David C. Rine

David Rine has been practicing, teaching ,and researching engineered software development for over thirty years. Prior to joining George Mason University, he served in various leadership roles in the IEEE Computer Society and co-founded two of the technical committees. He joined George Mason University in 1985 and was the founding chair of the Department of Computer Science and one of the founders of the (Volgenau) School of Information Technology and Engineering. Rine has received numerous research, teaching, and service awards from computer science and engineering societies and associations, including the IEEE Centennial Award, IEEE Pioneer Award, IEEE Computer Society Meritorious Service Awards, the IEEE Computer Society Special Awards, IEEE Computer Society 50th anniversary Golden Core Award, and historical IEEE Computer Society Honor Roll and Distinguished Technical Services Awards. He has been a pioneer in graduate, undergraduate, and high school education, producing computer science texts and leading establishment of the International Advanced Placement Computer Science program for the nation's high school students, co-designer of the first computer science and engineering curriculum (1976), and the first masters in software engineering curriculum (1978). He has been an editor of a number of prestigious software-oriented journals. During his tenure, he has authored over 300 published works and has directed many PhD students. Complementing his work at GMU, he has worked on many international technology and relief projects in various countries and made many life-long international friendships. His past students are the most important record of his technical achievements.

Publications

Advances in Web Technologies and Engineering
Advances in Web Technologies and Engineering
Ghazi I. Alkhatib, David C. Rine. 2013.
The Advances in Web Technologies and Engineering (AWTE) Book Series aims to provide a platform for research in the area of Information Technology (IT) concepts, tools...
Web Engineering Advancements and Trends: Building New Dimensions of Information Technology
Web Engineering Advancements and Trends: Building New Dimensions of Information Technology
Ghazi I. Alkhatib, David C. Rine. © 2010. 374 pages.
As countless failures in information technology and Web-based systems are caused by an incorrect understanding of knowledge sharing, an increased awareness of modern, fundamental...
Agent Technologies and Web Engineering: Applications and Systems
Agent Technologies and Web Engineering: Applications and Systems
Ghazi I. Alkhatib, David C. Rine. © 2009. 338 pages.
In recent years, the emerging field of agent technologies has become mainstream in Web engineering. With constant field developments and updates, a reference source is needed...
Integrated Approaches in Information Technology and Web Engineering: Advancing Organizational Knowledge Sharing
Integrated Approaches in Information Technology and Web Engineering: Advancing Organizational Knowledge Sharing
Ghazi I. Alkhatib, David C. Rine. © 2009. 392 pages.
With the increasing proliferation of information technology and Web-based approaches to the implementation of systems and services, researchers, educators, and practitioners...
Secure Online DNS Dynamic Updates: Architecture and Implementation
Secure Online DNS Dynamic Updates: Architecture and Implementation
Xunhua Wang, David Rine. © 2009. 18 pages.
Domain Name System (DNS) is the system for the mapping between easily memorizable host names and their IP addresses. Due to its criticality, the Internet Engineering Task Force...
Exploring the Risks That Affect Community College Decision Makers
Exploring the Risks That Affect Community College Decision Makers
Margaret W. Wood, David C. Rine. © 2008. 9 pages.
For leaders, decision making is a charge that cannot be escaped. For those who prefer to avoid this responsibility, the startling truth is that not making a decision is a...
Secure Online DNS Dynamic Updates: Architecture and Implementation
Secure Online DNS Dynamic Updates: Architecture and Implementation
Xunhua Wang, David Rine. © 2007. 20 pages.
Domain Name System (DNS) is the Internet infrastructure for mapping human-friendly domain names into IP addresses. To provide data-origin authentication for DNS, the DNS Security...