Purdue

Department of Computer Science
CS Ph.D. Requirements
Graduate CS Courses
ITaP -- Purdue's IT organization
PLUG -- Purdue Linux Users Group
MyPurdue
CERIAS Seminars
Center for Instructional Excellence (CIE)

People

Some of the professors I have studied under:
Elisa Bertino -- my advisor
Rick Sheldon -- ORNL internship mentor
Mikhail Atallah -- Crypto (555), Ph.D. advisory committee
Ninghui Li -- Ph.D. advisory committee
Gene Spafford -- research collaborator/unofficial mentor
Chris Clifton -- Adv. Info. Assurance (626)
Samuel Wagstaff -- Security (526)
Dongyan Xu -- OS (503)
Richard Enbody -- M.S. advisor at MSU

Academic Conferences

IEEE S&P -- security and privacy
ACM CCS -- computer and communications security
Crypto -- cryptography
ICDCS -- distributed systems
ESORICS -- computer security
USENIX Security -- computer security (practical focus)
SACMAT -- access control
ACSAC -- applied security & cryptography
ASIACCS -- information & computer security
CODASPY -- application and data security & privacy
SOSP -- operating systems
DSN -- dependable systems
NDSS -- networks and distributed systems
PODC -- distributed computing
PETS -- privacy enhancing technologies
WEIS -- information security economics

Tech News & Blogs
Slashdot -- news for nerds
Schneier on Security -- Bruce Schneier's blog
Threat Level -- Wired's security blog
Spaf -- Dr. Gene Spafford's blog
Krebs on Security -- identity theft and banking security
SMBlog Dr. Steve Bellovin's blog (rare updates)
GovInfoSecurity -- government information security
Freedom to Tinker -- Princeton's CITP blog
Light Blue Touch Paper -- Ross Anderson et al.
Last Watchdog -- Byron Acohido's Internet security blog
ThreatPost -- from Kaspersky lab, primarily vulnerabilities
The Daily WTF -- real programming humor
WikiLeaks -- leaked gov't and business documents
Cryptome -- leaked gov't documents
Dark Reading -- a hacker site
The Register -- a British tech news site
The Honeynet Project -- botnet tracking, etc.
Chilling Effects -- DMCA and its consequences
Joel on Software -- Joel Spolsky on code development

Languages References
C
Java API
Perl Functions
Perl Documentation
CPAN -- a comprehensive archive of Perl modules
Barebones Guide to HTML
Cascading Style Sheets
Google Maps API
LaTeX
LaTeX
W3 Schools -- good basic tutorials for web technologies

Other References
Ubuntu Linux -- my preferred flavor
7 Post-Install Tips for Ubuntu 7.04
Linux on a ThinkPad T42 -- Ubuntu is Debian-based
Linux Administration Made Easy
Linux Security Tips
UNIX Quick Commands
Apache SSI -- server-side includes are handy
Apache htaccess -- minimal protection for web pages
IPTables How-To -- guide to Linux firewalls
Wikipedia
Free Wifi -- find and report free wireless hotspots

News & Fun
CNN
BBC
Washington Post
IMDB -- the Internet movie database
Yahoo! Movies -- find local showtimes easily
TextTwist -- a fun game if you have time to waste
Sports Illustrated -- generally only for the NFL season

Comics
Pearls Before Swine
Non Sequitur
Doonesbury
User Friendly
XKCD
PHD
Questionable Content
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal

Last Updated: December 05, 2010

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