Bharat K. Bhargava Professor of Comp Science bb@cs.purdue.edu

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Purdue University

Department of Computer Sciences

305 N. University Street

West Lafayette, Indiana, 47907-2107

Office Phone: +1 765-494-6013

FAX: 765-494-0739

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In the News

• Purdue added to Yahoo! M45 Academic Research Initiative
• Patent on Mobile Security
• Best paper award on identity management at ICACC 2011
• Book of great teachers adds a new chapter.
• ACM Tech News for IT Professionals
• Purdue computer scientist balances access and safety
• Researchers study Internet trust issues, create solution

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Research

• Click Prof. Bhargava's Research Plan for the research plan of Prof. Bhargava.
• Click here for detailed Nov 2011 resume of Bhargava.
• End to End Security in Service Oriented Architecture (AFRL)

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Latest Biographical Information

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Current and Past Projects

• Defending Collaborative Attacks in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks Using Cooperative Immunization
• Security Metrics
• Experiments in Adaptable Distributed Systems
• Secure Mobile Systems
• Experiments in Security and QoS in Mobile Systems
• Formalizing Evidence and Trust for User Authorization
• ITR: Scalable Edge Router for Differentiated Services Networks
• Vulnerability Analysis and Threat Assessment/Avoidance
• Time Based Coordination of Network Embedded Nodes
• Adaptable Communications Software for Differential QoS
• Cellular Assisted Mobile Ad hoc (CAMA) Networks
• Trusted Routing and Intruder Identification in Ad Hoc Networks
• Collaborative Attacks in Wireless Networks

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Selected Recent Publications (since 2001)

