PhD Graduates Directory Listing
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| Student Name | Year | Advisor | Dissertation | First Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Azab, Ahmed (Pending) | 12-01-11 | P. Ning | New System Security Mechanisms for the Cloud Computing Infrastructure | Post-Doc, N.C. State University |
| Geleji, Geza | 11-04-11 | Dr. H. Perros | On Multi-Domain QoS Routing and Rate Jitter Analysis | IBM (UK) |
| Hyun, Sang Won | 10-14-11 | P. Ning | Secure and reliable Code Dissemination for Wireless Sensor Networks | |
| Sheng, Xinxin | 09-07-11 | D. Thuente | Goal-Based Agent Design: Decision Making in General Game Playing | IBM |
| Yavuz, Attila Altay | 08-04-11 | P. Ning | Efficient, Compromise Resilient and Compact Cryptographic Constructions for Digital Forensics | Research Scientist, Robert Bosch Research and Technology Center |
| Lim, Jun Bum | 06-28-11 | M. Sichitiu | Performance Evaluation of Multihop Wireless Networks | |
| Du, Juan | 05-27-11 | H. Gu,D. Reeves | Service Integrity Assurance in Large-Scale Cloud Systems | Amazon |
| Pansombut, Tatdow | 05-06-11 | N. Samatova, D. Bahler | Advanced learning Techniques for Improved Inference of Bayesian Belief Networks from Uncertain and High-dimensional Data | Assistant Professor, Prince of Songkia University (Thailand) |
| Nagappan, Meiyappan | 05-05-11 | M. Vouk | A Framework for Analyzing Software System Log Files to Guide Decisions | Post-Doc, Queens University |
| Meneely, Andrew | 04-18-11 | L. Williams | Investigating the Relationship between Developer Collaboration and Software Security | Assistant Professor, Rochester Institute of Technology |
| Hang, Chung-Wei | 04-15-11 | M. Singh | Probabilistic Trust Models for Social and Service Networks | Post-Doc, N.C. State University |
| Horton, Thomas | 03-31-11 | R. St, Amant | A partial contour similarity-based approach to visual affordances in habile agents | |
| Anbalagan, Prasanth | 03-24-11 | M. Vouk | A Study of Security Problem Disclosure, Correction and Patching Processes | Member of Technical Staff, NetApp |
| Bletsch, Tyler | 03-18-11 | V. freeh, X. Jiang | Code-Reuse Attacks: New Frontiers and Defenses | Reference Architect, NetApp |
| Heinrich, Stuart | 03-03-11 | Dr. Wesley Snyder, Jan-Michael Frahm (external co-advisor) | Maximum Likelihood Methods for Hierarchical Structure from Motion of Uncalibrated Video | |
| Thomas, James M. | 01-05-11 | R. M. Young | Automatic Scaffolding of Task-Based Learning in Non-Linear Game Environments | Post-Doc, N.C. State University |
| Schmidt, Matthew | 12-10-10 | N. Samatova,co-chair A. Melechko | Scalable Graph Mining Techniques with Applications to System Biology | Member of Technical Staff, MIT Lincoln Labs |
| Yonghee, Shin | 12-09-10 | L. Williams | Investigating Complexity Metrics as Indicators of Software Vulnerability | Post-Doc, Depaul University |
| Thummalapenta, Suresh | 11-23-10 | T.Xie | Improving Software Productivity and Quality Via Mining Source Code | Research Staff Member, IBM Research (India) |
| Ligon, Jeffrey | 11-22-10 | M. Vouk, D Bitzer | The Use of Locally Invertible Convolutional Encoders for Encryption | Software Engineer, Epocrates |
| Ha, Eun Young | 11-15-10 | J. Lester | Modeling Discourse Structure and Temporal Event Relations with Markov Logic Networks | Post-Doc, N.C. State University |
| Bhatia, Amit | 11-10-10 | W. Snyder, co-chair G. Bilbro | Hierarchical Charged Particle Filter for Multiple Target Tracking | Research Scientist, Signal Innovations Group |
