Current Assignment

·     Academy Professor, Computer Science Program, United States Military Academy, West Point, New York   10996

·     Currently serving as Course Director of CS401 & CS402 Software Systems Design (Senior Year Capstone Projects)

Civilian Education

·     2005 - Ph.D.    Electrical Engineering                - Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (VT)

·     2003 - Ph.D.    Software Engineering                - Naval Postgraduate School

·     1994 - M.S.     Telecommunications                  - University of Colorado at Boulder

·     1994 - M.S.     Information Systems                 - University of Colorado at Boulder

·     1992 - M.S.     Business Administration            - Boston University (overseas)

·     1985 - B.S.      Mechanical Engineering             - United States Military Academy

·     1981 -              Greenhills SHS, Cincinnati, Ohio (Hometown)

Military Education

·     1999 - Defense Language Institute* (German) (DLIFLC)

·     1998 - Command and General Staff College* (CGSC)

·     1995 - US Army Combined Arms & Services Staff School (CAS3)

·     1992 - Army Computer Science School (SIT)

·     1989 - Bradley Commander’s/Transition Course (BTC)

·     1989 - Infantry Officers Advanced Course (IOAC)

·     1986 - Ranger School (RTB)

·     1985 - Infantry Officers Basic Course (IOBC)

·     1983 - Airborne School (1/507)

    * - Distinguished Graduate

Military Assignment History

·     2008 – Present:  Academy Professor, Computer Science, D/EECS, West Point, NY

·     2007 (Mar - Jul):  Counter-IED Forensics Engineer (JIEDDO), Combined Explosives Exploitation Cell, Baghdad, Iraq

·     2005 – 2008:  Senior Research Scientist & Assistant Professor, ITOC, D/EECS, West Point, NY

·     2003 – 2005:  Co-chair Mathematics/Computer Sciences Independent Panel Army Basic Research Review Board, Washington, DC

·     2001 – 2002:  Program Manager, Intranet Portal Strategy, Microsoft Corporate HQ, Redmond, WA

·     1999 – 2001:  Digitization and Interoperability Exchange Officer, German Army Information Technology HQ,  Cologne, Germany

·     1994 – 1997:  Chief Mission Planning Software and then Chief Software Engineering, 1st Special Operations Detachment - Delta, FT Bragg, NC

·     1990 – 1992:  Three Infantry Company Commands (Bn HHC, A Co. 4/7 IN and E Co. 4/7 IN), Germany, Saudi Arabia, Iraq and Kuwait

·     1986 – 1990:   Staff Officer Positions (BDE Asst Opns, Bn Adjutant, Bn Asst Opns Officer), Europe

·     1985 – 1986:   Platoon Leader (C Co. 1/39 IN), Germany

Publications Journals, Conferences, Periodicals in ACM, IEEE and other fora

(Research Interests - Analyzing, modeling, designing and building of hardware and software systems; wireless security; knowledge management; network science; net-centric operations; sensory fusion and protocols for robotics)

·     Book(s)

  1.    Grant A. Jacoby and Luqi, A Metric Model for Intranet Portal Business Requirements, Storming Media Publishing, Washington, DC, June, 2004.

·     Journals

  1.    Grant A. Jacoby and Luqi, “Critical Business Requirements Model and Metrics for Intranet ROI,” Journal of Electronic Commerce Research, vol. 6, no.1, pp. 1-30, February 2005.

  2.    Grant A. Jacoby and Luqi, “Intranet Portal Model and Metrics: A Strategic Management Perspective,” IEEE Computing Society, IT Professional, vol. 7, no. 1, pp. 37-44, January 2005.

  3.    Grant A. Jacoby and Nathaniel J. Davis IV, “Battery-Based Intrusion Detection: A Focus on Power for Security Assurance,” Journal of Space and Aeronautical Engineering, vol. 113, pp. 1818-1829, 2005.

  4.    Grant A. Jacoby, Randy Marchany and Nathaniel J. Davis IV, “Using Battery Constraints Within Mobile Hosts To Improve Network Security,” IEEE Security & Privacy, vol. 4, no. 5, pp. 40-49, September 2006.

  5.    Grant A. Jacoby and Luqi, “Intranet Model and Metrics,” vol. 50, no. 2, pp. 43-50, Communications of the ACM, October 2006.

  6.    Grant A. Jacoby and Nathaniel J. Davis IV, “Mobile Host-Based Intrusion Detection and Attack Identification,” IEEE Wireless Communications Journal, vol. 14, no. 3, pp. 1-15, June, 2007.

