Louis F. McHugh IV

Education

Ph.D. Student, Educational Technology Leadership, Concordia University Chicago, Expected Graduation Summer 2023
Masters in Cyber Forensics & Security, Illinois Institute of Technology
M.S., Information Systems & Technology, University of Michigan-Dearborn
B.S., Computer Information Systems, Northern Michigan University

Research Interests

Cybersecurity, Cyber Crime, Cyber Warfare, Leadership, Networking, Security, and Virtualization

Professional Affiliations & Memberships

Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) + SIGITE + SIGUCCS
High Technology Crime Investigation Association (HTCIA)
InfraGard

Awards

The Angela Jarka Service Award (2022) (Staff Service), Information Technology and Management Department, Illinois Institute of Technology

Staff Excellence Award (2020), Innovative Solutions that Improve the Experience of Illinois Tech Students and/or Alumni, Illinois Institute of Technology

Professional Member (2019), Gamma Nu Eta – the National Information Technology Honor Society

Best Paper, 3rd Annual Association for Computing Machinery's Research in Information and Technology Conference (2014)

Member (2008), Upsilon Pi Epsilon – the International Honor Society for the Computing and Information Disciplines

Publications

• Beidas, S., and McHugh L., (2022). The COVID-19 Pandemic and Retooling Application Delivery: The Transformation from Physical to Cloud-Based Infrastructure. Proceedings of the 2022 ACM SIGUCCS Annual Conference (SIGUCCS '22). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 73–80.
• Embar, M., McHugh, L., & Wesselman, W. R. (2014). Printer watermark obfuscation. Proceedings of the 3rd Annual Conference on Research in Information Technology (RIIT '14). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA 15-20.
• McHugh, Louis F., IV, Embar, Maya , and Wesselman, William. "Printer Watermark Obfuscation”, RIIT ’14 - Proceedings of the 3rd Annual Conference on Research in Information Technology. 3rd Annual Conference on Research in Information Technology, Atlanta, GA. New York: ACM, 2014. 15-20. Print.

Grants

Co-principal Investigator, Department of Defense, National Security Agency, Cyber Scholarship Program, Project Dates: 8/04/2021 - 7/31/2022; Award Amount: $102,297.00; Award Number: H98230-21-1-0183

Professional Activities

Ph.D. Scholarship Review Committee, National Centers of Academic Excellence in Cybersecurity (NCAE-C)

Program Evaluator (PEV), Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) for Cybersecurity and Information Technology Programs

Peer Reviewer, ACM-Special Interest Group for Computer Science Education (SIGCSE)

Peer Reviewer, ACM-Special Interest Group for Information Technology Education (SIGITE)

Mentor and Reviewer, NSA-DHS National Center of Academic Excellence (CAE)

Media Interviews and Presentations

Media Interviews

Keenan, A. (April 15, 2020). 'A very scary idea': How Google and Apple's COVID-19 tracing could turn sick people into pariahs. Yahoo Finance.

Marotti, A. (April 2, 2020). Zoom video meetings are being interrupted by hackers spewing hate speech and showing porn. It's called 'Zoombombing.' Here's how to prevent it. Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL).

Miller, K. (March 27, 2020). COVID-19: How to get the most out of your home Internet Connection. WGN 9, Chicago. TV.

Miller, K. (April 1, 2020). COVID-19: Taking a look at video conferencing privacy & security. WGN 9, Chicago. TV.

Molina, T. (July 17, 2019). Viral FaceApp Raises Alarms About Privacy; ‘You’re Essentially Giving Away Your Fingerprint’, Expert Says. CBS 2, Chicago. TV.

Emanuel, L. (May 10, 2018). Expert warns against sharing on social media. U-High Midway. Retrieved from https://uhighmidway.com/1659/indepth/expert-warns-against-sharing-on-social-media/

Farr, C., (May 7, 2018). Robocalls, Scams at ‘Epidemic Proportions,’ Official Says. NBC Chicago. TV.

Marotti, A., (March 23, 2018). Facebook users have been giving away their data for a decade. Is it too late to get our privacy back? Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL).

Kozlov, D., (2017). Zuckerberg Promises Facebook Ad Reforms. CBS Chicago. TV.

Madrigal, A., The Mysterious Printer Code That Could Have Led the FBI to Reality Winner. The Atlantic. Atlantic Media Company, 06 June 2017. Web.

Crews, J. & Associated Press, (2017). WikiLeaks claims to release thousands of CIA documents. WGN News, Chicago. TV.

Leitner, T., & Capitanini, L., (2015). How Hackers Can Commit Cyber-Murder in Just 10 Minutes. NBC Chicago, TV

Seidman, Bianca. ""Cardless Cash" Eliminates ATM Cards and PIN Codes." CBS News. CBS News, 18 Sept. 2015. Web. 25 Sept. 2015.

Leitner, T., & Capitanini, L., (2015). How Hackers Can Commit Cyber-Murder in Just 10 Minutes. NBC Chicago, TV

Seidman, Bianca. ""Cardless Cash" Eliminates ATM Cards and PIN Codes." CBS News. CBS News, 18 Sept. 2015. Web. 25 Sept. 2015.

Select Presentations
 

McHugh L., (2021). The Higher Education Cyber Threat Landscape - What is at stake? A Panel Discussion with Cybersecurity Leaders in Higher Education. Illinois Tech, Chicago, Illinois.

Hajek, J., McHugh IV, L. F., Liaw, J. (2017) The Skunkworks Approach: Using Devops to Foster Rapid Deployment, Innovation, & to Reduce Costs. Supporting Learning & Technology in Education Conference, Northern Illinois University, Naperville, Illinois.

McHugh IV, L.F., “Hackers – Who Are They?” Security Symposium, West Suburban Bank, Addison, Illinois, September 2015.

McHugh, Louis F., IV, Maya Embar, and William R. Wesselman. “Steganographix: Printer Watermark Obfuscation”, ForenSecure 2014, IIT Rice Campus, Wheaton, Illinois, April 2014.

Jessop, J. and McHugh, Louis F., IV, “Interested in 3D Printing? Start here”, DuPage Regional Office of Education Center for Professional Learning, Lombard, Illinois, April 2014.

Additional Info

Experience

Manager of Technical Services, Office of Technology Services, Illinois Tech
Director of Information Technology, School of Applied Technology, Illinois Tech
Computer Systems Manager, School of Applied Technology, Illinois Tech
Technical Support Analyst, Truven Health Analytics
Technical Support Analyst, Thomson Reuters Healthcare
System Administrator, University of Michigan-Dearborn