FAU CoECS
        
Dr. María Mercedes Larrondo-Petrie
Associate Dean for Academic and International Affairs, and
Professor of Computer Science and Engineering

College of Engineering and Computer Science
Florida Atlantic University
777 Glades Road, Science & Engineering Building 40, SE 308
P.O. Box 3091, Boca Raton, Florida 33431-0991 USA
Email: petrie@fau.edu
Direct Office: +1 561 297-3899
Assistant: +1 561 297-2492
Dean's Reception: Linda Hoffman, +1 561 297-3400
Fax: +1 561 297-1111
URL: http://www.eng.fau.edu/homepages/petrie.htm
Office Hours: By appointment


Curriculum Vitae - full CV

Courses Taught Summer 2009
       CGS 1570 - Computer Application 1 (Distance Learning Course)
       CGS 1571 - Computer Application 2 (Distance Learning Course)

       Instructions for Distance Learning Courses
          
The lead Teaching Assistant for the courses is Mr. Wilker Altidor, waltidor@fau.edu,
            The Syllabus, MyFAU and Blackboard website will be up by Tuesday night.
          
Directions:
                1. Buy bundled book package from the bookstore. there are software licenses bundled in the package, it will cost you more to purchase books separately
                2. If you login to MyFAU.fau.edu web site you will see the course listed but communications for the course is done in Blackboard
                3. Go to the FAU Blackboard website: http://bb.fau.edu/
                4. Login with your Fau account and password
                5. Select the course
                6. On Tuesday there will be an announcement posted
                7. You will need to check the BlackBoard Course weekly for assignments and announcements
                8. You will need to install the Office 2007 license in the bundle if you do not have it on your computer, as well as the MyITLab license -
                     the bundle should have directions for you to follow.
                9. Mr. Wilker Altidor is your Teaching Assistant for the course, all assignments and exams questions should be addressed to him at waltidor@fau.edu
                10. The course is done purely online. Please be alert to your email and Blackboard this first week.  There will be office hours posted in the announcement


Research Interests
Co-Lead of the Secure Systems Research Group - http://www.cse.fau.edu/~security
Latin American Grid - LA Grid Researcher

Privacy and Security
Web Services Security
Grid Security
BioInformatics and Medical Data Privacy and Security 
Object-Oriented Database Security
Internet/Intranet Data Security
Hypermedia/Multimedia Data Security
Software Engineering
Analysis, Modeling and Visualization of Complex Systems
Development of Methodology for Secure Systems Development
Integrating Formal and Nonformal Methods
Analysis, Design Patterns, Security Patterns
Software Architecture
Human-Computer Interface Design
Multimedia
Modeling of Multimedia Databases for Preservation of Architecture and Cultural Heritage
Modeling of Multimedia Databases for Ecosystem Documentation and Management
Multimedia Documentation of Museum Collections and Performance Art
Modeling of Multimedia Databases for Genealogy and Family History
Pedagogy
Security Curriculum Development
Remote Laboratories
K-12 Engineering Academies Curriculum Development 
K-12 Information Technology Academies Curriculum Development 
K-20 E-Tech Career Cluster Curriculum Development 
Diversity in Science, Mathematics, Engineering and Technology
Accreditation and International Recognition of Latin American and Caribbean Engineering Programs
Parallel and Distributed Processing
Grid Computing
Asynchronous Distributed Algorithms for Multi-Agent Support System
Hypercube Topology
Complexity Metrics for Parallel Algorithms

National and International Professional Leadership Positions
International Federation of Engineering Education Societies IFEES - International Federation of Engineering Education Societies
Vice President (Americas) - elected 2007 - present
Executive Committee Member - Member-At-Large - elected 2006 - present
Co-Chair of IFEES Global Engineering Education Summit - appointed 2007 - present
Member of IFEES Strategic Planning Committee - appointed 2007
Liaison Representative for LACCEI and UPE
ASEE
ASEE - American Society of Engineering Education
International Division Board - Secretary/Treasurer - elected 2004 - 2006
International Division Web Master - assigned 2006 - present
Minorities in Engineering Division Board - Member-At-Large - elected 2003 -
Women in Engineering Division - Member since 2004
Software Engineering Constituency - Founding Member
LACCEI
LACCEI - Latin American and Caribbean Consortium of Engineering Institutions
Executive Director and Secretary - appointed 2008
Executive Vice President - appointed 2004 - 2008
Vice President of Research - elected 2003 - 2008
Founding Vice President - elected 2002 - 2003
Founding Board of Directors - elected 2002 - present
Board of Trustees - appointed 2002 - present
Executive Board - elected 2002 - present
Administrative Board - appointed 2008 - present
Editorial Board of the LACCEI Journal - appointed 2004 - present
Liaison Representative to IFEES - appointed 2006 - present
UPE UPE - Upsilon Pi Epsilon International Honor Society for Information and Computing Disciplines
Liaison Representative to IFEES - appointed 2006 - present
Faculty Advisor for Florida Beta Chapter - 1992 - present
International President -  elected 1996-1997
Member of International Executive Council - elected 1993 - 1998
Awarded First Place International Leadership Award - 1992
Awarded Academic Achievement Award - 1991-1992
Founding Chapter President of the Florida Beta Chapter - 1990-1992
Inducted 1990
PKP
Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society
Inducted 1985
TBP
TBP - Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society
Faculty Advisor for Florida Epsilon Chapter - 2001 - present
Inducted 1990
LA Grid
LA Grid - Latin American Grid 
LA Grid Researcher
Grid Security
Bioinformatics Data Privacy and Security
ACM
ACM - Association for Computing Machinery
Member of  ACM SIGGRAPH Education Committee
Past Chair of ACM SIGGRAPH Computer Science Curriculum Committee
Member of ACM SIGGRAPH
Member of ACM
IEEE
IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Member of IEEE
Member of IEEE Computer Society
Member of IEEE Women in Engineering  (WIE)
Co-Chair of the IEEE Workshop on Industrial-strength Formal specification Techniques -
CommonCriteria
Common Criteria
Trained in Common Criteria Protection Profiles and Security Profiles at
National Institute of Standards and Technology


Florida Atlantic University, Regional and State Level Positions