Camille Gaspard
Curriculum Vitae
  
Contact Information
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Address: Department of Computer Science
Purdue University
LWSN 2161, 305 N. University Street
West Lafayette, IN 47907-2107
USA
E-Mail: cgaspard@cs.purdue.edu
camgas@gmail.com
Cell Phone: +1 (765) 409-9236
Nationality: Syrian
Gender: Male
Date of Birth: 1981
Marital Status: Single
 Education
Purdue University: PhD - Computer Science
Advisor: Cristina Nita-Rotaru
since August 2007
American University of Beirut: Master's - Computer and Communication Engineering
2004 - 2006
Full graduate and research assistantship.
Thesis: Policy-Driven Web Security for Handheld Wireless Devices
Advisor: Ayman Kayssi
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Aleppo University: Bachelors - Computer Engineering
1998 - 2004

 Publications
Conferences
K. Ackermann, C. Gaspard, R. Kompella, and C. Nita-Rotaru, “STAMP: Toward Reclaiming Email Address Privacy”, The 38th Annual IEEE/IFIP International Conference on Dependable Systems and Networks (DSN '08) Fast Abstracts, Jun. 2008, Anchorage, Alaska, USA.
Z. Radwan, C. Gaspard, A. Kayssi, and A. Chehab, “XPRIDE: Policy-Driven Web Services Security Based on XML Content ”, IEEE GLOBECOM Conference, Nov. 26 - 30, 2007, Washington, DC, USA.
C. Gaspard, B. Haidar, A. Kayssi, and A. Chehab, “SmartSSL: Content- and Policy-Based SSL Web Security ”, ACS/IEEE International Conference on Computer Systems and Applications , May. 13 - 16 , 2007, Amman, Jordan.
C. Gaspard, A. Kayssi, and A. Chehab, “ODYSSEY: Policy-Driven Anonymizer for Handheld Wireless Devices”, Innovations in Information Technology IIT, Nov. 19 - 21 , 2006, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
W. Itani, C. Gaspard, A. Kayssi, and A. Chehab, “PRIDE: Policy-Driven Web Security for Handheld Wireless Devices”, The 49th IEEE GLOBECOM Conference, Nov. 27 - Dec. 1, 2006, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Journals
 W. Itani, A. Kayssi, A. Chehab, and C. Gaspard, “A Policy-Driven, Content-Based Security Protocol for Protecting Audit Logs on Wireless Devices,” International Journal of Network Security (IJNS), vol. 3, no. 2, pp. 146–157, 2006.
Posters
K. Ackermann, C. Gaspard, R. Kompella, and C. Nita-Rotaru, “Solicitation Token Authenticated Mail Protocol”, 5th USENIX Symposium on Networked Systems Design & Implementation (NSDI '08), Apr. 2008, San Francisco , CA.
Seminars
C. Gaspard, “Policy-Driven Security Protocols for Enterprise Wireless Environments”, The First International Graduate Seminar on Information Technology: Smart Homes, Jul. 2006, Munich, Germany.
Student Conferences
C. Gaspard, C. Kamareddine and M. Sayour, “SmartSSL Gateway: Efficient Policy-Based Web Security,” the AUB FEA 6th Student Conference, May 2007, Beirut, Lebanon.
C. Gaspard, “ODYSSEY: Policy-Driven Anonymizer for Handheld Wireless Devices Privacy,” in Proc. the AUB FEA 5th Student Conference, May 2006, Beirut, Lebanon.

 Certifications

Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP) 2006
070-315: Developing and Implementing Web Applications with C#.Net
2006

 Selected Work Experience

Cisco Research (San Jose)
 May 2008 - July 2008
Intern
Design, architect, and prototype Cisco's initiative for Service Enabled Networks (SENs). Specific involvement in providing a secure infrastructure for SENs.

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Syria
 March 2007 - September 2007
Consultant
Design and develop a web database for protected areas in Syria.

American University of Beirut - Electrical and Computer Engineering Department September 2006 -  June 2007
Research Assistant
Research Interests:
Web Security, Policy-based Encryption Protocols and Mobile Agents.

C&E American University Institute Lebanon 2005 - 2007
Professional Web development (ASP.Net) Instructor - (Part Time)
Giving preparation course for the Microsoft certification exam in Web development (ASP.Net).
Official Information Center of Aleppo Region October 2002 - December 2002
Aleppo - Syria - www.aleppo-sy.com
ASP Programmer
 Languages
Arabic (native), English (excellent), French(very good) and German (good).
 
 Awards and Scholarships
 
IEEE Communications Society student Travel Grant to attend GLOBECOM 2007.
Travel grant from Tempus to Germany to participate in The First International Graduate Seminar on Information Technology: Smart Homes. Munich, Germany, July 2006.
Best Arabic Personal Web Site (SyriaClub.net) for Feb 2002 on Abu-Dhabi TV (UAE) “CLIC” TV Show
Bassel-Assad National Award for Academic Excellence, given to the top second student in The School of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering at Aleppo University, Syria 1999.
 TPCs
CCNC'09, GC'08, CCNC'08, NTMS'08.  
 Attended Conferences
5th USENIX Symposium on Networked Systems Design & Implementation (NSDI '08)

Present a poster titled:
Solicitation Token Authenticated Mail Protocol Kurt Ackermann, Camille Gaspard, Ramana Kompella, and Cristina Nita-Rotaru, Purdue University
April 2008
The 50th IEEE GLOBECOM Conference - Washington DC, USA November 2007
The AUB FEA 6th Student Conference - Beirut, Lebanon  May 2007
The 49th IEEE GLOBECOM Conference - San Francisco, USA November 2006
The AUB FEA 5th Student Conference - Beirut, Lebanon  May 2006
First International Graduate Seminar on Information Technology: Smart Home organized by Technical University of Munich Beirut June 2006
Munich July 2006
Education Without Borders 2003 - Abu Dhabi, UAE
 February 2003
 Memberships
IEEE, IEEE Communications Society, IEEE Comsoc CIS Technical Committee, Purdue Arab Society (Treasurer) and Jesuit Boy Scout Aleppo - Syria, Purdue CS Graduate Student Board (Treasurer.)
 Interests
Photography www.gaspard.info
 
Sports Jogging, swimming, badminton and football  

updated 8 Sep 2008