, UW-Eau Claire, December 2006
- Database Systems Security; Presentation at Information Assurance and CyberSecurity Workshop, UW-Stout, August 2006
- Designing and Building a Cyberwar Laboratory and Exercise; Presentation at Information Assurance and CyberSecurity Workshop, UW-Stout, August 2006
- Computer Security Overview; Student ACM Talk, UW-Eau Claire, Fall 2005
- Constructing and Giving Research Presentations; developed for MICS 2005 student preparation, UW-Eau Claire, Spring 2005
- Computer Security Essentials workshops (parts 1 and 2); Paul Wagner, Andrew Phillips, Jason Wudi, Thomas Paine, and Daren Bauer; presented at the 36th, 37th and 38th Technical Symposia on Computer Science Education (SIGCSE 2005/2006/2007); February 2005, March 2006, March 2007
- Panel on "Information Security Curriculum in Minnesota, North and South Dakota, and Wisconsin; Dennis Guster, Pam Jensen, Victor Piotrowski, Scott Simenson, Kevin Streff, Paul Wagner and Tom Wiggen; presented at the Operating Systems and Networking Security symposium (OSSS 2004); April 2004
- Symposium Session on "Challenges in Software Engineering: Developing Software in New and Complex Domains; Paul Wagner and Scott Lemke (student); presented at the 34th Midwest Instruction and Computing Symposium (MICS 2004); April 2004
- Special Session on An Object-Oriented Three-Course Introductory Sequence; Manuel Perez-Quinones (moderator), Claude Anderson, Doug Baldwin, James Caristi, Steve Edwards and Paul Wagner; presented at the 35th Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education (SIGCSE 2004); March 2004
- Paper Writing; Student ACM Presentation, UW-Eau Claire, Spring 2004
- Research Methodology; Student ACM Presentation, UW-Eau Claire, Fall 2003
- Extending Database Management Systems by Developing New Database Operators; CS Department Seminar Presentation, UW-Eau Claire, September 2003
- Panel on Using Java Integrated Development Environments in Teaching: What Works and What Doesn't; Keitha Murray (moderator), Jesse Heines, Michael Kolling, Thomas Moore, Nan Schaller, John Trono, and Paul Wagner; presented at the 8th Annual Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education (ITiCSE 2003); June 2003
- Database Security in an Enterprise Environment; Invited Presentation - Information and Network Security Workshop (INSW 2003), St. Cloud State University, May 2003
- Panel on Undergraduate Computer Security Course Projects; Paul Wagner (also moderator), D. Paul Benjamin, Robert Montante and Charles Border; presented at the 34th Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education (SIGCSE 2003); February 2003
- Samba Tips document (Linux to Windows networking for Red Hat Linux), 1996.
Grants:
Student Research and Grad School Information:
Student Research Projects:
- Extending a Query Visualization System to Support Multiple Database Management Systems (Student/Faculty Collaborative Research Project with Hou Xiong (student)); 9/2008 - 5/2009 (ORSP funded))
- Digitally Signed Transcripts (Student/Faculty Collaborative Research Project with Kevin Spinar (student)); 1/2007 - 5/2007
- Network Security Research (Student/Faculty Collaborative Research Project with Erin Johnson (student) and John Koenig (student)); 8/2006 - 5/2007 (ORSP funded)
- Oracle Connectivity for Query Visualization (Student/Faculty Collaborative Research Project with Andrew Yost (student)); 9/2006 - 5/2007, 1/2008 - 5/2008
- Further Development of a Java Run-Time Simulator to Assist Understanding of the Java Execution Environment (Student/Faculty Collaborative Research Project with Matt Tierney (student)); 5/2006 - 12/2006
- A Modular Web Framework for Software Automation (Student/Faculty Collaborative Research Project with Tuan Nguyen (student)); 1/2006 - 5/2006
- Security of Information Transmission for Database Systems (Student/Faculty Collaborative Research Project with Eric Lobner and Matthew Giuliani (students)); 9/2005 - 5/2006 (ORSP funded)
- Further Development of an Oracle Query Visualization System (Student/Faculty Collaborative Research Project with Brett Allenstein (student)); 9/2005 - 12/2005
- Further Development of an Open Source Database Benchmark (Student/Faculty Collaborative Research Project with Jason Vorpahl (student)); 9/2004 - 5/2005 (ORSP funded)
- Enhancing Quality of Service in Grid Systems (Student/Faculty Collaborative Research Project with Marc Kapke (student)); 9/2004 - 5/2005
- A Database Management System Engine Simulator to Assist the Understanding of the Execution of an Oracle Query (Student/Faculty Collaborative Research Project with Brett Allenstein (student)); 9/2004 - 5/2005
- Developing a Shared Suggestive Sell Knowledge Repository Using the Internet (Student/Faculty Collaborative Research Project with Marcia Vaughn (student), Michael Wick); 9/2003 - 12/2003 (ORSP funded)
- A Java Run-Time Simulator (JaRTS) to Assist Understanding of the Java Execution Environment (Student/Faculty Collaborative Research Project with Nick Karpenske (student), Michael Wick); 1/2003 - 5/2003 (ORSP funded)
- An Intelligent Data Analysis Web Service (DAWS) (Student/Faculty Collaborative Research Project with Marcia Vaughn (student), Michael Wick); 1/2003 - 5/2003
- Developing an Open Source Database Benchmark (Student/Faculty Collaborative Research Project with Justin Sabelko (student)); 10/2002 - 5/2003 (ORSP Funded)
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