| Sollenberger, | 11-09-10 | M. Singh | Engineering Personal and Social Affective Applications | Software Engineer, Google |
| Hendrix, William | 11-05-10 | N. Samatova | On Graph Perturbation Theory and Algorithms for Scalable Mining of Noisy and Uncertain Graph Data with Knowledge Priors | Post-Doc, Northwestern University |
| Hsiao, Ping Lin | 11-03-10 | C. Healey | Visualization of Large Document Collections | Research Scientist, UNC Chapel Hill |
| Chen, Wenbin | 10-22-10 | N. Samatova | Complexity Theory and Algorithms for Graph Problems Driven by comparative Analysis of Large-Scale Biological Networks | Assistant Professor, Guangzhou University (China) |
| Luo, Huan | 08-16-10 | K. Harfoush | Efficient Traffic Engineering With Close-to-Optimal Performance | Research Scientist, N.C. State University |
| Liu, An | 08-09-10 | P. Ning | Securing Foundational Services in Wireless Sensor Networks | |
| Wang, Anjing | 08-09-10 | R. Dutta | The SILO: Architecture: Exploring Future Internet Design | Network Engineer, Ericsson |
| Boyer, Kristy Elizabeth | 07-28-10 | J. Lester, M. Vouk | Structural and Dialogue Act Modeling in Task-Oriented Tutorial Dialogue | Assistant Professor, N.C. State University |
| Park, Young Hee | 07-14-10 | D. Reeves | Network and Host Based Countermeasures against Large-scale Compromised Systems or Malicious Software | Post-Doc, Columbia University |
| Mouallem, Pierre | 07-06-10 | M. Vouk | A Fault Tolerance Framework for Kepler-Based Distributed Scientific Workflows | Software Engineer, Tekelec |
| Iyer, Mohan | 06-25-10 | G. Rouskas, R., Dutta | Providing Bandwidth on Demand Services using Optical Network Design and the SILO Network Architecture | Senior Software Engineer, Oracle Systems |
| Subramanian, Sureshkumar | 06-11-10 | R. Dutta | Measurements and Analysis of the Performance Characteristics of SIP Proxy Servers | Senior Software Engineer, Cisco Systems |
| Hazard, Christopher | 04-23-10 | M. Singh | Trust and Reputation in Multiagent Systems: Strategies and Dynamics with Reference to Electronic Commerce | Post-Doc, N.C. State University and Founder, Hazardous Software |
| Hong, Seong Ik | 04-05-10 | I. Rhee | Human Movement Patterns, Mobility Models and Their Impacts on Wireless Applications | Member of Research Staff, Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology |
| Cox, David | 02-26-10 | A. Tharp | Finding Patterns in DNA Sequences through Visualization with Symbolic Scatter Plots | Software Engineer, ABB |
| Lv, Qian | 01-29-10 | G. Rouskas | Economic Models for Tiered Network Services | Engineer, Sierra Wireless |
| Liu, Ning | 12-14-09 | W. Stewart | Spectral Clustering for Graphs and Markov Chains | Investment System Developer, China Investment Corporation |
| Awekar, Amit | 12-01-09 | N. Samatova | Fast, Incremental, and scalable All Pairs Similarity Search | Assistant Professor, IIT Guwahati (India) |
| Shin, Kyuyong | 11-03-09 | D. Reeves | Preventing Misbehavior in Cooperatively-Managed Distributed Systems | Assistant Professor, Korean Military Academy (Korea) |
| Zhang, Zhe | 11-02-09 | X. Ma | Adding Coordination to the Management of High-End Storage Systems | Member of Research Staff, IBM T.J. Watson Research Lab |
| Won, Hyung Suk | 10-30-09 | Dr. I. Rhee | Multicast in Wireless Networks | Samsung Electronics |
| Ha, Sangtae | 10-30-09 | Dr. I. Rhee | Improving TPC Congestion Control for High Bandwidth and Long Distance Networks | Post-Doc, Princeton University |
