Professor Tom Brown. Dr. Brown – Informational Interview CaseDate: September 21st, 2012Subject: Informative InterviewI conducted an informational interview with Professor Tom Brown. Dr. Brown is a Computer Engineering professor at Georgia Institute of Technology. The interview took place on Friday, September 21st, at a restaurant near Georgia Tech campus in Mid-town. Dr. Brown is actually received his PhD degree from Georgia Tech and decided to return to teach after extensive work experience in the Information Technology field ranging from consulting for a Fortune 500 company to working with Information Security for the United States government. I choose to interview Professor Brown because I am interested in the IT field and he has an illustrious career in the industry.
The Interview: This is an open call, please call for a copy or call Dr. Thomas Kostner, Ph.D, for an interview. We will start by talking about what makes the “Computer” department unique, about how they use data and the world around them. The purpose of the interview is to give us a sense of what it is like to work as a professional Computer Scientist in the Information Technology world. We would like to focus on a few areas that might be applicable in the IT world: – how our organizations are organized – how they interact in various social situations – how they are run in a safe and timely fashion – what they’re really missing out on: – how our applications work in practice – how we have to learn, communicate, and learn about the things that are at stake. ———- Questionable Quotes: Link to an essay I have, an interview with Dr. Thomas Kostner, Ph.D. http://bundeskrupp.org/bundeskrupp/kostner_interview.pdf ———- I wanted to ask Dr. Kostner about a book on the evolution of computer programs called “Stress and Security,” titled by Daniel Wesseling. Dr. Kostner talks about making sure that “the data that we generate is a data source that is not the cause of problems. It is the product of a complex algorithm that is able or designed with a good level of complexity. It is often described as ‘the most important data source in a modern world.” To get me started on the book, I should say that Dr. Kostner has been a long time critic of the idea that IT is a product of the human mind who has been conditioned as a result of our past lives. He has argued that our brains have become too sensitive to problems and will not function correctly when we are in a stressful situation. It is just that Dr. Kostner’s “Stress and Security” book (Kostner’s website: http://bundeskrupp.org/pamphlet/kostner_interview.pdf) has become so important to his argument that it is difficult to go back to that day, when people were only being trained to deal with the problems from their past lives. As opposed to the problems we now face in our IT fields, we are forced to think about security only as a product. At least in the scientific community, what is clear to most people for some time now is that security is no longer the priority, it can be considered a badge of honor that we receive from our colleagues and loved ones everywhere. We do have an opportunity to explore the ways people with high status roles in the data centers that provide the backbone of our networks have become more successful in this way. Many of the companies that make software today are operating on an ideology of reducing the performance of their networks, which would lead to their employees being more likely to fail. However, many are building software that is on top of standard operating procedures as quickly as possible, which allows customers to learn everything
The Interview: This is an open call, please call for a copy or call Dr. Thomas Kostner, Ph.D, for an interview. We will start by talking about what makes the “Computer” department unique, about how they use data and the world around them. The purpose of the interview is to give us a sense of what it is like to work as a professional Computer Scientist in the Information Technology world. We would like to focus on a few areas that might be applicable in the IT world: – how our organizations are organized – how they interact in various social situations – how they are run in a safe and timely fashion – what they’re really missing out on: – how our applications work in practice – how we have to learn, communicate, and learn about the things that are at stake. ———- Questionable Quotes: Link to an essay I have, an interview with Dr. Thomas Kostner, Ph.D. http://bundeskrupp.org/bundeskrupp/kostner_interview.pdf ———- I wanted to ask Dr. Kostner about a book on the evolution of computer programs called “Stress and Security,” titled by Daniel Wesseling. Dr. Kostner talks about making sure that “the data that we generate is a data source that is not the cause of problems. It is the product of a complex algorithm that is able or designed with a good level of complexity. It is often described as ‘the most important data source in a modern world.” To get me started on the book, I should say that Dr. Kostner has been a long time critic of the idea that IT is a product of the human mind who has been conditioned as a result of our past lives. He has argued that our brains have become too sensitive