Academic Background

Ph.D.  University of Louisville,  Louisville, KY,  Computer Science and Engineering,  2006

Professional Interests

Research: Computer Security, Risk Assessment

Teaching: Web-based Programming

Intellectual Contributions:

Refereed Articles

Patel, S. C. & Bhatt, G. D. (in press, 2008).  Improving the Cyber Security of SCADA

        Communication Networks. Communications of the ACM.

Patel, S. C., Graham, J. H. , & Ralston, P. A. S. (in press, 2008).  Quantitatively assessing

         the vulnerability of critical information systems: A new method for evaluating security

         enhancements. International Journal of Information Management.

Patel, S. & Yu, Y. (in press, 2007).  Analysis of SCADA Security Models.

        The International Management Review, 3 (2), 68-76.

Patel, S. & Graham, J. (2006).  Internet-based Secure Monitoring and Control for Utility

          Companies and Process Plants. DIAS Technology Review, the International Journal of

         Business and IT, 3 (1), 28-33.

Graham, J. H. & Patel, S. (2005).  Security Issues in SCADA Systems. DIAS Technology Review,

        the International Journal of Business and IT, 1 (2), 51-57.

Patel, S. & Hayes, J. H. (2002).  Case Study: Teaching an Electronic Course. Journal of

        Advancement of Marketing Education, 1 (2), 7-17.

Refereed Proceedings

Full Paper

Bapna , S. & Patel, S. (2007).  Securing Business Models and Data Against Integrity Attacks.

          Proceedings of the 38th Annual Meeting of the Decision Sciences Institute,

         Decision Sciences Institute, 4541-4546.

Bhatt , G. & Patel, S. (2007).  Examining the Effect of Information Systems (IS) Competence in

          Creating Business Advantages. Proceedings of the 38th Annual Meeting of the

         Decision Sciences Institute, Decision Sciences Institute, 4701-4706.

Graham, J., Mostafa , S., Arazi, B., Tantawy, A., Hieb, J., P. Ralston, and S. Patel, (2007). 

         Improvements in SCADA and DCS systems security. Proceedings of International Conference

        on Computers and Their Applications, ISCA, 194-200.

Hua, J., Zaveri , J., & Patel, S. (2007).  A Framework for IT-based Information Systems Security.

       Proceedings of the 38th Annual Meeting of the Decision Sciences Institute,

      Decision Sciences Institute, 2301-2306.

Karanja , E., Zaveri , J., & Patel, S. (2007).  The Role of Access Control and Authentication in

        Information System Security. Proceedings of the 38th Annual Meeting of the Decision Sciences

       Institute,  Decision Sciences Institute, 2281-2286.

Patel, S., Shetterly, D., & Krishnamoorthy, A. (in press, 2007).  Integration of SCADA into MBA

        and MPA Curricula in the Post 9/11 Era. 30th Annual Teaching Public Administration Conference.

Patel, S. & Zu, X. (2007).  Internet Application Development Using the Six Sigma Approach.

         Proceedings of International Conference on Internet Computing, CSREA Press , 54-62 .

Sanyal, P., Bhattacharya, U., Parui, S. K. , Bandyopadhyay, S. K. , & Patel, S. (2007). 

        Color Texture Analysis of Rice Leaves Diagnosing Deficiency in the Balance of Mineral Levels

        Towards Improvement of Crop Productivity. Proceedings of International Information Technology

         Conference, IEEE Computer Society, 85 - 90 .

Yu, Y. & Patel, S. (2007).  Incorporating Soft Computing Techniques for Intrusion Detection Systems.

        Proceedings of International Symposium on Computer Science and Technology, The American

       Scholars Press, Inc., 1-5.

Patel, S., Graham, J., & Ralston, P. (2006).  Security Enhancement for SCADA Communication

       Protocols Using Augmented Vulnerability Trees. Proceedings of the Computer Applications in

      Industry and Engineering, ISCA, 244-251.

Patel, S. C., Graham , J. . , Ralston , P. A. S., & Tantalean-Carrasco, R. (2005).  Secure SCADA

        Communications, Monitoring, and Control over the Internet. Proceedings of the 18th

        Computer Applications in Industry and Engineering, ISCA, 169-174.

Graham, J. H. & Patel, S. C. (2005).  Correctness Proofs for SCADA Communication

        Protocols.  Proceedings of the 9th World Multi-Conference on Systemics,

       Cybernetics and Informatics, 392-397.

Patel, S. & Graham, J. H. (2004).  Security Considerations in DNP3 SCADA Systems.

       Proceedings of the 17th Computer Applications in Industry and Engineering, 73-78.

Hayes , J. H., Patel, S., & Zhao, L. (2004).  A Metrics-Based Software Maintenance Effort Model.

      Proceedings of the 8th European Conference on Software Maintenance and Reengineering,

       254-258.

Book Chapters

Refereed

Hieb, J., Graham, J., & Patel, S. (2008). Security Enhancements for Distributed Control

      Systems. In S. Shenoi and E. Goetz (Ed.) Critical Infrastructure Protection:

      Issues and Solutions,  (pp. 133-146). Boston:  Springer

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