Ph.D. Alumni
Alumni – Ph.D. Graduates (79+)
Hey Grads! Log in and choose "Edit Profile" to update your profile or change your picture.
 |
Petko D. Bakalov
| ESRI |
|
|
Advisor: Vassilis Tsotras Graduated: Summer 2008 Email: |
Thesis: Complex Trajectory Pattern and Similarity Queries |
|
 |
Serdar Bozdag
| Post-doc, National Cancer Institute (NIH), Bethesda, MD |
|
|
Advisor: Stefano Lonardi Graduated: Summer 2008 Email: |
Thesis: Combinatorial Approaches to the Physical Mapping Problem |
|
 |
Kin F. Kan
| Yahoo! |
|
|
Advisor: Christian Shelton Graduated: Summer 2008 Email: |
Thesis: Towards Information-Economical Classification and Ranking |
|
 |
Guobiao Mei
| Google |
|
|
Advisor: Christian Shelton Graduated: Summer 2008 Email: |
Thesis: Dimensionality Reduction Algorithms with Applications to Collaborative Data and Images |
|
 |
Thomas Repantis
| Akamai Technologies |
|
|
Advisor: Vana Kalogeraki Graduated: Summer 2008 Email: |
Thesis: Synergy: Quality of Service Support for Distributed Stream Processing Systems |
|
|
No Photo Available |
Vladimir Vacic
| Postdoc, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, NY |
|
|
Advisor: Stefano Lonardi Graduated: Summer 2008 |
Thesis: Computational Methods for Discovery of Cellular Regulatory Mechanisms |
|
 |
Yonghui Wu
| Google, Mountain View, CA |
|
|
Advisor: Stefano Lonardi Graduated: Summer 2008 Email: |
Thesis: On the Accurate Construction of Genetic Linkage Maps |
|
 |
Benjamin T. Arai
| Microsoft |
|
|
Advisor: Dimitrios Gunopulos Graduated: Spring 2008 Email: |
Thesis: Approximate Query Processing for Distributed Data Systems |
|
 |
Jason Villarreal
| UC Riverside |
|
|
Advisor: Walid Najjar Graduated: Spring 2008 Email: |
Thesis: Compiled Acceleration of C Programs on FPGA |
|
 |
Dragomir Yankov
| Yahoo! Inc. |
|
|
Advisor: Eamonn Keogh Graduated: Spring 2008 Email: |
Thesis: Learning from Time Series in the Presence of Noise: Unsupervised and Semi-Supervised Approaches |
|
 |
Jinqing (Andy) Yu
| Averant, Inc. |
|
|
Advisor: Gianfranco Ciardo Graduated: Spring 2008 Email: |
Thesis: Formal Verification of Asynchronous Systems Using Decision Diagrams |
|
 |
Ming-Ying Chung
| Senior R&D Engineer, Synopsys |
|
|
Advisor: Gianfranco Ciardo Graduated: Fall 2007 Email: |
Thesis: Distributed Symbolic Reachability Analysis |
|
 |
Yihua He
| Technical Yahoo! |
|
|
Advisor: Michalis Faloutsos Graduated: Fall 2007 Email: |
Thesis: Measuring and Modeling the Internet: Topology, Routing and Their Interplay |
|
 |
Jian Zhou
| Yahoo! |
|
|
Advisor: Laxmi Bhuyan Graduated: Fall 2007 Email: |
Thesis: An Effective Pointer Replication Algorithm in P2P Networks |
|
 |
Qi Fu
| Google |
|
|
Advisor: Marek Chrobak Graduated: Summer 2007 Email: |
Thesis: Algorithmic Methods in Oligonucleotide Fingerprinting of Ribosomal RNA Genes |
|
 |
Zheng Fu
| Software Engineer, Google |
|
|
Advisor: Tao Jiang Graduated: Summer 2007 Email: |
Thesis: A Combinatorial Approach to Genome-Wide Ortholog Assignment via Genome Rearrangement |
|
 |
Lan Gao
| Member of Tech Staff, VMware |
|
|
Advisor: Marek Chrobak & Jun Yang Graduated: Summer 2007 Email: |
Thesis: Security Designs for Uni- and Multi-Processors |
|
 |
Lap Kong (Eric) Law
|
|
|
Advisor: Srikanth Krishnamurthy Graduated: Summer 2007 Email: |
||
 |
Song Lin
|
|
|
Advisor: Dimitrios Gunopulos Graduated: Summer 2007 Email: |
Thesis: Data Management and Data Analysis Techniques for Wireless Sensor Networks |
|
 |
Lan Liu
| Google |
|
|
Advisor: Tao Jiang Graduated: Summer 2007 Email: |
Thesis: Some Algorithmic Problems Concerning the Inference and Analysis of Tag SNPs, Haplotypes and Pedigrees |
