{"id":12866,"date":"2017-04-07T11:56:05","date_gmt":"2017-04-07T15:56:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/csmet\/?post_type=profile&#038;p=12866"},"modified":"2026-04-27T14:53:52","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T18:53:52","slug":"lou-chitkushev","status":"publish","type":"profile","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/csmet\/profile\/lou-chitkushev\/","title":{"rendered":"Lou Chitkushev"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Chitkushev has served on several IEEE conference committees and as a NSF review panelist. He is co-founder and associate director of Boston University\u2019s Center for Reliable Information Systems &amp; Cyber Security, and played a role in initiatives that led to Boston University\u2019s designation as a Center of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance by the National Security Agency. Chitkushev teaches data communications, computer networks, advanced Internet technologies, medical informatics, and network security.<\/p>\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container \" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h3 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">Courses<\/h3><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\"><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>MET CS 425 \u2013 Introduction to Business Data Communications and Networks<\/li>\n<li>MET CS 599 \u2013 Biometrics<\/li>\n<li>MET CS 625 \u2013 Business Data Communication and Networks<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container \" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h3 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">Research Interests<\/h3><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\"><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Networking<\/li>\n<li>Data Assurance<\/li>\n<li>Biomedical Informatics<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container \" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h3 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">Scholarly Works<\/h3><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\"><\/p>\n<p><strong>Publications<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"s1\">Chitkushev, L., Zlateva, T., Vodenska, I., Zlatev, V. \u201cAnalytics Dashboard Parameters for Digital Learning Management Systems.\u201d In<span>\u00a0<\/span><em>Proceedings of the 10<\/em><\/span><em><span class=\"s3\"><sup>th<\/sup><\/span><\/em><span class=\"s1\"><em><span>\u00a0<\/span>Annual International Conference on Computer Science and Education in Computer Science.<\/em>\u00a0Albena, Bulgaria (July 4\u20136, 2014).\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.csecs.org\/\"><span class=\"s2\">http:\/\/www.csecs.org\/<\/span><\/a><\/span><span class=\"s4\"><span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"s1\">[Accepted Paper at International Peer-Reviewed Conference]<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Vodenska, I., and Chitkushev, L. \u201cImpact of Euro Adoption on Emerging European Countries.\u201d<span>\u00a0<\/span><em>Management Journal<\/em><span>\u00a0<\/span>8, no. 1 (2013): 47-67.<\/p>\n<p>Vodenska, I., and Chitkushev, L. \u201cInnovative tools for teaching complex financial concepts.\u201d In<span>\u00a0<\/span><em>Proceedings of the 9th Annual International Conference on Computer Science and Education<\/em>. Fulda\/Wurzburg, Germany, June 29\u2013July 2, 2013.<\/p>\n<p>Kanabar, V., and Chitkushev, L. \u201cInnovative Applied Certificates in Computer Information Systems for Undergraduate Students.\u201d In<em><span>\u00a0<\/span>Proceedings of the 9th Annual International Conference on Computer Science and Education<\/em>. Fulda\/Wurzburg, Germany, June 29\u2013July 2, 2013.<\/p>\n<p>Chibishev, A., Pereska, Z., Simonovska, N., Chibisheva, V., Glasnovic, M., and Chitkushev, L. T. \u201cConservative therapeutic approach to corrosive poisonings in adults.\u201d<span>\u00a0<\/span><em>Journal of Gastrointest Surgery<\/em><span>\u00a0<\/span>17, no. 6 (2013): 1044-9. Epub March 30, 2013.<\/p>\n<p>Chitkushev, L., Dilek, E., Lee J. W., Zhang, G. L., and Zlateva, T. \u201cData Cleaning of Probe Signals from CDNA Tiling Microarray: Outlier Detection, Noise Reduction, and Identification of Uninformative Probes in HLA Typing Application.\u201d<span>\u00a0<\/span><em>Proceedings of the Bioinformatics and Biomedicine Workshops on Informatics Applications in Therapeutics<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/em>(Atlanta, Ga., 2011): 682.<\/p>\n<p>Chitkushev, L., Greiman, V., and Zlateva, T. \u201cProtecting Health Information Privacy and Safety on the Internet: E-Health Systems and Legal Perspectives.