George Ledin Explained

George Ledin
Birth Date:28 January 1946
Nationality:America
Fields:Computer science
Workplaces:Sonoma State University
Alma Mater:University of California, Berkeley
University of San Francisco
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George Ledin, Jr. (born January 28, 1946) is an American computer scientist and professor of computer science at Sonoma State University. Ledin's teaching of computer security at Sonoma State has been controversial for its inclusion of material on how to write malware. Ledin is a strong critic of the antivirus software industry, whose products he considers almost useless.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] Ledin also helped found the computer science program at the University of San Francisco, and published several books on computing in the 1970s and 1980s.

Education and career

Ledin is a 1967 graduate of the University of California, Berkeley.

He started teaching computer science at the University of San Francisco in 1965, as the second computer scientist at the university, five years before the university's computer science department itself was founded.[6] In 1970, he served as vice-president of The Fibonacci Association, and host of its annual meeting.[7] In 1973, as a researcher in the Institute of Chemical Biology and instructor in computer science at the university, he was the chair of the first national conference on ALGOL,[8] By 1980 he was head of the computer science department at the university.

He earned a Juris Doctor at the University of San Francisco in 1982, and moved to the Sonoma State faculty in 1984.[9]

Books

Ledin is author or co-author of books including:

Personal life

Ledin was born in Austria.[8] He and his co-author Victor Ledin are brothers,[12] both sons of Georgii Grigorievich Ledin (1921–2019), an immigrant from the Georgian city of Sukhumi.[18]

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Press Democrat. https://web.archive.org/web/20071025040136/http://www1.pressdemocrat.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20070522%2FNEWS%2F705220312%2F1033%2FNEWS01. 2007-10-25. Computer viruses invade SSU class – on purpose: Professor defends teaching how to create malicious programs; 3 companies vow not to hire grads. Nathan. Halverson. May 22, 2007. 2020-08-26. live.
  2. News: North Bay Bohemian. Virtual Virtues: Will we be ready when bad things happen to good computers?. Bruce. Robinson. April 2, 2008.
  3. This Bug Man Is a Pest. Adam B. Kushner. August 2008. Newsweek. 28 November 2017.
  4. News: SSU professor, once criticized, now gaining praise for class in malware. Press Democrat. May 7, 2009. Nathan. Halverson.
  5. Sullins. John P.. A Case Study in Malware Research Ethics Education: When Teaching Bad is Good. https://www.ieee-security.org/TC/SPW2014/papers/5103a001.PDF. May 2014. 10.1109/spw.2014.46. 2014 IEEE Security and Privacy Workshops. free.
  6. Web site: Self-Study and Development Plan. Department of Computer Science, University of San Francisco. March 12, 2008. See in particular Section 2.10, "Founders", p. 14.
  7. News: San Francisco Foghorn. Natty numbers to draw cryptic crowd to campus. University of San Francisco Gleeson Library. 2. March 13, 1970.
  8. News: Ledin discusses computer marvel. September 22, 1973. San Francisco Foghorn. University of San Francisco Gleeson Library. 5.
  9. Web site: Sonoma State University 2018–2019 Catalog. 468. March 24, 2020.
  10. January 1973. 10.1080/00220310.1973.11646122. 4. The Journal of Data Education. 27–29. Information. 13.
  11. Kerr. Kathy. November–December 1982. 6. Landscape Architecture Magazine. 44671496. 95–96, 98. Review: Computer Literacy. 72.
  12. The Programmer's Book of Rules. Reviews. 80 Microcomputing. May 1980. 14. 5. Chris. Brown.
  13. The Programmer's Book of Rules. Programming Pastimes and Pleasures. Dr. Dobb's Journal. 5. 1980. Charles. Wetherell. 41. 42–43.
  14. GHM. Review of The Programmer's Book of Rules. Telegraphic Reviews. The American Mathematical Monthly. 90. 8. October 1983. C93. 2322788. 10.1080/00029890.1983.11971278.
  15. Creative Computing. 7. 9. September 1981. Stephen B.. Gray. The top ten good books for giving or getting. 220–225.
  16. Softalk. Understanding Pascal. 3. 7. March 1983. 169. Marketalk Reviews.
  17. Two handy guides from Alfred Publishing. Softalk. 2. 8. January 1984. 155. Marketalk News.
  18. News: George Ledin, Mar 11 1921 – Jan 3, 2019. San Francisco Chronicle. January 15, 2019.

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