| Bonto-Kane, Maria | 09-14-09 | R. St. Amant | Statistical Modeling of Human Response Times for Task Modeling in HCI | Department of Defense |
| Chandrachud, Manik | 09-02-09 | R. Chirkova | View-Based Rewriting Algorithms for Conjunctive Queries with Arithmetic Comparisons | |
| Lim, Min Yeol | 08-14-09 | Dr. V. Freeh | Improving Power and Performance Efficiency in Parallel and Distributed Computering Systems | Post-Doc, Rennaisance Computing Institute |
| Williams, Lloyd | 07-24-09 | R. St. Amant | Dynamic Ontology Driven Learning and Control of Robotic Tool Using Behavior | Member of Technical Staff, RTI International |
| Breimyer, Paul | 06-30-09 | N. Samatova | A Transparent Collaborative Framework for Efficient Data Analysis and Knowledge Annotation on the Web | Staff Scientist, MIT Lincoln Labs |
| Wang, Chao | 06-29-09 | F. Mueller | Transparent Fault Tolerance for Job Healing in HPC Environments | Member of Techical Staff, Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
| Bae, Byung Chull | 06-26-09 | R. M. Young, | A Computational Model of Narrative Generation for Surprise Arousal | Samsung Research |
| Kormilitsen, Maxim | 06-24-09 | R. Chirkova | Algorithms for Selecting Views and Indexes to Answer Queries | Software Engineer, Amazon |
| Jang, Beakcheol | 05-26-09 | M. Sichitiu | Wireless MAC Protocol Design and Analysis | Product Manager, LG Electronics (Korea) |
| Heckman, Sarah | 05-11-09 | L. Williams | A Systematic Model Building Process for Predicting Actionable Static Analysis Alerts | Teaching Assistant Professor, N.C. State University |
| Agarwal, Avesh | 05-06-09 | W. Wang | Performance Evaluation and Protection Management for Wireless Networks | Member of Technical Staff, Red Hat |
| Gegick, Michael | 05-01-09 | L. Williams | Predicting Attack prone Components with Source Code Static Analyzers | Software Engineer, Cisco Systems |
| Niehaus, James | 04-20-09 | R. M. Young | Cognitive Models of Discourse Comprehension for Narrative Generation | Member of Technical Staff, Charles River Research |
| Chopra, Pankaj | 04-09-09 | D. Bitzer, S. Heber | Data Mining Techniques to Enable Large-scale Exploratory Analysis of Heterogeneous Scientific Data | Post-Doc, Columbia University |
| Mu, Wei | 04-08-09 | R. St. Amant | A Schematic Representation for Cognitive Tool-Using Agents | Microsoft |
| Lin, Heshan | 03-13-09 | X. Ma | High Performance Parallel and Distributed Genomic Sequence Search | Senior Research Associate, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University |
| Breaux, Travis | 02-02-09 | A. Anton | Legal Requirements Acquisition for the Specification of Legally Compliant Information Systems | Assistant Professor, Carnegie-Mellon University |
| Li, Jiangtian | 12-12-08 | X. Ma | Towards Transparent Parallel Processing on Multi-core Computers | Software Engineer, Microsoft |
| Layman, Lucas | 12-09-08 | L. Williams, R. St.Amant | Information Needs of Developers for Program Comprehension during Software Maintenance Tasks | Fraunhofer Center for Experimental Software Engineering, U. Maryland |
| Jhala, Arnav | 12-08-08 | R.M. Young | Cinematic Visual Discourse Generation | Assistant Professor, UC Santa Cruz |
| Wang, Yonghong | 12-05-08 | M. Singh | Trust Management in Distributed Agent Systems | Post-Doc, Carnegie-Mellon University |
| Acharya, Mithun | 12-02-08 | T. Xie | Mining API Specifications from Source Code for Improving Software Reliability | Research Scientist, ABB Corporate Research |
| McQuiggan, Scott | 11-21-08 | J. Lester | An Inductive Framework for Affect Recognition and Expression in Interactive Learning Environments | SAS Institute |