\u201d<span>\u00a0<\/span><em>Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Information Warfare and Security<\/em>, University of Washington (Seattle, Wash., 2011).<\/p>\n<p>Chitkushev, L., Vodenska, I., and Zlateva, T. \u201cIntegrating Informatics into Graduate Finance Programs.\u201d<span>\u00a0<\/span><em>Proceedings of the 7th Annual International Conference on Computer Science and Education<\/em><span>\u00a0<\/span>(Sofia, Bulgaria, 2011).<\/p>\n<p>Becker, K., Chitkushev, L., Greiman, V., and Zlateva, T. \u201cEvolving an Information Security Curriculum: New Content, Innovative Pedagogy and Flexible Delivery Formats.\u201d Proc. 6th International Conference on Information Warfare and Security, George Washington University (Washington, D.C., 2011): 268.<\/p>\n<p>Bunch, S., Chitkushev, L., Day, J., Grasa, E., Matta, I., Phelan, P., Ponce De Leon, M., Pouzin, L., and Trouva, E. \u201cBounding the Router Table Size in an ISP Network Using RINA.\u201d<span>\u00a0<\/span><em>Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on the Network of the Future<\/em><span>\u00a0<\/span>(Paris, France, 2011).<\/p>\n<p>Bunch, S., Chitkushev, L., Day, J., Grasa, E., Hesselbach-Serra, X., Matta, I., Phelan, P., Ponce De Leon, M., and Trouva, E. \u201cTransport over Heterogeneous Networks Using the RINA Architecture.\u201d<span>\u00a0<\/span><em>Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Wired\/Wireless Internet Communications<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/em>(2011).<\/p>\n<p>Brusic, V., Chitkushev, L., Kalathur, S., Zhang, G. L., and Zlateva, T. \u201cVisualization Tools for Presenting and Analysis of Global Landscapes of Vaccine Targets.\u201d<span>\u00a0<\/span><em>Proceedings of the Bioinformatics and Biomedicine Workshops on Informatics Applications in Therapeutics<\/em>(Atlanta, Ga., 2011): 683\u201388.<\/p>\n<p>Burstein, L., Chitkushev, L., Haines, E. M., Kalathur, S., Saito, M., Schudy, R., Willett, S., and Zlateva, T. \u201cDimensions of Course Design and Delivery and Their Effect on Student Satisfaction\/Perception in Online Learning.\u201d<span>\u00a0<\/span><em>Proceedings of the 7th Annual International Conference on Computer Science and Education<\/em><span>\u00a0<\/span>(Sofia, Bulgaria, 2011).<\/p>\n<p>Bunch, S., L. Chitkushev, J. Day, E. Grasa, P. Phelan, M. Ponce de Leon, I. Matta, and E. Trouva. \u201cIs the Internet an unfinished demo? Meet RINA!\u201d<span>\u00a0<\/span><em>TERENA Networking Conferenc<\/em>e (May 16\u201319, 2011).<\/p>\n<p>Burstein, L., L. Chitkushev, V. Kanabar, and T. Zlateva. \u201cInnovative Instructional Practices in Design, Implementation and Execution of Blended Programs.\u201d<span>\u00a0<\/span><em>Proc. Boston University Instructional Innovation Conference<\/em><span>\u00a0<\/span>(Boston, Mass., March 25, 2011).<\/p>\n<p>Zlateva, T., Greiman, V., Chitkushev, L., and Becker, K. \u201cEvolving an Information Security Curriculum: new content, innovative pedagogy and flexible delivery formats.\u201d<span>\u00a0<\/span><em>Proceedings of the\u00a06th International Conference on Information Warfare and Security<\/em>, George Washington University (Washington, D.C., March 17\u201318, 2011): 268.<\/p>\n<p>Jacobs, S., Chitkushev, L., and Zlateva, T. \u201cIdentities, Anonymity and Information Warfare.\u201d<span>\u00a0<\/span><em>Proceedings of the 9th European Conference on Information Warfare and Security (ECIW)<\/em>(Thessaloniki, Greece, July 1\u20132, 2010): 120.<\/p>\n<p>Brusic, V., L. Chitkushev, D. DeLuca, G. Zhang, and T. Zlateva. \u201cIntegrated Health Informatics Curricula within Information Technology Programs.\u201d<span>\u00a0<\/span><em>6<sup>th<\/sup><span>\u00a0<\/span>International Workshop on Computer Science and Education in Computer Science<\/em><span>\u00a0<\/span>(Fulda, Germany, June 2010).<\/p>\n<p>Zlateva, T., Saito, M., Kalathur, S., Schudy, R., Temkin, A., and Chitkushev, L. \u201cA Unified Approach for Designing, Developing, and Evaluating Online Curricula.\u201d<span>\u00a0<\/span><em>Proc. 6th Annual International Conference on Computer Science and Education in Computer Science<\/em><span>\u00a0<\/span>(Fulda, Germany, June 2010).<\/p>\n<p>Brusic, V., L. Chitkushev, D. DeLuca, D. Keskin, O. Lund, E.L. Reinherz, G.L. Zhang, and T. Zlateva. \u201cMULTIPRED2: A computational system for large-scale identification of peptides predicted to bind to HLA supertypes and alleles.\u201d<span>\u00a0<\/span><em>Journal of Immunological Methods<\/em>(December 2010).<\/p>\n<p>Chitkushev, L., S. Jacobs, and T. Zlateva. \u201cSecurity Engineering Approach to Network Security.