Journal Publications and Book Chapter

• N. Idika, B. Bhargava. Extending Attack Graph-Based Security Metrics and Aggregating Their Application. To Appear in IEEE Trans. Dependable Sec. Comput. 9(1): 75-85 2012.
• L. Ben Othmane, L. Lilien, B. Bhargava, M.Linderman, R. Ranchal, R. Salih. ABTTP: A TTP-based Prototype for Protecting Confidentiality of Sensitive Data with Active Bundles. Submitted to IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing.
• H. Kim, R. Oliveira, B. Bhargava, J. Song A Novel Robust Routing Scheme against Rushing Attacks in Wireless Ad Hoc Networks. Wireless Personal Communications (Under Review).
• T. Gong, and B. Bhargava. Immunizing Mobile Ad Hoc Networks Against Collaborative Attacks Using Cooperative Immune Model.. Security and Communication Networks, 2011, (Under Review)
• T. Gong, B. Bhargava, Jiajia Zhou, Mehdi Azarmi, and Changxing Du. Minimizing Collaborative Attacks in a Real Heterogeneous Mobile Ad Hoc Network Using Cooperative Immunization Model. Computers & Security, 2011, (Under Review)
• T. Gong, B. Bhargava, Norman O. Ahmed. Novel Secure and Immune Private Routing Protocol in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks. IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON MOBILE COMPUTING, 2011, (Under Review)
• R. Jiang, M. Azarmi, T. Gong, B. Bhargava. Novel Secure and Dynamic Clustering Protocols in Wireless Sensor Networks. Elsevier Computers & Security, 2011, (Under Review)
• P. Angin, B. Bhargava. A Confidence Ranked Co-occurrence Approach for Accurate Object Recognition in Highly Complex Scenes. To Appear in Journal of Internet Technology.
• P. Angin, B. Bhargava. Real-time Mobile-Cloud Computing for Context-Aware Blind Navigation. International Journal of Next Generation Computing, Vol 2, No 2, 2011.
• A. Shirsat and B. Bhargava. Local geometric algorithm for hole boundary. Security and Communication Networks 2010. Wiley Online Library. DOI: 10.1002/sec.271; 3:1–10
• Y. Zhang and B. Bhargava. Allocation schemes, Architectures, and Policies for Collaborative Port Scanning Attack. Journal of Emerging Technologies in Web Intelligence, Vol 3, No 2 (2011), 154-167, May 2011 doi:10.4304/jetwi.3.2.154-167
• B. Bhargava, Y. Zhang, N. Idika, L. Lilien, M. Azarmi, Collaborative Attacks in WiMAX Networks, in Wiley Journal on Security and Communication Networks, Volume: 2, Issue: 5, Pages: 373-391, 2009.
• Y. Zhang, and B. Bhargava, Self-Learning Disk Scheduling. IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering, Volume 21 Issue 1, January 2009.
• W. Wang, J. Kong, B. Bhargava, and M. Gerla, "Visualization of Wormholes in Underwater Sensor Networks: A Distributed Approach.", to appear, ACM Transactions on Multimedia Computing, Communications and Applications (ACM TOMCCAP), Volume 3 Issue 1, January 2008.
• S.P.Mohanty, B. Bhargava, "Invisible Watermarking Based on Creation and Robust Insertion-Extraction of Image Adaptive Watermarks.", ACM Transactions on Multimedia Computing, Communications, and Applications (TOMCCAP), Volume 5 Issue 2, November 2008.
• Leszek Lilien and Bharat Bhargava, "Privacy and Trust in Online Interactions." book chapter in: K. Chen and A. Fadlalla (eds.), "Online Consumer Protection: Theories of Human Relativism." Idea Group, 2009, pages=85-122.
• S. Li, G. Chen, A. Cheung, B. Bhargava, "On the Design of Perceptual MPEG-Video Encryption Algorithms." in IEEE Transactions on Circuits and System for Video Technology, In Proceedings of IEEE Trans. Circuits Syst. Video Techn.. 2007, 214-223.
• B. Panja, S. Madria, B. Bhargava "Energy and Communication Efficient Group Key Management Protocol for Hierarchical Sensor Networks.", Volume 3 Issue 2, April 2007.
• M. Jenamani, Y. Zhong, and B. Bhargava. "Cheating in Online Auction: Towards Explaining the Popularity of English Auction." Journal of Electronic Commerce Research and Applications (ECRA), 2007.
• X. Wu, B. Mukherjee, and B. Bhargava. "A Crossing-tier Location Update/Paging Scheme in Hierarchical Cellular Networks." IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, Vol. 4, No. 5, pp. 839-848, 2006.
• Y. Lu, W. Wang, D. Xu, and B. Bhargava. "Trust based Privacy Preservation in Peer to Peer Data Sharing." IEEE Transaction on Systems Man and Cybernetics (Special issues based on best papers in Secure Knowledge Management Conference), Vol. 36, No. 3, pp. 498-502, 2006
• G. Ding, Z. Sahinoglu, P. Orlik, J. Zhang, and B. Bhargava, "Tree-Based Data Broadcast in IEEE 802.15.4 and ZigBee Networks." IEEE Transaction on Mobile Computing, 5(11): 1561-1574, November, 2006.
• G. Ding, X. Wu, and B. Bhargava, "Performance Evaluation of Multiple-Rate Mobile Wireless Ad Hoc Networks." International Journal of Performance Evaluation, 63(11): 1110-1126, 2006.
• A. Habib, S. Fahmy, and B. Bhargava. "Monitoring and Controlling QoS Network Domains." ACM/Wiley International Journal of Network Management, Vol. 15, Issue 1, Pages 11-29, Jan-Feb 2005.
• W. Wang, B. Bhargava, Y. Lu, and X. Wu. "Defending Against Wormhole Attacks in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks." Wiley Journal on Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing, Vol 5, 1-21, 2005.
• B. Bhargava, S. Wang, M. Khan, and A. Habib. "Multimedia Data Transmission and Contol Using Active Networks." Special Issue on Activated and Programmable Internet, Journal of Computer Communications Vol 28, Issue 6, Pages 623-639, April 2005.
