MURUGAN. S. PhD CGT .,[MS Edu mgt] MISTE(LM) , MCSI (LM)., MIAENG.

PROFESSOR & HOD

EAST POINT SCHOOL OF COMPUTING, HIGHER EDUCATION

DIVSISION ,AVALA HALLI , BANGALORE ,KARNATAKA,INDIA
.SOUTH ASIA
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Professor (Computer
Designation :
Science)
VISITING PROFESSOR -
YESBUD UNIVERSITY online

School of Mathematics and

Computer Science
Department :
KAMPALA
INTERNATIONAL
UNIVERSITY – KAMPALA -
UGANDA

Higher Education

• Ph.D COMPUTER SCIENCE

Area of Interest

INTELLIGENCE CYBER SECURITY , IIDPS, IIOT, PHYSICAL SECURITY , NETWORK

SECURITY,INFORMATION SECURITY, OPERATING SYSTEM SECURITY, DATA SECURITY.,
,DATA SCIENCE.,ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, WEB SECURITY, PROTOCOL SECURITY.,

Professional Experience

• 20 + Years

Editorial Review/Board
• IJ-ETA_ETS: AES –ISSN:0974-3588,3596
• IJDCAS - ISSN 2455-0329
• American Journal of Engineering and applied Sciences Science Publications
• STM journal
INVITED LECTURE :

• PSY College of Engineering , Sivaganga,Madurai.

• NIIT , Dindigul.
• GRI, Gandhigramam.
• BangaloreUniversity ,Bangalore

PROFESSIONAL BODIES:

• Indian Society for Technical Education ISTE (LM 36330), India

• Computer Society of India (CSI )(LM-01179370), India
• The Society of Digital Information and Wireless Communications (SDIWC)
• International association of computer science and information technology(IACSIT)-80343843
• Internatinal Journal of emerging Technologies and applications in Engineering Technology and
Sciences (IJ-ETA-ETS)
• International Association of Engineers (IAENG)-118546-7th May 2012
▪ Society of

▪ Computer Science
▪ Data Mining
▪ Internet Computing and Web services
▪ Software Engineering
▪ Wireless Networks
▪ Artificial Intelligence

• IGI Global-USA & Universal Association Of Computer & Electronics Engineers –AM1002417
Administrative Responsibilities (Department Level)

▪ HOD RVSCollege of Engineering and Technology ( 8 yrs) .

▪ HOD CHERAN ARTS &SCIENCE COLLEGE (1 .5 yrs)
▪ CDAC ACTS PROJECT COORDINATOR /TRAINING TEAM
HEAD /MTS Eiii (4 yrs)

Other Key Portfolios (Institutional Level)

▪ Zonal –Board Chairman in Anna University,Chennai.

▪ Zonal – AUO /AUR in Anna University Chennai.

▪ Special Invitee for Computer Science & Applications Syllabus framing Madurai Kamaraj University,Madurai Board of studies .

▪ Coordinator -MKU PGDCA(DLP) in RVSCET , Dindigul.

▪ IGNOU –MCA Coordinator -2 yrs

▪ NBA-Coordinator -MCA-RVSCET-2yrs

▪ ISO-Coordinator -MCA -RVSCET-2yrs

▪ AICTE-Coordinator -MCA-RVSCET-2yrs

▪ HOD = CAAS,Kangeyam –BSc CS-BCA- CAC- 2 yrs

▪ HOD- RVSCET, Dindigul – MCA -9 yrs

▪ PG-COMPUTER CENTRE HEAD-RVSCET-9yrs

▪ TRAINING TEAM MANAGER- CDAC –ACT –Blre-2yrs

▪ MC in C S I , Trichy Chapter, III Division I/C from 2001-2002

BOOKS

● Published the Courseware &Question Bank Through EASY , Shencottah,Tamilnadu ,India. &Magnus Publications

,Sarulatha Publications Chennai

● MS-OFFICE, C++ VB,ORACLE, C ,JAVA,UNIX ,Tally,

●PC Trouble shooting

● Published Internet Programming for MCA -through Charulatha Publications ,Chennai,India.

●Published Anna University Question Bank for MCA –Through Magnus Publications,Chennai,India

●“UNIX CONCEPTS AND PROGRAMMING ” ,Denett publication,Nagpur,India,2002. ISBN 81-903228-1-8.

 ●“ INTERNET CONCEPTS AND PROGRAMMING ” , SPD ,Newdelhi,India,june 2014. ISBN 978-93-5110-200-7.