·     Publications - In Preparation for Submission to Journal(s)

  1.    Grant A. Jacoby and Scot Ransbottom, “Achieving Mobile Host-Based Security,” ACM Transactions on Information and System Security Journal, (approximate length 12 pages), 2007.

·     Publications - Refereed Conferences

  1.    Grant A. Jacoby, “Cyberisk: Flaws and Approaches in Computer-Communications,” Armed Forces Communications Electronics Association’s Excellence in Writing JC4I Award, US Army Command and General Staff College, June 1998, December 1998.

  2.    Grant A. Jacoby, Randy Marchany and Nathaniel J. Davis IV, “Battery-Based Intrusion Detection: a First Line of Defense,” Proceedings of the 5th IEEE SMC 2004 Information Assurance Workshop, pp. 1-8, June 2004.

  3.    Grant A. Jacoby and Luqi, “A Metric Model for Intranet Portals,” The 5th Intl Conference in Internet Computing, pp. 676-688, June 2004.

  4.    Grant A. Jacoby and Nathaniel J. Davis IV, “Battery-Based Intrusion Detection: A Focus on Power for Security Assurance,” Space and Aeronautical Engineering Power Conference, pp. 1-12, November 2004.

  5.    Grant A. Jacoby and Nathaniel J. Davis IV, “Battery-Based Intrusion Detection,” GLOBECOM 2004, vol. 6, no. 1, pp. 2250-2255, December 2004.

  6.    Grant A. Jacoby, Thadeus Hickman, Stuart P. Warders, Barak Griffin, Aaron Darensburg and Daniel E. Castle, “Mobile Host-Based Intrusion Protection,” Proceedings from The 2006 World Congress in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, and Applied Computing, pp. 207-212, June 2006.

  7.    Timothy K. Buennemeyer, Grant A. Jacoby, Randolph C. Marchany, and Joseph G. Tront, "Battery-Sensing Intrusion Protection System," Proceedings of the 7th IEEE SMC 2006 Information Assurance Workshop, pp. 176-183, June 2006.

  8.    Scot Ransbottom and Grant A. Jacoby, “Mobile Triage in Support of Effective Reporting (ER),” Military Communications Conference (MILCOM06), vol. 25, no. 1, pp. 277-283, October 2006.

  9.    Grant A. Jacoby, Scot Ransbottom, Thadeus Hickman, and Maxwell Potasznik, “Screening Mobile Devices to Examine Network Health,” 40th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, pp. 164-171, January 2007.

  10.    Grant A. Jacoby and Scot Ransbottom, “Effective Reporting (ER) for Mobile Host-based Security and Forensics,” 4th IEEE Consumer Communications and Networking Conference (CCNC07), pp. 269-274, January 2007.

  11.    Shawn Mosley, Max Potasznik, Kyle Davis, Rock Stevens, Michael Ballmann, Bernard Ancheta, and Grant A. Jacoby, “FLIP - Forward Looking Intrusion Protection for Mobile Devices via Snort-Inline Hardware Implementation,” Proceedings from The 2007 World Congress in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, and Applied Computing, (pages: 7), June 2007.

  12.    Grant A. Jacoby and Shawn Mosley, “Mobile Security Using Separated Deep Packet Inspection,” 5th IEEE Consumer Communications and Networking Conference (CCNC08), (length 7 pages), January 2008.

  13.    Shawn Mosley and Grant A. Jacoby, "A Reconfiguration of Mobile Clustering Architecture for Enhanced and Reliable Small Unit Computing,” IEEE Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering (CCECE08), (5 pages), May 2008.

  14.    Grant A. Jacoby and David Chang, "Towards Command and Control Networking of Cooperative Autonomous Robotics for Military Applications (CARMA),” IEEE Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering (CCECE), (6 pages), May 2008.

  15.    Peter Renals and Grant A. Jacoby, "Blocking Skype through Deep Packet Inspection,” 42nd Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, (5 pages), January 2008.

·     Publications - Pending Acceptance to Refereed Conferences

·     Publications – In Preparation for Submission to Conference

  1.    Grant A. Jacoby and David Chang, "An IPv6 Command and Control Schema for CARMA.” (approximate length 5 pages). Expected submission date Spring 2008.