• X. Wu and B. Bhargava. "A02P: Ad Hoc On-Demand Position-Based Private Routing Protocol." IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing Vol. 4, No. 4, 335-348, July, 2005.
• A. Habib, D. Xu, M. Atallah, B. Bhargava, J. Chuang. "A tree-based Forward Digest Protocol to Verify Data Integrity in Distributed Media Streaming." IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering, 17(7), July, 2005.
• M. Hefeeda, A. Habib, D. Xu, B. Bhargava, and B. Botev. "CollectCast: A Peer-to-Peer Service for Media Streaming." ACM/Springer Multimedia Systems Journal, 11(1), Sept., 2005.
• B. Bhargava, M. Jenamani, and Y. Zhong. "Counteracting Shill Bidding in Online English Auction." International Journal of Cooperative Information Systems, 14(2-3), 245-263, Oct., 2005.
• G. Ding, X. Wu, and B. Bhargava. "Cross-Layer Algorithm for Video Transmission over Wireless Network." in Handbook of Algorithms for Mobile and Wireless Networking and Computing (A. Bourkerche, ed.), CRC Press, 2005.
• M. Hefeeda, B. Bhargava, and D. Yau. "A Cost-Effective Architecture for On-demand Media Streaming." Journal of Computer Networks, Vol. 44, Issue 4, pp. 353-382, March 2004.
• B. Bhargava, C. Shi, and S. Wang. "MEPG Video Encryption Algorithms." Multimedia Tools and Applications, Vol 24, No. 3, 57-79, April, 2004.
• B. Bhargava, X. Wu, Y. Lu, and W. Wang. "Integrating Heterogeneous Wireless Technologies: A Cellular Aided Mobile Ad Hoc Network (CAMA)." ACM Special Issue of the Journal on Special Topics in Mobile Networking and Applications (MONET), (9), 393-408, 2004.
• B. Bhargava, L. Lilien, A. Rosenthal, and M. Winslett. "Pervasive Trust." IEEE Intelligent Systems, Vol. 19, No. 5, 74-88, Sept./Oct. 2004.
• X. Wu, G.-H. Gary Chan, B. Mukherjee, and B. Bhargava. "Mobile-Assisted Data Forwarding for Wireless Networks." in Journal of Communications and Networks, Vol. 6, No. 3, pp. 216-225, Sept. 2004.
• L. Lilien and B. Bhargava, "A Scheme for Privacy-preserving Data Dissemination." IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics. (Based on best papers from Secure Knowledge Management conference)
• A. Habib, M. Khan and B. Bhargava, "Edge-to-Edge Measurement-based Distributed Network Monitoring." Elsevier Computer Networks Journal, Vol. 44, Issue 2, Pages 211-233, Feb 2004.
• Y. Lu, B. Bhargava, W. Wang, Y. Zhong, and X. Wu, "Secure Wireless Network with Movable Base Stations." in IEICE Transaction on Communications, IEICE/IEEE Joint Special Issue on Assurance Systems and Networks, Vol.E86-B, No. 10, pp. 2922 - 2930, 2003.
• B. Bhargava, X. Wu, Y. Lu and W. Wang, "Integrating Heterogeneous Wireless Technologies: A Cellular Aided Mobile Ad hoc Network (CAMA)." accepted for publication in ACM Special Issues of the Journal on Special Topics in Mobile Networking and Applicaitons (MONET).
• X. Wu, B. Mukherjee, G.-H. Chan and B. Bhargava, "Assuring Communications by Balancing Load in Cellular Networks." in IEICE Transaction on Communications, IEICE/IEEE Joint Special Issue on Assurance Systems and Networks, Vol.E86-B, No. 10, pp. 2912 - 2921, 2003.
• S. Madria, B. Bhargava, M. Mohania and S. Bhowmick, "Data and Transaction Management in a Mobile Environment." Book Chapter in Mobile Computing: Implementing Pervasive Information and Communication Technologies, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dec. 2002.
• I. Chung, B. Bhargava and S. Madria, "Taxonomy of Data Management via Broadcasting in a Mobile Computing Environment." Book Chapter in Mobile Computing: Implementing Pervasive Information and Communication Technologies, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dec. 2002.
• A. Habib, S. Fahmy. S. Avasarala, V. Prabhakar and B. Bhargava, "On Detecting Service Violations and Bandwidth Theft in QoS Network Domains." in Elsevier Science Journal of Computer Communication, Vol. 26, No. 8, pp. 861 - 871, 2003.
• D. Yau and B. Bhargava, "Heterogeneous CPU Services Using Differentiated Admission Control." in Journal of Multimedia Tools and Applications, Special Issue on QoS in Multimedia Networks, Vol. 17, pp. 213 - 232, July 2002.
• S. Madria, M. Tubaishat and B. Bhargava, "Performance Evaluation of Linear Hash Structures in a Nested Transaction Environment." in Journal of Systems and Software, Vol. 63, No. 3, May 2002.
• S. Madria, M. Mohania, B. Bhargava and S. Bhowmick, "Mobile Data and Transactions." in Information Science Journal, Vol. 141, No. 3-4, April 2002.
• S. Madria, S.Goel and B. Bhargava, "Adaptive Constrained Locking Protocol for High Data Contention Environment: Correctness and Performance." in Information and Software Technology Journal, Vol 42(9), 2001.
• A. Zhang, M. Nodine and B. Bhargava, "On Semi-Atomicity for Flexible Transactions in Distributed Database Systems." in IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Database Engineering, Vol. 13, No. 3, 2001.
• S. Madria, S. Maheshwari, B. Chandra and B. Bhargava, "Crash Recovery in an Open and Safe Nested Transaction Model: Formalization and Correctness." in International Journal of Co-operative Information Systems, Vol 10(1-2), 2001.
• B. Bhargava, "A Study of Communication Delays for Web Transactions." in Cluster Computing Journal, Vol 4(4), pp. 319 - 333, 2001.
• S. Madria and B. Bhargava, "A Transaction Model for Improving Data Availability in Mobile Computing." in Distributed and Parallel Databases, 10(2), 2001.