CONFERENCES and COURSES ATTENDED

●Advanced Database Technology by PSNACollege of Engg&Tech,Dindigul [26 th to 30th Mar` 2k7].

● Frontier Research Areas in Computer Science by BharathidasanUniversity,Tiruchi[17 th to 18th Aug` 2k6].

●Network Security by KLNCollege Of Information Technology ,Pottalpalayam [18 th Feb`2k6].

●Emerging Trends in Information Technology by BharathidasanUniversity,Tiruchi[3 rd

to 4th Feb` 2k6].

● Datamining and Datawarehousing by PSNA college of Engg&Tech,Dindigul[17 th Sept `2k5].

● Optimization Techniques for Engineering applications by RVSCET,Dindigul [10 th& 11th Mar `2k5].

●Free/Open Source Technologies National Symposium by VIT,Vellore[6 th to 7th Feb `2k5].

●Image processing and its applications by RVS College of Engg& Tech ,Dindigul [22nd Nov to 05 th Dec’2k4].

● Linux server administration by Kongu Engg College ,Perundurai [3 rd to 14 th Nov ‘ 2k3 ].

●Better Methods of Teaching by ISTE Chapter , RVSCET, Dindigul [8 th Sep` 2k3].

●Multimedia Processing Systems by IIT, Chennai.[13 th to 15th Aug’ 2k].

●E commerce in Amrita Institute, Coimbatore[27 th

Jan to 1st Feb `2k].

●International Conference on Multimedia Processing & Systems by IIT Madras [13 th Aug '2k].

●Information Technology by Maditisia& ZDH Partnership programme [24 th to 25th July '2k].

●Distributed Object Systems by IIT, Chennai.[ 30 th April to 1st May’99 ].

● AICTE-Anna University QIP on internet & web page design[

●Internet & Java programming by P.S.G Tech [08 th to 13th June '98].
 ● Object oriented Technology in VivekanandaCollegeMadurai [08 th Oct’99].

● Industrial oriented S/w Engineering , AnnaUniversity [22 th

to 24th Oct'98].

WEBMINAR ATTENDED :

[1] Attended the AICTE Sponsored One Week Online Short Term Training Programme
On Cyber Physical Systems (CPS) Design Techniques and Applications organized by
the Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Kalasalingam Academy
of Research and Education, Krishnankoil, from 20th July 2020 to 25th July 2020 and
scored 80% in the assessment conducted during the STTP.

[2] Participated in ACM distinguished speaker Webinar on Controlled Partial Image

Encryption Based on LSIC and Chaotic map (Online) held on 5th June 2021.
Organized by Yelagiri Hills ACM Professional Chapter.

[3] Participated in the Webinar on “Grow your Career with Inbound Methodology in
2020” , on 20th June 2020.

[4] Participated in the “ International Webinar on Amazon Web Services With EC2, EB
and S3“ held on 29th June - 2020, Presented by Dr.V.Bala Dhandayuthapani, Professor in
Information Technology, Shinas College of Technology, Sultanate of Oman, Organized
by Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering .

[5] Attended the International Webinar Consumer-Centric Internet of Things: Catalyzing

the Need for Interoperability On August 14, 2020, 12:00-13:00 GMT presented by:Prof.
Dr. Thinagaran Perumal, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia

[6] Participated in “Research Tools and Technology” (Online) held on 12th May
2021.Organized by Don Bosco College (Co-Ed), Yelagiri Hills, Tirupattur District &
Yelagiri Hills ACM Professional Chapter.India

[7] Prticipated in 3rd National Conclave on Cyber Defence SAJAG 2020 organised by
Shri Vaishnav Vidyapeeth Vishwavidyalaya, Indore on July 25, 2020

[8] Certified for participating in National Level Faculty Development Webinar on

"Student’s Road to

Success: The Changing Role of the Teachers" on 27th June 2020, jointly organized by
Yelagiri Hills ACM Chapter and School of Computing Science.
[9] Participated in International Webinar on “Global Higher Education System during
COVID-19” Conducted on 18th December’ 2020 (Friday), Organized by the KLH
Business School, Hyderabad.

