The core tenet of the information technology and management (ITM) program is its hands-on, reality-based approach to education. Vital to ensuring our students learn and do is participating in projects and research that focus on solving real-world problems, preparing our graduates to hit the ground running when they begin their careers.
Students can participate in hands-on projects and research throughout their Illinois Tech career, including those with ITM faculty members who are experts in their fields and many of whom are actively still involved within the industry.
Areas of Interest
ITM faculty are experts across the IT, cybersecurity, and smart technology spectrum:Maurice Dawson—Software assurance, advanced cybersecurity principles, internet of things, hyperconnectivity and hyperconnected systems, cybersecurity workforce development, homeland security
Louis McHugh—Cyber crime, cyberwarfare, security, leadership, networking, security, virtualization
Ray Trygstad—Cybersecurity policy, cybersecurity management, system administration, cloud computing, operating system virtualization, open-source operating systems and applications, multimedia
Bill Lidinsky—Cybersecurity, digital forensics, steganography, computer networking, computer and network security, computer and network forensics, vulnerability testing
Jeremy Hajek—Internet of things, smart technology, DevOps, information technology orchestration, augmented reality applications, cross reality (XR) and virtual reality, cloud computing, systems architecture, enterprise computing, embedded systems, operating systems
Adarsh Arora—Entrepreneurship, technology entrepreneurship, innovation
C. Robert Carlson—Information technology entrepreneurship, software maturity models, Information architecture, object-oriented modeling and design, database design, software engineering
Jeremy Hajek—Augmented reality applications, cross reality (XR) and virtual reality, internet of things, smart technology, DevOps, information technology orchestration, cloud computing, systems architecture, enterprise computing, embedded systems, operating systems
Vasilios (Billy) Pappademetriou—Mesh networks, HAM radio, RF/wireless projects, information technology management, intelligent devices, open-source software for intelligent devices
Maurice Dawson—Internet of things, cybersecurity of internet of things and connected devices, software assurance, advanced cybersecurity principles
Jeremy Hajek—Internet of things, smart technology, DevOps, information technology orchestration, augmented reality applications, cross reality (XR) and virtual reality, cloud computing, systems architecture, enterprise computing, embedded systems, operating systems
Yong Zheng—Recommender systems, user modeling, affective computing, behavior analytics
Yong Zheng—Social media, computational advertising, digital marketing social commerce, shared economy, microfinance, learning analytics, MOOC, tourism
Karl Stolley—Web design and development, accessible rich internet applications (ARIA), web real-time communication (WebRTC), user interfaces, open source and open standards, social media, sustainability and digital archiving, rhetoric of programming languages
Yong Zheng—Data mining and machine learning, recommender systems, business intelligence, decision science, learning science
C. Robert Carlson—Database design, information technology entrepreneurship, software maturity models, Information architecture, object-oriented modeling and design, software engineering
James Papademas—Database design, object-oriented programming, mobile applications
Jeremy Hajek—Cloud computing, information technology container orchestration, internet of things, DevOps, systems architecture, enterprise computing, embedded systems, operating systems, augmented reality, cross reality (XR) and virtual reality, smart technology.