Conference

• S. K. Dhurandher, I. Woungang, A. Gupta, B. K. Bhargava. E2SIW: An Energy Efficient Scheme Immune to Wormhole Attacks in Wireless Ad Hoc Networks. To appear in the 26th IEEE International Conference on Advanced Information Networking and Applications (AINA-2012), Fukuoka, Japan, March 26-29, 2012.
• B. Bhargava, P. Angin, L. Duan. A Mobile-Cloud Pedestrian Crossing Guide for the Blind. International Conference on Advances in Computing & Communication, 2011.
• B. Bhargava, N. Singh, A. Sinclair. Privacy in Cloud Computing Through Identity Management, To appear in International Conference on Advances in Computing and Communication ICACC-11, April, 2011, India
• P. Guturu, B. Bhargava. Cyber-Physical Systems: A confluence of Cutting Edge Technology Streams, To appear in International Conference on Advances in Computing and Communication ICACC-11, April, 2011, India
• B. Bhargava, P. Angin, L. Duan. A Mobile-Cloud Pedestrian Crossing Guide for the Blind, To appear in International Conference on Advances in Computing and Communication ICACC-11, April,2011, India
• N. Idika, B. Bhargava. A Kolmogorov Complexity Approach for Measuring Attack Path Complexity, in Proceedings of IFIP International Information Security (SEC 2011) conference, June 2011, Lucerne, Switzerland
• P. Angin, B. Bhargava, S. Helal. A Mobile-Cloud Collaborative Approach for Context-Aware Blind Navigation. Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing, 2010.
• R. Ranchal, B. Bhargava, L. Othmane, L. Lilien, A. Kim, M. Kang, M. Linderman. Protection of Identity Information in Cloud Computing without Trusted Third Party, in Proceedings of Third International Workshop on Dependable Network Computing and Mobile Systems (DNCMS 2010) in conjunction with 29th IEEE Symposium on Reliable Distributed System (SRDS), Oct 2010, New Delhi, India
• P. Angin, B. Bhargava, R. Ranchal, N. Singh, L. Lilien, L. Othmane, M. Linderman. A User-Centric Approach for Privacy and Identity Management in Cloud Computing, in Proceedings of 29th IEEE Symposium on Reliable Distributed System (SRDS), Nov 2010, New Delhi, India
• P. Angin, B. Bhargava, S. Helal. A Mobile Cloud Collaborative Traffic Lights Detector for Blind Navigation. 1st MDM International Workshop on Mobile Cloud. 2010.
• N. C. Idika, B. H. Marshall, B. K. Bhargava. Maximizing network security given a limited budget. Richard Tapia Celebration of Diversity in Computing Conference 2009: 12-17.
• W. Wang, Z. Li, R Owens, B. Bhargava, .Secure and Efficient Access to Outsourced Data., ACM Cloud Computing Security workshop, CCSW2009 in conjunction with the 16th ACM Conference on Computer and Communications Security (CCS) , November 2009, Chicago, IL
• E. Ferreira, R. Olivier, G. Carrijo, B. Bhargava, .Intrusion Detection in Wireless Mesh Networks Using a Hybrid Approach., IEEE International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems workshop SAHN, May, 2009, Montreal.
• B. Bhargava, R. Olivier, Y. Zhang, N. Idika, .Addressing Collaborative Attacks and Defense in Ad Hoc Wireless Networks., IEEE International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems workshop SAHN, May, 2009, Montreal.
• W. Wang, B. Bhargava, .Defending against Collaborative Packet Drop Attacks on MANET., in Proceedings of IEEE Symposium on Reliable Distributed System (SRDS) workshop on Dependable Network Computing and Mobile Systems, Sept., 2009, Buffalo, NY
• R. Olivier, B. Bhargava, M Azarmi, W. Ferreira, W. Wang, M. Linderman. Developing Attack Defense Ideas for Ad Hoc Wireless Networks. in Proceedings of IEEE Symposium on Reliable Distributed System (SRDS) workshop on Dependable Network Computing and Mobile Systems, Sept. 2009, Buffalo, NY.
• B. Panja, S. Madria, and B. Bhargava, "Energy and Communication Efficient Group Key Management Protocol for Hierarchical Sensor Networks." in IEEE International Conference on Sensor Networks, Ubiquitous, and Trustworthy Computing (SUTC2006), June 2006.