\u201d<span>\u00a0<\/span><em>Proceedings of the 5th Annual International Conference on Computer Science and Education in Computer Science 2009 (CSECS 2009)<\/em>. Boston, Mass., May 22, 2009.<\/p>\n<p>Chitkushev, L., M. Chen, and T. Zlateva. \u201cDevelopment of a Multidisciplinary Graduate Course in Biometrics.\u201d<span>\u00a0<\/span><em>Proceedings of the 5th Annual International Conference on Computer Science and Education in Computer Science 2009 (CSECS 2009)<\/em>. Boston, Mass., May 22, 2009.<\/p>\n<p>Chitkushev, L., and V. Kanabar. \u201cDevelopment and Delivery of a Unique Digital Forensics Curriculum through Innovative Channels.\u201d<span>\u00a0<\/span><em>Proceedings of the 4th International Workshop on Computer Science and Education in Computer Science<\/em>, 23-30. Borovetz, Bulgaria. June 6-10, 2008.<\/p>\n<p>Chitkushev, L., L.\u00a0 Burstein, A. MacNeil, A. Temkin, and T. Zlateva. \u201cVirtual Laboratories for Learning Real-World Security.\u201d<span>\u00a0<\/span><em>Proceedings of the Colloquium for Information Systems Security Education<\/em>. Society for Advancing Information Assurance and Infrastructure Protection. Dallas, Tex., June 2-4, 2008.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Presentations\/Lectures<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span>Long, J., Zhang, Y., Brusic, V., Chitkushev, L., Zhang, G.L. \u201cAntidote Application: an educational system for treatment of common toxin overdose.\u201d ACM-BCB, Boston, Mass., August 20\u201323, 2017. Presented by Jon Long.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Chitkushev, L., Vodenska, I., and Zlateva, T. \u201cDigital Learning Impact Factors: Student Satisfaction and Performance in Online Courses.\u201d 2014 International Conference on Information and Education Technology, January 2-4, 2014, Melbourne, Australia. (<b>Best Presentation Award)<\/b><\/p>\n<p>\u201cDeveloping Financial Informatics curriculum within Information Technology Program.\u201d 8<sup>th<\/sup>Annual International Conference on Computer Science and Education in Computer Science (CSECS 2012). Boston, Mass., July 2012. Co-presented with Walters, J., Vodenska, I., and Zlateva, T.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSecurity in RINA.\u201d Investigating RINA as an Alternative to TCP\/IP (IRATI). Universitat Polit\u00e8cnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain, January 22-24, 2013. Co-presented with Day, J.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIntegrative Technology-Enhanced Approaches (ITEA) to Teaching Complex Financial Concepts.\u201d Boston University Instructional Innovation Conference, March 2, 2012. Co-presented with Vodenska, I., and Burstein, L.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEducational Initiative in IT.\u201d Keynote, Conference marking the 20th Anniversary of the Independence of Republic of Macedonia, Skopje, Macedonia, September 8, 2011.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTransport over Heterogeneous Networks Using the RINA Architecture.\u201d The 9th International Conference on Wired\/Wireless Internet Communications, Barcelona, Spain, June 15\u201317, 2011. Co-presented with Bunch, S., Day, J., Grasa, E., Matta, I., Ponce de Leon, M., Phelan, P., Trouva, L., and Hesselbach-Serra, X.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBuilding Real-World Course Labs Using Virtualization.\u201d BU Conference on Teaching. Boston, Mass., May 2009. Co-presentation with Burstein, L., Temkin, A., and Zlateva, T.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cVideo Collaboration in Blended Courses.\u201d BU Conference on Teaching. Boston, Mass., May 2009. Co-presentation with Burstein, L., Temkin, A., and Zlateva, T.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDevelopment of a Multidisciplinary Graduate Course in Biometrics.\u201d 5th Annual International Conference on Computer Science and Education in Computer Science (CSECS 2009). 2009. Co-presentation with Chen, M., and Zlateva, T.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGlobal University\u2014Engaging in International Education.\u201d US-Macedonia Business Forum. Chicago, Ill., November 14, 2008.<\/p>\n<p>Panelist, \u201cIT Security Challenges.\u201d Nokia Security Forum. New York, N.Y., September 16, 2008.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSecurity Implications of Globalization.\u201d Business Forum, BU Liaisons Office. Tokyo, Japan. June 28, 2008.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cChallenges of IT in Global Markets.\u201d Macedonian Business Forum. 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