·     Publications - Invited Articles

  1.    Grant Jacoby and Jean Blair, “An Undergraduate Success Story: A Computer Science and Electrical Engineering Integrative Experience,” IEEE Pervasive Computing, vol. 5, no. 3, pp. 11-15, August 2006.

·     Publications – Pedagogical

  1.    David Chang and Grant A. Jacoby, “Preparing a Fast-Track Education in Robotics,” The American Society for Engineering Education, (approximate length 10 pages), June 2007.

  2.    David Chang, Grant A. Jacoby and Lisa Shay, “Educating Future Leaders in Robotics,” Assembly Magazine, pp. 40-43, November – December 2007.

·     Publications – Refereed Abstracts

  1.    Daniel E. Castle, Aaron Darensburg, Barak Griffin, Thadeus Hickman, Stuart P. Warders, and Grant A. Jacoby, "Gibraltar: A Mobile Host-Based Intrusion Protection System," National Conference on Undergraduate Research, pp. 1-8, April 2006.

  2.    William Lee, Gavin McMahon, Sami Ochi, James Roberts and Joseph Sagisi, David Chang and Grant A. Jacoby, “Hordes of Autonomous Ground and Aerial Robots (HAGAR),” National Conference on Undergraduate Research, pp. 1-8, April 2007.

  3.    Bernard Ancheta, Michael Ballmann, Kyle Davis, Shawn Mosely, Max Potasznik, Rock Stevens and Grant A. Jacoby, “Forward Looking Intrusion Protection (FLIP),” National Conference on Undergraduate Research, pp. 1-7, April 2007.

·     Publications – Technical Reports

  1.   Max Potasznik and Grant A. Jacoby, “Multi-threaded Agents for Multi-mobile Device Reporting,” Technical Report to the National Reconnaissance Organization, Information Technology Operations Center, Department of EE&CS, USMA, pp. 1-10, May 2006.

·     Publications – Graduate School-Related

  1.    Grant A. Jacoby and Harvey Gates, “Implications in Designing the Individual Soldier Computer,” a double Masters thesis in Information Systems and Telecommunications presented to the faculty of University of Colorado at Boulder, Interdisciplinary Telecommunications Program and the College of Engineering and Applied Science, May 1994.

  2.    Grant A. Jacoby, “A Metric Model for Intranet Portal Business Requirements’” a dissertation in Software Engineering presented to the faculty of Naval Postgraduate School, Department of Computer Science, December 2003.

  3.    Grant A. Jacoby, “Battery-Based Intrusion Detection,” a dissertation in Electrical Engineering presented to the faculty of Virginia Tech, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, May 2005.

Research Projects and Grants

·     AY06 National Reconnaissance Organization -- Project: “Multi-threaded Agents for Multi-mobile Device Reporting” and “Forward Looking Intrusion Protection,” Funding: $50,000, Role: Senior Technical and Project Advisor, Period: 2006-2007.

·     AY07 National Reconnaissance Organization -- Project: “Forward Looking Intrusion Protection for Mobile Devices” and “Intranet Information Management of Disparate Systems,” Funding: $100,000, Role: Project Advisor, Period: 2007-2008.

Patents

·     Grant A. Jacoby, Nathanial V. Davis IV, and Randy Marchany, “Detecting Software Attacks by Monitoring Electric Power Consumption Patterns,” U.S. Provisional Patent No. 60/606,929, September 03, 2004 (Pat. Pending, March 2008). 

·      Grant A. Jacoby, Paul Patterson, Timothy Schmoyer, Ronald Dodge, Shawn Mosley, Max Potasznik, Kyle Davis, Rock Stevens, Michael Ballmann, Bernard Ancheta, “Forward Looking Intrusion Protection for Mobile Devices,” U.S. Provisional Patent Request submitted June 2007.

Personal Interests

·     Family Activities:  Anything – as long as I can be with them

·     Scouts:  ASM and Fund Raising Chairman Troop 23

·     Languages:  Fluency in German, Conversant in French and Luxembourgish

·     Memberships:   Senior Member IEEE, Eta Kappa Nu, Upsilon Pi Epsilon

·     Officer Representative:  Men's Army Rugby Team

Contact Information

·     DSN 688-6605
Commercial (845) 938-6605 (Office)
Email: Grant (dot) Jacoby (at) usma (dot) edu

Interesting Links

·     http://www.eecs.usma.edu/aiad/

·     http://web.mit.edu/isn/

·     Go Army Sports!! -- Rugby Rocks!

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