• A. Habib, D. Xu, M. Atallah, B. Bhargava. "Verifying Data Integrity in Peer to Peer Video Streaming." in Proceedings of Multimedia SPIE/ACM Twelth Conference on Computing and Network (MMCN), Berkeley, January 2005.
• G. Ding, Z. Sahinoglu, P. Orlik, J. Zhang, and B. Bhargava, "Reliable Broadcast in ZigBee Networks." in IEEE Conference on Sensor and Ad Hoc Communications and Networks (SECON), Santa Clara, September, 2005.
• A. Kumar, A. Bhargava, B. Bhargava, S. Madria, "Adaptable Web Browsing of Images in Mobile Computing Environment: Experiments and Observations." in International Conference on Distributed Computing & Internet Technology (ICDCIT),Bhubaneswar, India, Dec. 2005.
• R. M. Garimella, H. R. Gogineni, and B. Bhargava, "Modeling Adaptive Routing in Wireless and Other Networks Using Coupled Queues." in the 12th IEEE International Conference on High Performance Computing: Workshop on Next Generation Wireless networks, Goa, December 18-21, 2005.
• J. Kong, Z. Ji, W. Wang, M. Gerla, R. Bagrodia, and B. Bhargava, "Low-cost Attacks against Packet Delivery, Localization and Time Synchronization Services in Under-Water Sensor Networks." in Proceedings of ACM Workshop on Wireless Security (WiSe), in conjunction with MobiCom, 2005.
• W. Wang, and B. Bhargava, Key "Distribution and Update for Secure Inter-group Multicast Communication." in Proceedings of ACM Workshop on Security of Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks (SASN), in conjunction with ACM CCS, 2005.
• G. Ding and B. Bhargava, "Peer-to-peer File-sharing over Mobile Ad hoc Networks." in the First International Workshop on Mobile Peer-to-Peer Computing, Orlando, Florida, March 2004.
• P. Ruth, D. Xu, B. Bhargava, and F. Regnier. "E-notebook Middleware for Accountability and Reputation Based Trust in Distributed Data Sharing Communities." in Proceedings of 2nd International Conference on Trust Management (Springer Verlag), London, UK, March 2004.
• M. Jenamani, L. Lilien, and B. Bhargava, "Anonymizing Web Services Through a Club Mechanism with Economic Incentives." in Proceedings of International Conference on Web Services (ICWS 2004), San Diego, California, July 2004, pp. 792-795.
• B. Bhargava and L. Lilien. "Private and Trusted Collaborations." in Proceedings of NSF/NSA/AFRL Conference on Secure Knowledge Management (SKM), Amherst, N.Y., Sept. 2004. (Invited paper.)
• Yi Lu, Weichao Wang, Dongyan Xu, and B. Bhargava, "Trust-Based Privacy Preservation for Peer-to-peer Media Streaming." in Proceedings of NSF/NSA/AFRL Conference on Secure Knowledge Management (SKM), Amherst, NY, Sep. 2004. Selected as one of the two best papers)
• Yuhui Zhong, and B. Bhargava, "Using Entropy to Tradeoff Privacy and Trust." in Proceedings of NSF/NSA/AFRL Conference on Secure Knowledge Management (SKM), Amherst, NY, Sep. 2004.
• W. Wang and B. Bhargava, "Visualization of Wormholes in Sensor Networks." in Proceedings of ACM Workshop on Wireless Security (WiSe), in conjunction with MobiCom, October, 2004.
• G. Ding, X. Wu, and B. Bhargava. "A Simulation Study on Multi-Rate Mobile Ad Hoc Networks." in ACM Workshop on Performance Evaluation of Wireless Ad Hoc, Sensor, Ubiquitous Networks, Venice, Italy, Oct. 2004.
• B. Bhargava and L. Lilien. "Vulnerabilities and Threats in Distributed Systems." in Proceedings of International Conference on Distributed Computing & Internet Technology (ICDCIT), Bhubaneswar, India, Dec. 2004. (Keynote paper.)
• B. Bhargava, Y. Zhong, and Y. Lu, "Fraud Formalization and Detection." in the proceedings of DaWak 2003.
• I. Chung, B. Bhargava, M. Mahoui, and L. Lilien, "Autonomous Transaction Processing Using Data Dependency in Mobile Environments." in FTDCS 2003, San Juan, Puerto Rico, May 2003.
• G. Ding, H. Ghafoor and B. Bhargava, "Resilient Video Transmission over Wireless Networks." in the 6th IEEE International Conf. on Object-oriented Real-time Distributed Computing, Japan, May 2003.