[10] Completed the 5days STTP on m/c learning and data science held from 20th April to
24th April 2021 organized by Dept of cse&IT ,held at GHRIBM,Jalgon

[11] Participated “Quantum Inspired Soft computing application to prediction of

environmental hazards” organized by JIS college of Engineering on 19.05.2020

[12] Participated in the session tracks of IEEE Virtual Talk Series-2020 focused on Soft
Computing held on June 6, 2020 organized by IEEE AcSIR-CSIO Student Branch,
Chandigarh

[13] Participated AI in business models-Appln and research directions as part of the

research and development lecture series organized by Dept of Research and publications
A22 Edu Learning Hub on 19/5/2022

[14] Frequently attending Techgic / other web series and other updation from reputed
Institutions.
 PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

PhD Coursework,AI,Advanced Computer Network,S/w Engg &

25/10/2 University Of Swami Rama Project Mgt, Data structure and analysis of algorithms ,S/W Quality
Associate Professor
018 -tilldate Himalayan University Assurance and Project Mgt,S/w engineering and project
Management-PG:MCA UG: Btech CSE , BCA
KAMPALA
07/02/2
INTERNATIONAL Advanced Web Design , S/w Quality assurance , S/w project
023 to PROFESSOR
UNIVERSITY planning and management,
05/102023
,KAMPALA,UGANDA
12/10/2 Sri Venkateswara College
022 to PROFESSOR of mgt and computer Object oriented S/w engineering ,
11/11/2022 applications
11/11/2
GH Raisoni University
022 To 25 PROFESSOR C programming
Nagpur
/1/2023
19/10/2
University Of E ommerce,S/w project mgt ,Computer Fundamental ,Internet
016 - 30/07/ Professor
Gonder,Ethiopia concepts & Pgmming ,OS
2017
01/08/2012-
Associate Professor RRCE,Bangalore,India RRCE:MCA – Network security ,Java programming Lab
28/02/2013
01/10/2013- Wolkite Bsc –CS/IT & BBA::OOAD-S/W Project Mgt –Computer
Asst Professor
18/10/2015 University,Ethiopia Fundamental /Digital Electronics
19/11/2011- KingKhalid Bsc –CS/IT:MS Office Suite,Advanced OS ,OS,JAVA
Asst Professor
30/07/2012 University,Saudiarabia Programming Lab ,C Pgmming,Datastructure
RVSCET-MCA( OS,Internet programming and tools,Unix and
shell programming,Unix network Programming,Compiler
Asst Professor, Design.,Artificial Intelligence.,Component object model,Java
03/01/1998-
RVSCET,Dindigul,India pgmming,Digital Electronics,Management Information
02/07/2007
Sr Lecturer,Lecturer System,System Analysis and Design) MBA( Introduction
Computer.,MS office suite ),MSc S/W Engineering(Digital
Electronics,C,Computer archtecture)
21/07/1995- CASC-MCA(AI,SAD,DBMS,MIS,COBOL),Bsc CS (
Lecturer CAASC,Kangeyam.India
18/08/1997 AI,COBOL,ORACLE.,SQL.,PASCAL,C,FORTRAN)
03/08/1992 –
Lecturer/Instructor DAASC,Aruppukottai,India DASC-MCA&BSc(Microprocessor)
20/07/1995
20/08/1997- Amrita University
Lecturer AIET-MCA(cobol pgmming,MS packages)
06/02/1998 ,Coimbaotore
Principal Director-
R&D govt scientific
organization-
05/07/2007 - advanced computing CDAC ACTS-DAC (Linux module ),DESD(Linux module),DSSD
Acts,CDAC
04/07/2011 training school- ( Network security),DEP ( Linux module,Network security)
MTS
Eiii/TRAINING
team Coordinator
EXAMINERSHIP

Examiner/Question Setter for the Following Institution/University

• MADRAS UNIVERSITY , CHENNAI.