| Kil, Chongkyung | 11-04-08 | P. Ning | Mechanisms for Protection Software Integrity in Networked Systems | ROK Army |
| Chopra, Amit | 11-03-08 | M. Singh | Commitment Alignment: Semantics, Patterns, and Decision Procedures for Distributed Computing | Post-Doc, U. Trento (Italy) |
| Chen, Dongfeng | 09-04-08 | R. Chirkova | Information Integration: The Semantic-Model Approach | Software Engineer, Microsoft |
| Ho, Chih-Wei | 08-15-08 | L. Williams | Performance Requirements Improvement with an Evolutionary Model | Performance Engineer, EMC |
| Gou, Gang | 08-13-08 | R. Chirkova | Efficient Algorithms for Querying Large-Scale Data in Relational, XML, and Graph-Structured Data Repositories | Software Engineer, Microsoft |
| Irwin, Kevin | 08-12-08 | T. Yu | A System for Managing User Obligations | Assistant Professor, Winston-Salem State University |
| Lee, Sunyoung | 08-07-08 | J. Lester, C. Savage | Early Recognition of Student Goals and Affect in Narrative-Centered Learning Environments | Member of Research Staff, Korean Institute of Science and Technology |
| Mohan, Sibin | 08-04-08 | F. Mueller | Exploiting Hardware/Software Interactions for Analyzing Embedded Systems | Post-Doc, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| Ramaprasad, Harini | 07-17-08 | F. Mueller | Analytically Bounding Data Cache Behavior for Real-Time Systems | Assistant Professor, Southern Illinois University |
| Zhang, Yi | 05-27-08 | S.P. Iyer | Improving Software Comprehension in Regulating Safety-Critical Systems | Post-Doc, Oak Ridge Institute for Sciences and Education |
| Zhang, Qinghua | 05-14-08 | D. Reeves | Polymorphic and Metamorphic Malware Detection | |
| Warrier, Ajit | 05-06-08 | I. Rhee | DiffQ - Differential Backlog Congestion Control for Wireless Multi-hop Networks | Silvus Technologies |
| Castillo, Claris | 04-28-08 | G. Rouskas, K Harfoush | On the Design of Efficient Resource Allocation Mechanisms for Grids | Member of Research Staff, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center |
| Udupi, Yathiraj Bhat | 03-20-08 | M. Singh | Modeling Service Engagements in Dynamic Organizations: Multiagent Model and Architecture for Policy-Based Governance | Software Engineer, Cisco Systems |
| Zhang, Qing (OR) | 03-19-08 | T. Yu, M. Singh | Microdata Privacy Protection | Software Engineer, Teradata Corp. |
| Sawant, Amit | 12-21-07 | C. Healey | Perceptual Display Hierarchies for Visualization | Visualization Analyst, Netapp |
| Bilgin, Ahmet | 12-12-07 | M. Singh, R. Chirkova | Deriving Efficient SQL Sequences Via Prefetching | Amazon |
| Tian, Wenhong | 12-05-07 | H. Perros | Analytical Models and Efficient Dimensioning Algorithms for Communication Systems In Randomly Changing Traffic Environments | Assistant Professor, University of Electronics and Science Technology of China (PRC) |
| Desai, Nirmit | 11-26-07 | M. Singh | Inter-Organizational Business Processes: Modeling, Analysis, and Evolution | Member of Research Staff, IBM Research (India) |
| Kim, Sangmin | 10-29-07 | D. Harfoush | Internet Topology: Illusion and Reality | SAS Institute |
| Han, Tae Sik | 08-21-07 | J. Kang, R. Chirkova | Efficient Subsequence Matching With LCS | |
| Sherriff, Mark | 08-10-07 | L. Williams | Analyzing Software Artifacts through Singular Value Decomposition to Guide Development Decisions | Teaching Assistant Professor, University of Virginia |
| Xiong, Kaiqi | 08-01-07 | H. Perros | Resource Optimization and Security in Distributed Computing | Assistant Professor, Rochester Institute of Technology |