• M. Hefeeda and B. Bhargava, "On-Demand Media Streaming Over the Internet." in FTDCS'03.
• Y. Lu, W. Wang, Y. Zhong and B. Bhargava, "Study of Distance Vector Routing Protocols for Mobile Ad Hoc Networks." in the proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communications (PerCom'2003),Texas, March 2003.
• W. Wang, Y. Lu and B. Bhargava, "On Security Study of Two Distance Vector Routing Prototols for Mobile Ad Hoc Networks." in the proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communications (PerCom'2003), Texas, March 2003.
• A. Habib, M. Hefeeda and B. Bhargava, "Detecting Service Violations and DoS Attacks." in proceedings of Network and Distributed System Security (NDSS'03,)Feb. 2003.
• Y. Lu, W. Wang and B. Bhargava, "Hierarchical Structure for Supporting Movable Base Stations in Wireless Networks." in the proceedings of International Conference on Telecommunications (ICT'2003), Papeete, French Polynesia, Feb. 2003.
• W. Wang, Y. Lu and B. Bhargava, "On Vulnerability and Protection of Ad Hoc On-demand Distance Vector Prototol." in the proceedings of International Conference on Telecommunications (ICT'2003), Papeete, French Polynesia, Feb. 2003.
• B. Bhargava and Y. Zhong, "Authorization Based on Evidence and Trust." in Data Warehouse and Knowledge Management Conference (DaWak-2002), Aix en Provence, France, Sept. 2002.
• E. Terzi, Y. Zhong, B. Bhargava, Pankaj and S. Madria, "An Algorithm for Building User-Role Profiles in a Trust Environment." in Data Warehouse and Knowledge Management Conference (DaWak-2002), Aix en Provence, France, Sept. 2002.
• D. Xu, M. Hefeeda, S. Hambrusch and B. Bhargava, "On Peer-to-Peer Media Streaming." in Proceedings of IEEE ICDCS'02, Vienna, Austria, July, 2002.
• A. Habib, B. Bhargava, S. Fahmy, "A Round Trip Time and Time-out Aware Traffic Conditioner for Differentiated Services Networks." in Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), NY, April 2002.
• A. Habib, S. Fahmy, B. Bhargava, "Design and Evaluate of an Adaptive Traffic Conditioner for Differentiated Services Networks." in Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications and Networks (IC3N), pp 90-95 Phoenix, Oct 2001.
• Y. Lu and B. Bhargava, "An Architecture for Secure Wireless Networking." in IEEE Workshop on "Reliable and Secure Application in Mobile Environemnt, New Orleans, Oct. 2001.
• Y. Zhong, B. Bhargava and M. Mahoui, "Trustworthiness Based Role Assignment in Dynamic Web Environment." in IEEE Workshop on "Security in Distributed Data Warehousing", New Orleans, Oct. 2001.
• M. Mahoui, B. Bhargava and Y. Zhong, "Separating Between Trust and Access Control Policies: A Necessity for Web Applications." in IEEE Workshop on "Security in Distributed Data Warehousing", New Orleans, Oct. 2001.
• A. Bhargava and B. Bhargava, "Applying Fault-tolerance principles to security research." in Proceedings of IEEE Symposium on "Reliable Distributed System", New Orleans, Oct. 2001.
• K. Xu and B. Bhargava, "A Functional Approach for Advanced Database Applications." in Third International Conference on Information Integration and Web-based Applications and Services, Linz, Austria, Sept. 2001.
• A Habib, B Bhargava, "Unresponsive Flow Detection and Control in Differentiated Services Networks" in Proceedings of 13th IASTED International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Computing and Systems (PDCS), Anaheim CA, Aug 2001.
• Y. Lu and B. Bhargava, "Achieving Flexibility and Scalability: A New Architecture for Wireless Network." in Proceedings of IC'2001, Las Vegas, Jun. 2001.
• A. Bhargava and M. Zoltowski, "Sensors and Wireless Communication for Medical Care." in Proceedings of DEXA, Prague, Czech Republic, Sep. 2003.
• Y. Zhong and B. Bhargava, "Authentication-Driven Authorization on Web Access." in Proceedings of IC'2001, Las Vegas, Jun. 2001.
• M. Mohoui, B. Bhargava and M. Mohania, "Data Mining for Web Security." in Proceedings of IC'2001, Las Vegas, Jun. 2001.

