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Rebroadcast from the original Oct. 30 talk.WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Mikhail Atallah, distinguished professor of computer science and a professor of electrical and computer engineering (courtesy), has been chosen as the 2017 Arden L. Bement Jr. Award recipient. One of Purdue University's top three research honors, the Bement Award is the most prestigious award the university bestows in pure and applied science and engineering. Atallah is being honored for his significant contributions in the design and implementation of efficient processing and security protections for computer-based technologies. “Dr. Atallah’s world-renowned work in algorithms, access hierarchies and information security combines deep theoretical approaches with solutions-based efficient designs to address the most challenging computer processing and security issues,” said Suresh Garimella, Purdue's executive vice president for research and partnerships and the Goodson Distinguished Professor of Mechanical Engineering, in announcing the winner. “His highly creative and innovative ideas and fresh viewpoints have had a major impact on the fields of distributed computing and cyber security.” Atallah will deliver the Arden L. Bement Jr. Distinguished Lecture on Oct. 30 in Stewart Center's Fowler Hall. The 1:30 p.m. lecture is free and open to the public. Among his accomplishments, Atallah settled longstanding open problems in data structuring for range-minimum queries and in data filtering with running-max filters. He designed an influential and award-winning technique for key management in access hierarchies and developed a divide-and-conquer technique to parallelize sequential algorithms, resulting in numerous optimal algorithms for solving complex geometric and combinatorial problems. Atallah co-founded Arxan Technologies Inc., to commercialize a software protection technology developed jointly with his doctoral student Hoi Chang. Used in more than 500 million computing devices today, the technology consists of injecting self-protective mechanisms in software that make it harder to hack. Atallah came to Purdue as an assistant professor of computer science in 1982 after earning a doctorate at Johns Hopkins University. He was named a full professor in 1989 and has been a distinguished professor since 2004. He is affiliated with the Center for Education and Research in Information Assurance and Security (CERIAS) and has a courtesy appointment in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering. He is a fellow of both the Association for Computing Machinery and IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers). His work on key management received the 2015 CCS Test of Time Award. He was the 2016 recipient of the Purdue Sigma Xi Faculty Research Award, and the 2013 recipient of the Purdue Outstanding Commercialization Award. He has lectured frequently around the nation and the world as a keynote and invited speaker and has served on editorial boards of top journals and on program committees of top conferences and workshops. The Arden L. Bement Jr. Award was established in 2015 by Purdue professor emeritus Arden Bement and his wife, Mrs. Louise Bement. The Bement Award recognizes Purdue faculty for outstanding and widely recognized contributions in the areas of pure and applied science and engineering. Winners of the Bement Award are nominated by colleagues, recommended by a faculty committee and named by the university president. Recipients receive a cash award and a small support grant for their university scholarly activities.

Our special guest is Abu Atallah, the author of From Cairo to Christ. He is also the founder and CEO of European Training Centre and a pastor, professor, and missionary with the Evangelical Presbyterian Church. He was born and raised in Egypt, and after his conversion was involved with Campus Crusade at Cairo University. In 1979 he came to the United States, where he attended the Urbana missions conference and heard God’s call to minister to his people. Atallah founded the Arab American Friendship Center in Dearborn, Michigan, and was a consultant and trainer for Arab World Ministries in London and across Europe. He has ministered in fifty-six countries on six continents. He has a master of divinity from Calvin Theological Seminary and a doctorate of theology from Providence College and Seminary. "If I were to become a Christian, it would mean not only changing my religion but changing my whole identity and bringing shame upon my family. My whole family is Muslim, and my society and culture were Muslim. . . . Changing from Islam to Christianity would mess up my life forever." So writes Abu Atallah, who grew up in Cairo as an ordinary Egyptian Muslim. He was deeply embedded in his family, religion, and country. For a time he was part of the Muslim Brotherhood. But as he came of age, he began to encounter people who followed a different way, who called themselves Christians. And a radically new life became possible—at great cost and risk, yet with great joy. From Cairo to Christ is the remarkable story of how one Muslim man was drawn to the Christian faith, and how he later became an ambassador for Christ with a ministry in the Muslim world. Atallah has personally helped hundreds of Muslims come to Christ. This narrative sheds light on Islamic cultural dynamics and what Westerners should know about Muslim contexts. Despite the challenges facing believers from Muslim backgrounds, God is bringing surprising numbers of Muslims to Christ. Discover how the good news of Jesus transforms lives in Muslim communities around the world.

“Intellectual and material walls are not the way to progress.” The words of today’s guest, George Atallah from the NFLPA, in response to knee-jerk bigotry against refugees after attacks in Paris and Beirut. Atallah’s own family fled Lebanon’s civil war for the United States decades ago and he denounces passionately, as Aaron Rogers did on Sunday, the prejudicial ideologies which lead to hardened hearts and wrongheaded policies on all sides. Then our host, Dave Zirin, expounds on the conscientious sentiment so aptly expressed by French Forward for the Utah Jazz, Rudy Gobert, when he tweeted: “Ne Vous Laissez Pas Manipuler,” or as Dave translates, #staywoke. Finally, the ‘Just Stand Up’ award goes to the Northwestern women’s basketball team, who modified their warmup shirts to read: “We stand with Mizzou,” also issuing a strong statement of solidarity. Special thanks for all the music in this piece to Ibrahim Maalouf, the renowned Beirut-born, Paris-based jazz trumpeter, composer and educator. All songs used with permission of the artist. Ibrahim Maalouf twitter: https://twitter.com/ibrahim_maaloufIbrahim Maalouf website: http://www.ibrahimmaalouf.com/Ibrahim Maalouf songs: “Paris,” “True Sorry,” “InPressi,” & “Beirut” ft. guitar solo by Nenad Gajin. George Atallah on twitter: https://twitter.com/georgeatallah ‘The Nation’ column: http://www.thenation.com/article/ne-vous-laissez-pas-manipuler-aka-staywoke/  If you like the program, please subscribe, tell a friend, tweet us https://twitter.com/edgeofsports, or email edgeofsports@slate.com