| Mountrouidou, Polyxeni | 07-26-07 | H. Perros | Bimodal scheduling for OBS networks and characterization of burst aggregation algorithms | Post-Doc, William and Mary College |
| Zheng, Jiang | 07-16-07 | L. Williams | In Regression Testing without Code | Software Architect, ABB Corporate Research |
| Marathe, Jaydeep | 05-31-07 | F. Mueller | Trace Based Performance Characterization and Optimization | nVidia |
| Cheong, Yun Gyung | 04-30-07 | M. Young | A Computational Model of Narrative Generation for Suspense | Assistant Professor, IT University (Denmark) |
| Cepeda, Luis | 04-10-07 | R. Rodman, D. McAllister, Dr. D. Bitzer(advisors co-chairs) P. Arroway | Semi-Automatic Forensic Speaker Identification | Intel |
| Wang, Chih-Chiang | 03-30-07 | K. Harfoush | Managing Heterogeneity in Structured Peer-to-Peer Systems | Assistant Professor, National Kaohsiung University of Applied Sciences (Taiwan) |
| Zhai, Yan | 12-18-06 | P. Ning | Integrating Multiple Information Resource to Analysis Intrusion Alerts | Universal Service Administrative Company |
| Dennis, Brent | 12-18-06 | C. Healey | Integrating Preference Elicitation into Visualizations | Member of Technical Staff, MIT Lincoln Labs |
| Tateosian, Laura | 12-15-06 | C. Healey | Investigating Aesthetic Visualization | Institute for Next Generation IT Systems |
| Kocherlakota, Sarat | 12-13-06 | C. Healey | Interactive Visual Summarization for Visualizing Large, Multidimensional Datasets | Assistant Research Professor, N.C. State University |
| Martin, Michael | 11-10-06 | R. Chirkova | (cond.pass-fulfilled cond. 11-14-06) Real-time OLAP with Multidimensional Dynamic Clustering | Director of Data Warehousing Technology, GlaxoSmithKline |
| Huang, Shu | 08-30-06 | R. Dutta | Network Optimization: With Applications in Optical and Wireless Networks | Renaissance Computing Institute |
| Peng, Pai | 08-16-06 | P. Ning | Techniques for Attack Attribution through Stepping Stones | Opsware, Inc. |
| Cheng, Zhengang | 08-10-06 | M. Singh, M. Vouk | Verifying Commitment Based Business Protocols and their Compositions: Model Checking using Promela and SPIN | SimpliCTI |
| Sun, Kun | 07-07-06 | P. Ning, C. Wang | Trustworthy and Resilient Time Synchronization in Wireless Sensor Networks | Research Assistant Professor, George Mason University |
| Park, Sanjoon | 06-23-06 | I. Rhee | Performance Analysis of Data Aggregation Schemes for the Wireless Sensor Networks | Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (Korea) |
| Jetley, Raoul | 06-07-06 | P. Iyer | A Conformance Review Strategy for Regulating Safety-Critical Software | Research Engineer, U.S. Food and Drug Administration |
| Xu, Dingbang | 05-04-06 | P. Ning | Correlation Analysis of Intrusion Alerts | Assistant Professor, Governors State University |
| Yuill, James | 05-02-06 | A.Anton, M.Vouk | Defensive Computer-Security Deception Operations: Processes, Principles and Techniques | Visiting Assistant Professor, N.C. State University |
| Bell, Kera | 03-29-06 | M.Vouk | Optimizing Effectiveness and Efficiency of Software Testing: A Hybrid Approach--June Grad | Assistant Professor, Georgia Southern University |
| Mott, Bradford | 03-28-06 | J. Lester | Decision-Theoretic Narrative Planning for Guided Discovery Learning Environments | Research Assistant Professor, N.C. State University |
| Taylor, Jamie Lee | 02-10-06 | D. Bitzer,R. Rodman & D.McAllister | Using Phase Characteristics of Speech to Distinguish /m/ and /n/ | SAS Institute |