Fall 2015 Lessons Learned During My Four Decades of (Apparently) Random Jobs! Dr. Daniel “Rags” Ragsdale ENGR 181 Engineering Honors Seminar Fall 2015

Computing Science Major, Texas A&M B.S., General Engineering, US Military Academy nd Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment –Operation “Urgent Fury*” Grenada, (1983) Principal Instructor and Company Commander, 5th Ranger Training Battalion M.S., Computer Science, Naval Post Graduate School Senior Research Scientist, Office of Artificial Intelligence Analysis, West Point Deputy Product Manager, PEO, Standard Army MIS, Fort Belvoir Ph.D., Computer Science, Texas A&M University Senior Research Scientist and Director, IT Research Center, West Point Chief of Assessment, Coalition & Joint Task Force 180 (CJTF-180), Afghanistan 2002 –“Operation Enduring Freedom” Program Director, IT Program, US Military Academy, West Point Deputy Commanding Officer, Task Force Thunderbolt, 17 th FA Bde, Baghdad, Iraq –“Operation Iraqi Freedom” Vice Dean for Education, US Military Academy, West Point NY American Council on Education (ACE) Fellow, President’s Office, Rice University Program Manager Defense Advanced Research Project Agency (DARPA) Professor of Practice & Center Director, Department of Computer Science and Engineering and the Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service (TEES) 2015-???? ArmyEducation Research/Program Management My “Career”

Fall 2015 My “Career” Computing Science Major, Texas A&M B.S., General Engineering, US Military Academy nd Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment –Operation “Urgent Fury*” Grenada, (1983) Principal Instructor and Company Commander, 5th Ranger Training Battalion M.S., Computer Science, Naval Post Graduate School Senior Research Scientist, Office of Artificial Intelligence Analysis, West Point Deputy Product Manager, PEO, Standard Army MIS, Fort Belvoir Ph.D., Computer Science, Texas A&M University Senior Research Scientist and Director, IT Research Center, West Point Chief of Assessment, Coalition & Joint Task Force 180 (CJTF-180), Afghanistan 2002 –“Operation Enduring Freedom” Program Director, IT Program, US Military Academy, West Point Deputy Commanding Officer, Task Force Thunderbolt, 17 th FA Bde, Baghdad, Iraq –“Operation Iraqi Freedom ” Vice Dean for Education, US Military Academy, West Point NY American Council on Education (ACE) Fellow, President’s Office, Rice University Program Manager Defense Advanced Research Project Agency (DARPA) Professor of Practice & Center Director, Department of Computer Science and Engineering and the Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service (TEES) 2015-???? ArmyEducation Research/Program Management

Fall 2015 Lessons Learned: Your Work “Choose a job you love and you’ll never work a day in your life” ~Confucius Ragsdale’s Corollary: “Find out how to love your job and…”

Fall 2015 Lessons Learned: Job Selection Three most important aspects of job selection…

Fall 2015 Lessons Learned: “Continued” Education Feed the addiction Fun/Learning/Interesting People

Fall 2015 Lessons Learned: Required Equipment Integrity Much, Volkswagen?

Fall 2015 Lessons Learned: Stress Management Yerkes, R.M. and Dodson, J.D. (1908), “The relation of strength of stimulus to rapidity of habit- formation”, Journal of Comparative Neurology and Psychology, Vol. 18, p Yerkes-Dodson Human Performance Stress Curve

Fall 2015 Lessons Learned: Stress Revisited ‘…believing stress is bad for you’ the fifteenth- leading cause of death in the United States, killing more people than skin cancer, HIV/AIDS, and homicide.” “Embrace the ….

Fall 2015 Lessons Learned: Work/Life Balance “…Instead of possibilities, I have realities in my past, not only the reality of work done and of love loved, but of sufferings bravely suffered.…” Viktor E. FranklViktor E. Frankl, Man's Search for MeaningMan's Search for Meaning

Fall 2015 Lessons Learned: Bottom line Stress is your friend - comfort is your enemy! Find Passion for: –Learning –Your Work –Others Integrity Success? –Acknowledge your self-interest –Seek (and be open to) opportunities to make a positive difference

Fall 2015 Cybersecurity Impact? Fulfillment? Learning?

Fall 2015 Business Sociology Psychology and Behavioral Science Policy and Political Science Economics History Cultural Geography and Anthropology Mathematics Statistics Law Ethics Computer Science Information Technology Information Management “Cybersecurity entails the protective measures that address the inherent conflict in code for control of interconnected systems and data.” Computer Engineering Electrical Engineering Mechanical Engineering Nuclear Engineering Aerospace Engineering Petroleum Engineering Biomedical Engineering Engineering Technology & Industrial Distribution Industrial & Systems Engineering Civil Engineering Biological & Agricultural Engineering Chemical Engineering Materials Science & Engineering

Code Red (2001)

Fall :29:00 UTC, January 25, 2003 [from Moore et al. “The Spread of the Sapphire/Slammer Worm”] Only 30 minute later!

Fall 2015 Norse Live Ongoing Attacks