|
 |
Satya R. Mohanty
| Cisco Systems |
|
|
Advisor: Laxmi Bhuyan Graduated: Summer 2007 Email: |
Thesis: Fair Scheduling in Multiple Aggregated Links |
|
 |
Xiaopeng Xi
| Yahoo! |
|
|
Advisor: Eamonn Keogh Graduated: Summer 2007 Email: |
Thesis: Fast Time Series Classification With Applications on Large Time Series Databases |
|
 |
Jingnan Yao
| Software Engineer, Cisco Systems |
|
|
Advisor: Laxmi Bhuyan Graduated: Summer 2007 Email: |
Thesis: Scheduling Network Applications Based on Divisible Load Theory (DLT) |
|
 |
Jia Yu
| VMware |
|
|
Advisor: Laxmi Bhuyan & Jun Yang Graduated: Summer 2007 Email: |
Thesis: Low Power Design and Compiler Optimization for Network Processors |
|
 |
Ann Gordon-Ross
| Assistant Professor, University of Florida |
|
|
Advisor: Frank Vahid Graduated: Spring 2007 Email: |
Thesis: Hot Caches, Cool Techniques: Online Tuning of Highly Configurable Caches for Reduced Energy Consumption |
|
 |
Greg Stitt
| Assistant Professor, University of Florida |
|
|
Advisor: Frank Vahid Graduated: Spring 2007 Email: |
Thesis: Synthesis from Software Binaries: An Enabling Technology for Dynamic and Transparent Synthesis |
|
 |
Yuan-chi (Bill) Chiu
|
|
|
Advisor: Victor Zordan Graduated: Winter 2007 Email: |
Thesis: State-Annotated Motion Graphs |
|
 |
Saugat Majumdar
| Software Engineer, HP |
|
|
Advisor: Chinya V. Ravishankar Graduated: Winter 2007 Email: |
Thesis: Designing Signature Schemes Secure with Short Passwords |
|
 |
Mirella M. Moro
| Assistant Professor, UFMG, Brazil |
|
|
Advisor: Vassilis Tsotras Graduated: Winter 2007 Email: |
Thesis: The Role of Structural Aggregation for Query Processing over XML Data |
|
 |
Wei Wang
|
|
|
Advisor: Chinya V. Ravishankar Graduated: Winter 2007 Email: |
Thesis: Energy-Efficient Data Delivery Schemes in Wireless and Mobile Environments |
|
 |
Lingling Jin
| Software Engineer, nVidia |
|
|
Advisor: Jun Yang Graduated: Fall 2006 Email: |
Thesis: Software Thermal Monitoring and Management for High-performance Microprocessors |
|
 |
Jinfeng Ni
| Software Engineer, IBM |
|
|
Advisor: Chinya V. Ravishankar Graduated: Fall 2006 Email: |
Thesis: Spatial and Spatio-temporal Queries in the Presence of Uncertainty and Movement |
|
 |
Yougang Song
| Investment Technology Group |
|
|
Advisor: Brett D. Fleisch Graduated: Fall 2006 Email: |
Thesis: New Approaches to Mobile Code Security and Recoverable Persistent Storage |
|
 |
Li Wei
| Software Engineer, Google |
|
|
Advisor: Eamonn Keogh Graduated: Fall 2006 Email: |
||
 |
Shanzhong Zhu
| Software Engineer, Ask.com |
|
|
Advisor: Chinya V. Ravishankar Graduated: Fall 2006 Email: |
||
 |
Jakob Eriksson
| PostDoc, MIT |
|
|
Advisor: Michalis Faloutsos & Srikanth Krishnamurthy Graduated: Summer 2006 Email: |
Thesis: Techniques for Routing Scalability and Security in Open Networks |
|
 |
Jiani Guo
| Software Engineer, Cisco Systems |
|
|
Advisor: Laxmi Bhuyan Graduated: Summer 2006 Email: |
Thesis: Message Scheduling in a Cluster-Based Active Router for Multimedia Applications |
|
 |
Sandeep K. Gupta
| PostDoc, SuperComputer, San Diego |
|
|
Advisor: Chinya V. Ravishankar Graduated: Summer 2006 Email: |
Thesis: External Memory Algorithms for Shortest Distance and Spatio-Temporal Queries on Road Network |
|
 |
Wojciech S. Jawor
| Software Engineer, Shopzilla |
|
|
Advisor: Marek Chrobak Graduated: Summer 2006 Email: |
Thesis: Competitive algorithms for packet scheduling in computer networks |
|
 |
Zheng Liu
| City of Hope |
|
|
Advisor: Tao Jiang Graduated: Summer 2006 Email: |
Thesis: Combinatorial and Statistical Approaches for Some Challenges in Oligonucleotide Fingerprinting of Ribosomal RNA Genes |