Poster and Tech Report

• M. Hefeeda, A. Habib, D. Xu and B. Bhargava, "CollectCast: A Tomography-Based Network Service for Peer-to-Peer Streaming."in ACM SigComm 2003 Poster Session.
• Weichao Wang, Bharat Bhargava, Yi Lu and Xiaoxin Wu, "Detecting Wormhole Attacks in Ad Hoc Networks without Clock Synchronization Assumption." in ACM Workshop on Wireless Security (WiSe) 2003 Poster Session.

Submitted

• M. Hefeeda, A. Habib and B. Bhargava, "Cost-Profit Analysis of a Peer-to-Peer Media Architecture." submitted for review.
• A. Habib, D. Xu, M. Atallah, and B. Bhargava, "Verifying Data Integrity in Peer-to-Peer Video Streaming." Techincal Report CERIAS-02-39, Dec 2002. submitted for review
• A. Habib, S. Fahmy and B. Bhargava, "On Monitoring and Controlling QoS Network Domains." submitted to ACM Computer Communication Review.
• X. Wu, B. Mukherjee and B. Bhargava, "A Two-Step Paging Scheme in a Macrocell/Microcell Cellualr Network." sumbitted to IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology .
• X. Wu, G.-H. Chan, B. Mukherjee and B. Bhargava, "Mobile-assisted Data Forwarding (MADF)." sumbitted to Journal of Communications and Networks.
• G. Ding, X. Wu and B. Bhargava, "Cross-layer Control of Real-time Data Transmission over Wireless Networks." sumbitted.

