2004 Ph.D. Graduates

The Department of Computer Science is proud to present the 2004-05 Ph.D. graduates!

December 2004

Ding, Yonghua (advisor: Z. Li), " Compiler-Based Computation Reuse Schemes for Handheld Devices." Dr. Ding accepted a position at IBM Silicon Valley Laboratory in San Jose, California.

Palacz, Krzysztof (advisor: J. Vitek), "Crusoe -- Towards a Multicomputer Execution Environment for Java." Dr. Palacz accepted a position with Sun Microsystems Laboratories in Mountain View, California.

May 2005

Carbunar, Bogdan (advisor: A. Grama, C. Nita-Rotaru, J. Vitek), "Coverage Problems in Wireless Sensor and RFID Systems." Dr. Carbunar accepted a position with Motorola Laboratories in Schaumburg, Illinois.

Cheng, Chun-Kong (advisor: S. Prabhakar), " Managing Uncertainty in Constantly-Evolving environments." Dr. Cheng accepted an assistant professor position at Politechnic University of Hong Kong.

Elfeky, Mohamed Galal (advisor: A. Elmagarmid & W. Aref), "Online Periodicy Mining." Dr. Elfeky accepted a research scientist position with Google in Mountain View,California.

Ioannidis, Ioannis (advisor: A. Grama), "Algorithms and Data Structures for IP Lookup." Dr. Ioannidis will be in the Greek Army.

Zhong, Yuhui (advisor: B. Bhargava), "Formalization of Dynamic Trust and Uncertain Evidence for User Authorization." Dr. Zhong accepted a position with Microsoft Corporation in Redmond, Washington.

August 2005

Buchholz, Florian (advisor: E. Spafford), "Pervasive Binding of Labels to System Processes." Dr. Buchholz accepted an assistant professor position at James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia.

Early, James Patrick (advisors: C. Brodley and E. Spafford), "Behavioral Feature Extraction for Network Anomaly Detection." Dr. Early accepted a visiting assistant professor position at Purdue University.

Frikken, Keith Byron (advisor: M. Atallah), "Secure and Private Online Collaboration." Dr. Frikken accepted a visiting assistant professor position with Purdue University.

Kantarcioglu, Murat (advisor: C. Clifton), "Privacy Preserving Distributed Data Mining on Horizontally Partitioned Data." Dr. Kantarcioglu accepted an assistant professor position at University of Texas at Dallas.

Mokbel, Mohamed Fathalla (advisor: W. Aref), "Scalable Continuous Query Processing in Location-Aware Database Servers." Dr. Mokbel accepted an assistant professor position at the University of Minnesota - Twin Cities in Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota.

Wang, Weichao (advisor: B. Bhargava), "Securing Wireless Network Topology and Routing." Dr. Wang accepted a position as an assistant professor at the University of Kansas in Lawrence, Kansas.

Williams, Paul David (advisor: E. Spafford), "CuPIDS: Increasing Information System Security through the Use of Dedicated Co-processing." Dr. Williams accepted a faculty position with the Air Force Institute of Technology at Wright-Patterson AFB, OH.

Xia, Yuni (advisor: S. Prabhakar), "Efficient Indexing Techniques for the Update-Intensive Environment." Dr. Xia accepted an assistant professor position at IUPUI in Indianapolis, Indiana.

Xu, Rong (advisor: Z. Li), "Improving Cache Performance by Smart Page Mapping in Application Programs." Dr. Xu accepted a position at HP in Cupertino, California.

Younis, Ossama Mohamed (advisor: S. Fahmy), "An Energy-Efficient Architecture for Wireless Sensor Networks." Dr. Younis accepted a post-doc research associate position at the University of Arizona in Tucson.

Congratulations PhD Graduates!


Dr. Reynold Cheng contributes to the 04-05 time capsule at the CS graduate celebration.	Prof. Susanne Hambrusch, Thanaa Mohamed Ghanem, Dr. Mohamed Mokbel, and Prof. Eugene Spafford at the CS graduate celebration.	Dr. Ossama Younis with his PhD advisor Prof. Sonia Fahmy.

The Department of Computer Science is proud to present the 2004-05 Ph.D. graduates! December 2004 Ding, Yonghua (advisor: Z. Li), " Compiler-Based Computation Reuse Schemes for Handheld Devices." Dr. Ding accepted a position at IBM Silicon Valley Laboratory in San Jose, California. Palacz, Krzysztof (advisor: J. Vitek), "Crusoe -- Towards a Multicomputer Execution Environment for Java." Dr. Palacz accepted a position with Sun Microsystems Laboratories in Mountain View, California. May 2005 Carbunar, Bogdan (advisor: A. Grama, C. Nita-Rotaru, J. Vitek), "Coverage Problems in Wireless Sensor and RFID Systems." Dr. Carbunar accepted a position with Motorola Laboratories in Schaumburg, Illinois. Cheng, Chun-Kong (advisor: S. Prabhakar), " Managing Uncertainty in Constantly-Evolving environments." Dr. Cheng accepted an assistant professor position at Politechnic University of Hong Kong. Elfeky, Mohamed Galal (advisor: A. Elmagarmid & W. Aref), "Online Periodicy Mining." Dr. Elfeky accepted a research scientist position with Google in Mountain View,California. Ioannidis, Ioannis (advisor: A. Grama), "Algorithms and Data Structures for IP Lookup." Dr. Ioannidis will be in the Greek Army. Zhong, Yuhui (advisor: B. Bhargava), "Formalization of Dynamic Trust and Uncertain Evidence for User Authorization." Dr. Zhong accepted a position with Microsoft Corporation in Redmond, Washington. August 2005 Buchholz, Florian (advisor: E. Spafford), "Pervasive Binding of Labels to System Processes." Dr. Buchholz accepted an assistant professor position at James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia. Early, James Patrick (advisors: C. Brodley and E. Spafford), "Behavioral Feature Extraction for Network Anomaly Detection." Dr. Early accepted a visiting assistant professor position at Purdue University. Frikken, Keith Byron (advisor: M. Atallah), "Secure and Private Online Collaboration." Dr. Frikken accepted a visiting assistant professor position with Purdue University. Kantarcioglu, Murat (advisor: C. Clifton), "Privacy Preserving Distributed Data Mining on Horizontally Partitioned Data." Dr. Kantarcioglu accepted an assistant professor position at University of Texas at Dallas. Mokbel, Mohamed Fathalla (advisor: W. Aref), "Scalable Continuous Query Processing in Location-Aware Database Servers." Dr. Mokbel accepted an assistant professor position at the University of Minnesota - Twin Cities in Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota. Wang, Weichao (advisor: B. Bhargava), "Securing Wireless Network Topology and Routing." Dr. Wang accepted a position as an assistant professor at the University of Kansas in Lawrence, Kansas. Williams, Paul David (advisor: E. Spafford), "CuPIDS: Increasing Information System Security through the Use of Dedicated Co-processing." Dr. Williams accepted a faculty position with the Air Force Institute of Technology at Wright-Patterson AFB, OH. Xia, Yuni (advisor: S. Prabhakar), "Efficient Indexing Techniques for the Update-Intensive Environment." Dr. Xia accepted an assistant professor position at IUPUI in Indianapolis, Indiana. Xu, Rong (advisor: Z. Li), "Improving Cache Performance by Smart Page Mapping in Application Programs." Dr. Xu accepted a position at HP in Cupertino, California. Younis, Ossama Mohamed (advisor: S. Fahmy), "An Energy-Efficient Architecture for Wireless Sensor Networks." Dr. Younis accepted a post-doc research associate position at the University of Arizona in Tucson.