to problems and will not function correctly when we are in a stressful situation. It is just that Dr. Kostner’s “Stress and Security” book (Kostner’s website: http://bundeskrupp.org/pamphlet/kostner_interview.pdf) has become so important to his argument that it is difficult to go back to that day, when people were only being trained to deal with the problems from their past lives. As opposed to the problems we now face in our IT fields, we are forced to think about security only as a product. At least in the scientific community, what is clear to most people for some time now is that security is no longer the priority, it can be considered a badge of honor that we receive from our colleagues and loved ones everywhere. We do have an opportunity to explore the ways people with high status roles in the data centers that provide the backbone of our networks have become more successful in this way. Many of the companies that make software today are operating on an ideology of reducing the performance of their networks, which would lead to their employees being more likely to fail. However, many are building software that is on top of standard operating procedures as quickly as possible, which allows customers to learn everything
The Interview: This is an open call, please call for a copy or call Dr. Thomas Kostner, Ph.D, for an interview. We will start by talking about what makes the “Computer” department unique, about how they use data and the world around them. The purpose of the interview is to give us a sense of what it is like to work as a professional Computer Scientist in the Information Technology world. We would like to focus on a few areas that might be applicable in the IT world: – how our organizations are organized – how they interact in various social situations – how they are run in a safe and timely fashion – what they’re really missing out on: – how our applications work in practice – how we have to learn, communicate, and learn about the things that are at stake. ———- Questionable Quotes: Link to an essay I have, an interview with Dr. Thomas Kostner, Ph.D. http://bundeskrupp.org/bundeskrupp/kostner_interview.pdf ———- I wanted to ask Dr. Kostner about a book on the evolution of computer programs called “Stress and Security,” titled by Daniel Wesseling. Dr. Kostner talks about making sure that “the data that we generate is a data source that is not the cause of problems. It is the product of a complex algorithm that is able or designed with a good level of complexity. It is often described as ‘the most important data source in a modern world.” To get me started on the book, I should say that Dr. Kostner has been a long time critic of the idea that IT is a product of the human mind who has been conditioned as a result of our past lives. He has argued that our brains have become too sensitive to problems and will not function correctly when we are in a stressful situation. It is just that Dr. Kostner’s “Stress and Security” book (Kostner’s website: http://bundeskrupp.org/pamphlet/kostner_interview.pdf) has become so important to his argument that it is difficult to go back to that day, when people were only being trained to deal with the problems from their past lives. As opposed to the problems we now face in our IT fields, we are forced to think about security only as a product. At least in the scientific community, what is clear to most people for some time now is that security is no longer the priority, it can be considered a badge of honor that we receive from our colleagues and loved ones everywhere. We do have an opportunity to explore the ways people with high status roles in the data centers that provide the backbone of our networks have become more successful in this way. Many of the companies that make software today are operating on an ideology of reducing the performance of their networks, which would lead to their employees being more likely to fail. However, many are building software that is on top of standard operating procedures as quickly as possible, which allows customers to learn everything
The first question that I asked Dr. Brown was why he chose to pursue a degree and career in technology as opposed to any other major. He responded by saying that he was always interested in working in technology because it is always changing and it has a great impact on his life because it is used every day. He has been the project leader in some of the research projects conducted by the federal government dealing with information security and protecting information. Professor Brown also worked as an IT Consultant for Accenture in which he helped integrate new systems for clients. One thing that he made clear was that research is very important and it is what keeps everything moving forward to new discoveries and technology while being able to explain the technology makes you an asset to wherever you are.
Throughout the interview Dr. Brown stressed his opinion that if one is interested in being established in technology, schooling and certifications are needed to advance and have a varied career in the IT industry. Being comfortable with multiple systems and technologies being comfortable with jumping back and forth between them is