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Students/Postdocs:

Graduate Students

• Norman Ahmed
• Rohit Ranchal
• Guneshi Wickramaarachchi
• Ruchith Fernando
• Mehdi Azarmi
• Pelin Angin

Visiting Scholars

• Rui Jiang (Visiting Scholar)
• Tao Gong (Visiting Scholar)

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Miscellaneous Research Materials:

• Adaptable Video Conferencing
• Concurrency Control in Database Systems
• MPEG Video Encryption in Real-time Using Secret Key Cryptography
• Measurements and Quality of Service Issues in Electronic Commerce Software
• Network Behavior and Quality of Service in Emerging Applications
• Global Scheduling for Flexible Transactions in Heterogeneous Distributed Database Systems
• Design and Analysis of an Integrated Checkpointing and Recovery Scheme for Distributed Applications
• Replica Consistency in Intermittently Connected Distributed Systems
• A Communication Framework for Digital Libraries
• A Facility For Experimenting Distributed Software in the Internet
• IBM-SUR
• CERIAS Project
• CERIAS Funded Project on Network Management
• CERIAS Funded Project in collaboration with Management

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Teaching:

• CS348: Information Systems, Fall 2011 (Current!).
• CS542: Distributed Database Systems, Spring 2011.
• CS590: Cloud Systems for Blind and Hearing Impaired, Fall 2010.
• CS348: Information Systems, Fall 2010.
• CS348: Information Systems, Spring 2010.
• CS541: Database Systems, Spring 2009.
• CS348: Information Systems, Spring 2008.
• CS641: Multi-Media Database Systems, Fall 2006.
• CS542: Distributed Database Systems, Spring 2006.
• CS542: Distributed Database Systems, Spring 2005.
• CS690B: Pervasive Systems, Fall 2004.
• CS542: Distributed Database Systems, Spring 2004.
• CS641: Multi-Media Database Systems, Fall 2002.
• CS542: Distributed Database Systems, Spring 2002.
• CS 448: Introduction to Database Systems, Fall 2001.

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Colloquia and conference slides:

• Talk at India: slides
• Abstract
• IFIP-SEC-2011-Lucern Paper, Slides, Comments
• Tutorial on Cloud Computing Tutorial
• Detecting Service Violation in Internet and Mobile Ad Hoc Networks Slides, Abstract
• Trust-based Privacy Preservation for Peer-to-peer Data Sharing Slides
• 2004 December ICDCIT "Vulnerabilities and Threats in Distributed Systems" - conference slide presentation and extended slide presentation:: Slides, Extended Slides.
• 2004 October NSF IDM Trust Slides: Slides
• 2004 NSF/NSA/AFRL Buffalo workshop: Entropy Paper, P2P Data Sharing Paper, CAMA Poster, Location Privacy Slides, Location Privacy Paper
• 2004 NSF IDM Boston PI Meeting: Report
• Academic Talk at Your University: Abstract, Bio, Seminar Slides
• Pittsburgh PI Meeting: Slides
• Talk at WSU: Abstract, Bio, Seminar Slides, Detailed Slides, Vision
• Anonymizing Web Service Slides 2004: slides
• Private and Trusted Interactions - CERIAS Symposium, March 2004: slides
• Anu Bhargava's Talk at University of Bern, 2004: slides
• Talk at ECE Department, Northwestern University: slides
• Talk at Motorola: Short Version, Full Version
• PerCom 2003 Bhargava : slides
• PerCom 2003 Wang : slides
• vision
• Talk at MDDS 2003: slides
• Talk at DaWak 2003: slides
• Talk at NSF IDM Workshop, Seattle, 2003: Breakout, Formalization
• Talk at IU Med: slides
• Talk for Secure Data Warehouse: slides
• Talk at Sweden, Berlin, and Helsinki: slides
• Talk at Karlstad: slides
• Privacy: slides
• Collaborative Attack Slides
• ICSM 2007 slides

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Information for prospective students:

Graduate-students not at Purdue:

Please apply directly to the dept. RA positions are only available to students who have spent one year at CS and passed qualifier exams.

Undergraduate research:

Please put your transcripts and resume in my mail box. Please communicate with students in Raidlab (CS 145) and check our website. Give me an abstract of what independent study project that you plan to do and how you will proceed. After this information, I will communicate with you. You will work with a grad student in Raidlab to complete your project.

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