Research Interests
My research falls into the following broad areas -- DATABASES, INFORMATION SECURITY.
More specifically, my projects explore the following topics -- Data Stream Management, Query Optimization, Real-time Event Processing, Click Fraud Detection, Cyber Security, Information Privacy, Data Structure Design, and Interdisciplinary topics that require algorithm design and implementation.
Click here for the full list of publications. If you are a student/faculty who would like to collaborate with me, please feel free to send me an email, anytime! (there is always some overlap between any 2 topics in computer science, or we can find one).
My current projects are related to:
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Approximate Queries over Large / Streaming / Uncertain Data
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Query Optimization, Indexing in Databases
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Real-time issues in Data Processing
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Applied Security / Privacy Issues in Information Access / Delivery
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Secure Password Design and Management
Looking for some inspiration to do research? Please check Randy Pausch's famous "Last Lecture" on Achieving Your Childhood Dreams
Research Projects Supervised at Boston University
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Approximate Indexing Techniques for Streaming Data (Ravi Bhoraskar)
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Database Forensic Techniques to Aid in Detection of Internal Database Attacks (Danielle Ward)
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Password Schemes for Secure Social Networking (Meenakshi Swamy)
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myLingo: A Tool for Translating and Analyzing Abbreviated Text Messages (Soha Bahanshal, Zehra Bozdag)
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Computer-assisted Creation of Strong Passwords (Frederick Sells, Diana Ciric)
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Data Integration for Healthcare (Kevin Holder)
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Password Cracking: Usability vs. Security (Elise Matefy, Simone Lacava, Swati Amrute, Cheng Ten)
Publications and Reports
My Ph.D. Projects
My M.Sc. Thesis