Author: Robert Bruen 1947-2014

The Lucasian  Legacy. The Lucasian Professorship of Mathematics at Cambridge University, 1663-1993 was Robert Bruen's Dissertation for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy at Boston College Graduate School of Education. History and science were his passions which converged in this lifetime contribution to both disciplines. Podcast Episode on Robert Bruen

Boston College. Chestnut Hill, MA. 1995. Ph.D. Education.
Harvard University. Cambridge MA. 2002. ALM History of Science.
Boston University. Boston, MA. 1989. M.S. Computer Information Systems. Northeastern University. Boston, MA. 1970. B.A. Philosophy and Religion.

MIT 1983-2000

Systems Manager/Webmaster. Laboratory for Information and Decision Systems (LIDS). Jul98- Jul00. Managed computer systems, local network and user support for the Lab. Computers mainly Linux, Sun and Windows. Member of the MIT Network Security Team.

Director of Computer Systems and Operations. Whitehead Institute/MIT Center for Genome Research. Aug97-Jul98. Responsible for computer operations, supervised staff for systems management and user support. The CGR is sequencing and mapping DNA as part of the Human Genome Project.

Computer Facilities Manager .Laboratory for Nuclear Science (LNS). 1989-1997. Responsible for budgeting, planning and supporting research in High Energy Physics and Nuclear Physics, both theoretical and experimental. Professional staff covered networking, operations, systems management, administrative computing, and associated contracts. Presented at annual reviews by funding agency, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), and the Dean's Advisory Committees. In 1993, established a video conferencing facility, which served domestic and international users. Member of two national committees related to the managing the DOE national network (ESNet). Set up international network from CalTech to MIT LNS to CERN in Geneva, Switzerland, which served as the ESNet gateway to Europe.

Systems Manager. 1983-1989. Aeronautics and Astronautics Department. Responsible for building and managing a heterogeneous, intra-departmental network that extended through several buildings as part of the original networking of MIT. Advised several other departments establishing computing environments and worked with Project Athena.

Pre-MIT

Systems Analyst. Perkin-Elmer Corp., Computer Division. 1982-83 Waltham, MA. Provided technical support for pre- and post- sales efforts to business accounts for software, systems, and management consulting for New England. Responsibilities ranged from configurations and installations to troubleshooting problems and customer training.

Task Leader for Computer Operations. Arcon Corp. 1980-81 Waltham, MA. Worked on a project developing part of the air traffic control system for the FAA (ETABS). Managed computer operations. Second year of project at Sanders in Nashua, New Hampshire.

Book Review Editor for CIPHER (IEEE Technical Committee on Security and Privacy Newsletter) 1996-2006. Book reviews have also appeared in the TIS Data Security Letter and the Computer Underground Digest.

Bruen, Bob and Garth Bruen. Can That Spam! Linux Pro Magazine. September 2009. Issue 106. 

Bruen, Bob and Phil Carmody. The Prime Internet Eisenstein Search. Linux Journal. August 2005 Issue 136 p90-94.

Back to the Bits: Technology gets Technical Again. Emerging Issues in Business Conference Proceedings. 2003.

Computer Vulnerability Full Disclosure in the Classroom. International Association for Information Management Proceedings. 2003.

Intrusion Detection Systems: Problems and Opportunities. Software Focus 2(4) 151-156 December 2001.

Guardians of the Gate: The Corporate Security Group. Emerging Issues in Business & Technology Conference Proceedings. November 2001.

Managing Digital Security. Journal of Computing in Small Colleges. May 2001.

The State of Computer Security Today. Journal of Computing in Small Colleges. May 2000. 

Preparing for the End of Privacy: The Basis for a New Ethics. In Pourciau, Lester, Ed. Ethics and Information in the Twenty-First Century. Purdue University Press. 1999.

Internet Security Basics. Journal of Computing in Small Colleges. May 1997.

University of Connecticut Storrs, 2007-2014. Online. Linux Administration & Web Site Administration.

Springfield Technical Community College. Springfield MA. School of Business. Assistant Professor of Information Technology. 2004-2006. Taught Security and Linux courses with occasional Networks and Advanced Windows courses.

Merrimack College, North Andover MA, Francis Girard School of Business and International Commerce. 2002-2004. Assistant Professor of Information Technology.
Teaching: Business Software Applications, Network & Data Communication, Web Design, Computer Security. Service: Business School Committee on Strategy, Faculty Senate Commission on

Governance. Faculty Senate Computer Committee, Faculty Senate Library Committee.

Babson College, Babson Park MA. 2000-2002. Visiting Assistant Professor of Information Technology. Taught/developed courses in Java, Web Technologies and Computer Security. Service: Advisor to student MIS group. Instituted end of each semester WebTech Student Competition involving 100 students.