John Homer
Education
Ph.D. Kansas State University 2009 Computer Science
M.S. Kansas State University 2006 Computer Science
B.S. Harding University 2002 Computer Science
Appointments
Abilene Christian University.
Assistant Professor, August 2009 – August 2015,
Associate Professor, September 2015 – present.
Director, School of IT and Computing, August 2016 – present.
Rockwell-Collins.
Intern, June 2007 – August 2007.
Thunderhead Engineering.
Intern, June 2006 – August 2006.
Kansas State University.
Graduate Teaching Assistant, August 2004 – May 2006,
Graduate Research Assistant, August 2006 – July 2009.
Pennzoil-Quaker State / Shell Lubricants.
Analyst, Information Technologies, June 2002 – August 2004.
Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Honors Intern, Summer 2001.
Professional Service
Reviewer for Annals of Telecommunications, special issue on Design of Reliable Com Networks, spring 2017.
Reviewer for Computer Standards and Interfaces, spring 2016.
Reviewer for SIGCSE 2017, fall 2016.
Doctoral committee member for Ray Pettit, fall 2014.
Program committee member for 2014 International Conference on Security and Management, spring 2014.
Reviewer for IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing, October 2013 – present.
Program committee member for 2013 International Conference on Security and Management, spring 2013.
Language editor for Central European Journal of Computer Science, November 2010 – January 2015.
Faculty advisor to ACM student chapter, Abilene Christian University, June 2010 – February 2014.
Panelist. Information and Cyberspace Symposium, U.S. Army Computer Network Operations – Electronic Warfare Proponent, Fort Leavenworth, September 2008.
Publications and Presentations
“Metacognitive Difficulties Faced By Novice Programmers in Automated Assessment Tools”. James Prather, Ray Pettit, Kayla Holcomb McMurry, Alani Peters, John Homer, Maxine Cohen. In International Computing Education Research, August 2018.
“On Novices’ Interaction with Compiler Error Messages: A Human Factors Approach”. James Prather, Ray Pettit, Kayla Holcomb, Alani Peters, John Homer, Nevan Simone, Maxine Cohen. In International Computing Education Research, August 2017.
“Do Enhanced Compiler Error Messages Help Students? Results Inconclusive.” Ray Pettit, John Homer, Roger Gee. In SIGCSE Technical Symposium, March 2017.
“Risk Analysis with Execution-Based Model Generation”. Jaime Acosta, Edgar Padilla, John Homer. In Journal of Cyber Security and Information Systems, December 2016.
“Augmenting Attack Graphs to Represent Data Link and Network Layer Vulnerabilities”. Jaime Acosta, Edgar Padilla, John Homer. In IEEE Military Communications Conference, November 2016.
“Are Automated Assessment Tools Helpful in Programming Courses?” Ray Pettit, John Homer, Kayla Holcomb, Nevan Simone, Susan Mengel. In ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, June 2015.
“An Empirical Study of Iterative Improvement in Programming Assignments.” Ray Pettit, John Homer, Susan Mengel, Roger Gee and Adam Starbuck. In SIGCSE Technical Symposium, March 2015.
“Can There Be Too Much Choice? Empirical Explorations of Theoretical Predictions.” Levi Ritchie, Ryan Jessup and John Homer. In Southwestern Psychological Association 2014 Conference, April 2014.
“Aggregating Vulnerability Metrics in Enterprise Networks using Attack Graphs.” John Homer, Su Zhang, Xinming Ou, David Schmidt, Yanhui Du, S. Raj Rajagopalan, and Anoop Singhal. In Journal of Computer Security, Vol. 21, No. 4, September 2013.
“Testing Test-First First.” John Homer, Dwayne Towell and David Reynolds. In 2012 Association for Computer Educators in Texas Conference, November 2012.
“Characterization of CS1 Student Programming.” Nigel Bosch, Dwayne Towell, and John Homer. In 2012 International Conference on Frontiers in Education: Computer Science and Computer Engineering, July 2012.
“An Empirical Study of a Vulnerability Metric Aggregation Model.” Su Zhang, Xinming Ou, Anoop Singhal, and John Homer. In 2011 International Conference on Security and Management, special track on Mission Assurance and Critical Infrastructure Protection, July 2011.
“Effective Network Vulnerability Assessment through Model Abstraction.” Su Zhang, Xinming Ou, and John Homer. In Eighth Conference on Detection of Intrusions and Malware & Vulnerability Assessment, July 2011.
“A Sound and Practical Approach to Quantifying Security Risk in Enterprise Networks.” John Homer, Xinming Ou, and David Schmidt. Technical report, Kansas State University, August 2009.
“A Comprehensive Approach to Enterprise Network Security Management.” John Homer. Ph.D. dissertation, Kansas State University, May 2009.
“SAT-Solving Approaches to Context-Aware Enterprise Network Security Management.” John Homer and Xinming Ou. In IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, special issue on Network Infrastructure Configuration, Vol. 27, No. 3, April 2009.
“Improving Attack Graph Visualization through Data Reduction and Attack Grouping.” John Homer, Ashok Varikuti, Xinming Ou, and Miles McQueen. In 5th International Workshop on Visualization for Cyber Security, Sept. 2008.
“SAT-Solving Approaches to Context-Aware Enterprise Network Security Management.” Presented at 5th Midwest Security Workshop, April 2008.
“From Attack Graphs to Automated Configuration Management – an Iterative Approach.” John Homer, Xinming Ou, and Miles McQueen. Technical report, Kansas State University, January 2008.