• BHARATHIYARUNIVERSITY ,COIMBATORE.
• MANONMANIAMSUNDARANARUNIVERSITY, TIRUNELVELI .
• MADURAIKAMARAJUNIVERSITY,MADURAI.
• ANNAUNIVERSITY, CHENNAI and MADURAIKAMARAJUNIVERSITY,
MADURAI.
• GANDHIGRAMMAM RURAL INSTITUTE DEEMEDUNIVERSITY,
GANDHIGRAMMAM.
• SASTRA DEEMED UNIVERSITY, TANJORE.
• AVINASHILINGAM DEEMED UNIVERSITY, COIMBATORE.
• IGNOU ,NEWDELHI.
• THIYAGARAJARCOLLEGE OF ENGG &TECH ,MADURAI.
• SATYABAMA DEEMED UNIVERSITY, CHENNAI.
• KARUNYA DEEMED UNIVERSITY, COIMBATORE
• VELLORE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ,VELLORE
• DR G.R.DAMODARAN COLLEGE OF SCIENCE ,COIMBATORE.
• SRM DEEMED UNIVERSITY , CHENNAI.
• ANJAARTS & SCIENCECOLLEGE (Autonomous ), SIVAKASI .
• ARULMIGUPALANIANDAVUR ARTSCOLLEGE FOR WOMEN
(Autonomous) ,PALANI.
• FATIMACOLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), MADURAI .
• GOVTCOLLEGE (Autonomous) ,KUMBAKONAM.
• GVGCOLLEGE FOR WOMEN (Autonomous),UDMALPET.
• SRI MEENAKSHI GOVT COLLEGE FOR WOMEN
(Autonomous),MADURAI.
• KARPAGAM ARTS AND SCIENCE COLLEGE
(Autonomous),COIMBATORE.
• THE STANDARD FIREWORKS RAJARATNAM COLLEGE FOR
WOMEN,SIVAKASI.
• SNRSONSCOLLEGE (Autonomous),COIMBATORE.
• PSGRKRISHNAMMALCOLLEGE FOR WOMEN,COIMBATORE

REFERENCE
Dr. E.R.Naganathan Professor and head, Dept of Computer Sciecne and
Engg, Hindustan university, padur,chennai - 603103. Tamilnadu,India
Tel: +91944311370 (mobile) Email: [email protected]

Dr.K.Kuppusamy Professor ,Dept of Computer science & engineering

Alagappa university,karaikudi,Tamilnadu,india Telephone: +91-94434-
16970(mobile) Email : [email protected]
[email protected]

Dr.K.Makesh Professor , Dept of Computer Science & Engineering

,Alagappa university, Karaikudi, Tamil nadu,India. Telephone:
+919443190942 Email : [email protected]

Dr Meyyappan.,Professor Professor , Dept of Computer Science &

Engineering ,Alagappa university, Karaikudi,Tamil nadu,India.

Dr E .Ramaraj ,Professor , Dept of Computer Science & Engineering

,Alagappa university, Karaikudi,Tamil nadu,India. Telephone: 9442473753
Email : [email protected]

UOG-GONDER-ETHIOPIA

Mr Theoderus.,DEAN OF FACULTY OF INFORMATICS ., UOG –

GONDER., Mobile:251918776951 Email:

Mr Daniel ., HOD OF IT DEPT., UOG-GONDER

Email:[email protected] ., Mobile:251918069315

WKU ,Wolkite

Mr Melaku Kore.,Head, Department of Computer Science .,Wolkite,

07.,Ethiopia +251113220032 Mobile: +251910561133 Fax:
+251113220041 [email protected]

Mr Addisu ,HOD i/c –College of Computer Science, Wolkite University,

Wolkite, Ethiopia Mobile :0922628132 [email protected]
Mr Feidu Akmel ,Dean, College Of Computing And Informatics, Wolkite
University .,Ethiopia , Mobile: +251910137167

Mobile: 0912063130 .Mail :[email protected]

QUALIFICATIONS

PhD Computer Science 20/11/2009 to 11/01/2016 Regno:0126

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING DEPT,ALAGAPPA

UNIVERSITY,KARAIKUDI,TAMILNADU,INDIA

NIRF no:IR-Q-U-o435

Title of dissertation: Preventing Unknown malware attack by using

intelligence intrusion multidetection systems

Supervisor :Dr K.Kuppusamy .Professor ,Computer Science and

Engineering, Alagappa University ,Karaikudi,Tamilnadu,India

Pre Registration Qualifying Examination: 28/02/2009 Validity -2yrs

upto -31/05/2011

Registration: 20/11/2009

Course work Paper ii- Area of Specialization: 03/12/2010

Dt of Submission: 25/11/2015

Defended /Awarded Date: 11/01/2016

Before PhD Papers Published:

 After PhD Papers/Book Chapters/ Books /articles Published: 3

MPhil Computer Science Reg No: 0044412 05/2000 – 05/2002 68 %

MANONMANIUM SUNDARANAR
UNIVERSITY,TIRUNELVELI,TAMILNADU,INDIA

NIRF No: IR-Q-U-0464

Title of dissertation: Comparative Study of Search Engine

Supervisor :DrStaneley Christopher,Prof & Head ,NGM Pollachi

College ,Tamilnadu,India

Dt of Registration: 05/2000

Dt of Submission : 01/01/2002

Dt of Award: May 2002

Mark:255/300

Percentage of Marks:68

Class: First
 ALAGAPPAUNIVERSITY
(A State University Established in 1985)
KARAIKUDI - 630 003, Tamil Nadu, India
www.alagappauniversity.ac.in
2017 2018 2018 2020 2020

