GLOBAL SECURITY ENGINEERING announces new Chief Technology Officer - Dr. Chih-Cheng Hung. 

For Immediate Release:   Atlanta GA, May 26, 2009

Global Security Engineering’s CEO David Raudabaugh announces that Dr. Chih-Cheng Hung PhD, has joined the company’s Board of Directors as the Chief Technology Officer.  Dr. Hung has been an integral part of the company’s research and development since joining GSE, directing the efforts of the Facial Recognition Research Center at Southern Polytechnic State University and serving on the company’s Advisory Board.  Raudabaugh states that Dr. Hung and his team have been able to improve the performance and accuracy of our patent pending facial recognition algorithms and system software, while increasing our intellectual property portfolio; this will lead to additional patent applications to be filed in the near future.  Dr. Hung adds “I am very glad to join the Board of Directors and lead the research team and continue our facial recognition research and development.  With our research effort, I am sure that we will continue to provide cutting-edge facial recognition technology to the market.”

Chih-Chen Hung is a professor in the School of Computing and Software Engineering (CSE) at Southern Polytechnic State University.  His experience in research and development include collaborations with the, U.S. ARMY MICOM, NASA, NASA/ASGC (Alabama Space Grant Consortium), NSF, and DOE/University of Alabama.
In addition, he holds guest professorship from The Center for Biomedical Imaging and Bioinformatics, Huachong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China and The State Key Laboratory of Information Engineering in Surveying, Mapping and Remote Sensing, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China.  His research interests include image/video processing and analysis, pattern recognition, artificial intelligence, swarm intelligence, neural networks, genetic algorithms, fuzzy logic, information fusion, image/video retrieval, parallel processing, and software metrics.

Professor Hung is also a member of several professional organizations including IEEE, ACM, IEEE signal processing society, Pattern Recognition Society, International Society for Computers and their Applications (ISCA), International Association for Computer & Information Science, The Chinese-American Academic and Professional Association in Southeastern United States (CAPASUS).  He is also a member of the Upsilon Pi Epsilon Honor Society in the Computing Sciences and a member of the Phi Tau Phi Scholastic Honor Society of America. He has received the IEEE 2000 Millennium Medal for professional contributions.

You can visit Professor Hung’s website at http://cse.spsu.edu/chung/Default.htm

David Raudabaugh, CEO of Global Security Engineering named Finalist in Atlanta Reality TV show “The Next Tycoon”

For Immediate Release:   Atlanta GA, May 11, 2009

David Raudabaugh, CEO of Global Security Engineering, was selected as a finalist on the new reality business show “The Next Tycoon”.  “The Next Tycoon” is a reality television business-plan competition pitting the business ideas of promising entrepreneurs against a panel of critical judges.  The show was aired on Sunday, May 10^th, 2009 on CBS-46 in Atlanta, GA.  David came in second place and his facial recognition software business received high scores.  One of the judges, Laura Colin, author of Family Inc and a former Wall Street investment broker stated that she would put her money into his business.  “That comment was priceless.” stated David Raudabaugh.  Show judge Dr. Benn Konsynski, Professor at Emory University’s Goizueta Business School, gave David a high score and commented on the importance of identity verification in the future.  “This was a great opportunity to present our business plan to successful entrepreneurs and educators to get there valuable feedback.”  Global Security Engineering is currently seeking investors and more information can be found on their website. www.idbiometricsinc.com

About GSE
Global Security Engineering is a software developer for biometric identity solutions.  We have developed a new patent- pending facial recognition software that will be able to provide identity management.  By using your face for identification, our software can be integrated into security applications for healthcare patient id’s, online social networking, financial transactions, law enforcement agencies, hospitality/gaming, transportation and government agencies.  Please visit us at www.globalsecurityengineering.com

About the "The Next Tycoon"
"The Next Tycoon" ( www.thenexttycoon.biz ) is a business-plan competition pitting entrepreneurs against one another in front of television cameras, and critical judges. "The Next Tycoon" is the brainchild of one of Atlanta's leading entrepreneurs, W. Cliff Oxford. Oxford, who endows the executive MBA program at Emory University's Goizueta Business School, launched his business success in Atlanta with a help-desk services company that rapidly was recognized on Inc. magazine's prestigious "500 List" three years in a row as the 14th fastest growing company. In 2000, Oxford was named "The Entrepreneur of the Year" by the Atlanta Chamber of Commerce.