Accredited with A+ Grade Graded as Category-1, (University Category) India Rank : 24

Swachh Campus
by NAAC (CGPA : 3.64) Granted Autonomy Rank : 36 Asia Rank: 222
Rank : 4

DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTATIONAL LOGISTICS

Dr.K.Kuppusamy Date: 25.05.2022
Professor & Head (i/c)

TO WHOMSOEVER IT MAY CONCERN

This is to certify that Dr.S.MURUGAN is known to me as a student and Research

Scholar in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Alagappa University. He has
good academic records, research and teaching experiences.

He has completed his M.C.A programme with first class Distinction in the year in the
year 1989-1992 He acquired his Ph.D in Computer Science in the year 2016. He has done his
research work under my supervision in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering
and his research title is “Preventing Unknown Malware Attack by using Intelligence
intrusion Multi detection systems”. He has more than 20 years of teaching experience worked
in various reputed educational institutions in India and overseas. During his teaching profession
he handled Computer Science related courses to Post Graduate Programmes M.Sc,(Computer
Science), M.C.A and Under Graduate Programmges B.Sc (Computer Science), B.C.A,
B.Sc(Information Technology).

He has published research papers in the reputed International and National Journals and
Conference Proceedings, and presented his research contributions in International and National
Conferences and Workshops. Besides, he has published more than 5 Computer Science subject
books.

He is sincere and dynamic competent personality in executing any kind of academic /

Research / administrative employment entrusted to him. I believe strongly that
Dr.S.MURUGAN is a very big credit to any of the institution in General and in particular higher
learning Educational and training institutes.

I wish him all success in all his professional endeavours.

(K.KUPPUSAMY)
 Dr.E.R.Naganathan, MSc.,MTech.,PhD
Professor, Department of Computer
Science and Engineering
Vaddeswaram – 522302.
Guntur Dist., Andhra Pradesh

To Whomsoever It May Concern

This is to certify that Dr.Murugan Sethuraman is known to me as a Post Graduate Student and then
as a Research Scholar in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Alagappa University,
Karaikudi, India. I taught him few courses during his study in my Department as mentioned above.
He was one of the dedicated and self-motivated students.

Dr.Murugan S is consistent in his career as a teacher and presented research papers in National and
International Journals/Proceedings. He is always interested to learn and update in emerging
technologies with great initiatives and positive attitudes.

I recommend Dr.Murugan for a faculty position in your esteemed Institution.

Date: 15th July 2022

(E.R.NAGANATHAN)
 RESEARCH STATEMENT
My research interests focus in the design and analysis of Security algorithms. Here prior attention has
been on algorithmic methods and more specifically on new methods and model . In order to realize
security issues studying different networks under various platforms more generally approximation
algorithms. Networks and systems must be able to automatically configure themselves with respect to
their security policies. The security policy specification must be dynamic and adapt itself to the changing
environment. Those networks and systems should interoperate securely when their respective security
policies are heterogeneous and possibly conflicting. There must be able to autonomously evaluate the
impact of an intrusion in order to spontaneously select the appropriate and relevant response when a given
intrusion is detected.
The major goal of my research is to design algorithms and develop mechanisms for dealing with networks
behavior. I have focused on algorithms determining how such influence can be applied, as well as
studying dataset dynamics, understanding the properties of network. The emphasis of my work is usually
on algorithms and network properties with provable guarantees.

My research work entitled “Preventing Unknown Malware Attack by using Intelligent Intrusion
Multi Detection System” describes a new active defense system with Intelligence principles named
IIDPS (Intelligence Intrusion Detection Prevention System) for detecting and preventing unknown
malware. This system consists of different models to identify unknown malware using known malware’s
behavior and characteristics. Multi-Method Detection combines multiple detection mechanisms in a
single Module for comprehensive coverage. Multi-Method Detection maximizes the types of attacks
detected, ensuring critical threats do not go undetected.

Most of commercially available antivirus programs apply a detection system based on the pattern
matching or scanner method, this system extract certain objects from known viruses enters them into a
database in the form of hexadecimal strings and matches files against this database to determine whether
they are malware.Unknown malware are not detected whose pattern will not be contained in its database.
It’s difficult to create patterns that can uniquely characterize malware and prevent safe files from being
misidentified as malware. Signature matching methods are detected only known malware,i.e. poorly
adopted in detection of unknown types of malware.This is associated with the fact that they are based on
a comparison of the values of hash function from small sections of file.Thus by virtue of the
cryptographic properties of the hash functions a change in even one bit in the input completely
changes the output result.

.
Development of an Intelligence Intrusion detection prevention system is a significant undertaking due to
its intrinsic multidisciplinary nature. Ideas from fields such as human-computer interaction, artificial
intelligence and expert systems, and software engineering al1 play central roles. This work is concerned
with the development of an IIDPS hybrid with Neural Network for computer science curriculum level.
The intention has been to design the system such that it can be used for other knowledge domains with
only minor structural modifications.

This algorithm remedied the problem of basic standard algorithm. This indicates that the flaw in the
filtering method as only those signatures were filtered out that were found in the training data. A high
number of signatures were found in the clean programs in the test dataset. Assigning the final class
outcome based upon the majority vote for malware and clean signatures in a file decreased the false
positive rate significantly.

To test the performance of IIDPS, the data were collected from the normal usage of three different users.
The attacks used to test IIDPS were chosen to give a good sampling of high-rate attacks. The attacks
cover scenarios when the machine protected by IIDPS was a victim in the attack and when IIDPS
machine was the. Because IIDPS detects packets by comparing detectors with a bit string representation
of the packet headers, attacks were also chosen to cover changes to different parts of the bit string
representation. Since IIDPS can detect traffic coming both in and out of the protected machine, it can
defend against attacks, when the protected machine is the victim as well as the attacker. To test the
working of IIDPS to avoid different attacks, it is trained with the default parameter settings on each user’s
data, and then tested on the highest rate attack data for each attack. The comparative analysis of IIDPS
with CPC-CPS models and other Intrusion Detection Systems and Techniques reviewed in the literature
survey in predicting and classifying the Unknown malware in the network. The classifiers using
Classification Prediction Combined and Classification Prediction Separated models give better detection
accuracy than the classifiers using other system features. As the result it is concluded that the proposed
IIDPS produces good results in worm detection and produces perfect result in detecting the presence of
worm in the network even for unknown worms.
 My Teaching Philosophy/ Statement
The goal of education should be encourage seeking answers, as it is in this way that we
advance. I am seeking to facilitate this advancement of knowledge, and the main theme
of my teaching philosophy is reasoned thought. I am particularly emphasize learning to
think about trends and directions, rather than memorization of facts.

In order to further encourage seeking answers to the questions around us, try to
encourage the questions themselves. The class is based on first asking the questions, and
then developing the principles to explain the concepts as needed.

Another important element of my teaching philosophy is encouraging reasoned written

and oral work, especially in developing logical arguments. A major factor of this is
spending my time making suggestions, as students can only learn to present their ideas
more effectively if someone shows them how and why modifications could be made to
their natural style to make it clearer.

Personal contact with students is essential to my approach. Many need encouragement to

talk to their teachers, so emphasize my availability for informal discussion and my
willingness to help them sort out any problems they have with what they are learning. My
experience as a teacher is greatly enriched by this contact with students.

Finally, my aim to encourage a sense of wonderment in the world around us. We must
continue to ask the "how?" and "why?" questions in order to advance. Only if answers to
these questions continue to come, will the questions continue to flow.

There are a number of things I am trying to accomplish for my students:

1.A positive atmosphere. Students are called upon to discuss questions, but mistakes are
treated as opportunities to explore misconceptions, not as a reflection of a student's
abilities.

2.A window on the world. Almost any event you can link to the business world, has
accounting implications.

3.Fair playing field. go to some lengths (individualizing computer assignments, etc.) to

ensure that students know that there is no easy way out.

4.Access to a caring individual., work with my office door open, and I am available to
help.

5.Computer troubleshooting. Many students give up on computer exercises in total

frustration when they reach an impasse. I am trying to be available, both in scheduled lab
times and "walk around" through the labs, to ensure that students learn from the computer
exercises.

6.Empowerment. believe that anyone can do well in accounting if they are willing to
spend the time at it. Some pick it up quickly, some need to spend more time. If provide
any value added, it is in encouraging all my students to be interested enough in the
subject to invest more time. Then, I am trying to make sure they spend their time
productively.

7.Respect. Students work hard, earn their grades, and are entitled to their opinions. My
task is to facilitate their learning process.