|
 |
Arun K. Saha
| Software Engineer, Cisco Systems |
|
|
Advisor: Mart Molle Graduated: Summer 2006 Email: |
Thesis: Cross Layer Techniques to Secure Peer-to-Peer Protocols for Location, Adjacency, and Identity Verification |
|
 |
Dinesh C. Suresh
| Software Engineer, Determina |
|
|
Advisor: Walid Najjar Graduated: Summer 2006 Email: |
||
 |
Jie Zheng
| PostDoc, National Center for Biotechnology Institute |
|
|
Advisor: Stefano Lonardi & Tao Jiang Graduated: Summer 2006 Email: |
Thesis: Efficient Algorithms for Identification and Analysis of Repetitive Patterns in Biological Sequences |
|
 |
Li Zhou
| Software Engineer, eBay |
|
|
Advisor: Chinya V. Ravishankar Graduated: Summer 2006 Email: |
Thesis: Supporting Message Confidentiality and Authenticity in Dynamic Peer Groups and Wireless Sensor Networks |
|
 |
Thomas Karagiannis
| Microsoft Research Labs, Cambridge England |
|
|
Advisor: Michalis Faloutsos Graduated: Spring 2006 Email: |
Thesis: Novel Techniques and Models for Network Traffic Profiling: Characterizing the Unknown |
|
 |
Susan Lysecky
| Assistant Professor, University of Arizona, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering |
|
|
Advisor: Frank Vahid Graduated: Spring 2006 Email: |
Thesis: eBlocks: Enabling Design of Basic Embedded Systems by Novice Users |
|
 |
Sharmila Subramaniam
| Software Engineer, Google |
|
|
Advisor: Dimitrios Gunopulos Graduated: Spring 2006 Email: |
Thesis: Optimizing Business Processes Through Log Analysis |
|
 |
Titus Winters
| Software Engineer, JetHead Software, San Diego |
|
|
Advisor: Tom Payne Graduated: Spring 2006 Email: |
Thesis: Educational Data Mining: Collection and Analysis of Score Matrices for Outcomes-Based Assessment |
|
 |
Essia H. Elhafsi
| PostDoc, INRIA, France |
|
|
Advisor: Mart Molle Graduated: Fall 2005 Email: |
Thesis: Modeling Forking Nodes with State-Dependent Routing: Application to Asymmetric Networks |
|
 |
Zografoula Vagena
| PostDoc, IBM Almaden |
|
|
Advisor: Vassilis Tsotras Graduated: Fall 2005 Email: |
Thesis: Query Processing and Optimization for Structural Selection Queries Over XML Data |
|
 |
Minli Zhu
| Software Engineer, Network Appliance Corp. |
|
|
Advisor: Mart Molle Graduated: Fall 2005 Email: |
||
 |
Xi Chen
| Research Scientist, Novas Software, San Jose |
|
|
Advisor: Harry Hsieh Graduated: Summer 2005 Email: |
Thesis: Verification and Analysis of System Designs with Functional and Performance Constraints |
|
 |
Haifeng Li
| PostDoc, University of Southern California |
|
|
Advisor: Tao Jiang Graduated: Summer 2005 Email: |
Thesis: Studies on Several Bioinformatics Problems with Machine Learning Techniques |
|
 |
Yan Luo
| Assistant Professor, University of Massachusetts, Lowell, Dept. of Electrical & Computer Engineering |
|
|
Advisor: Laxmi Bhuyan & Jun Yang Graduated: Summer 2005 Email: |
Thesis: Performance Evaluation and Low Power Design of Network Processors |
|
 |
Georgos Siganos
| Research Scientist, Telefonica Research |
|
|
Advisor: Michalis Faloutsos Graduated: Summer 2005 Email: |
Thesis: Analyzing the Cooperation of ISPs in the Internet Routing: Security Implications and Accurate Internet Models |
|
 |
Demetrios Zeinalipour-Yazti
| Lecturer, University of Cyprus |
|
|
Advisor: Dimitrios Gunopulos Graduated: Summer 2005 Email: |
Thesis: Search and Retrieval Algorithms for Distributed Data Management Systems |
|
 |
Xiao Zhang
| Software Engineer, Qualcomm Corporation |
|
|
Advisor: Laxmi Bhuyan Graduated: Summer 2005 Email: |
Thesis: Fair Scheduling for Input-Queued Crossbar Switches |
|
 |
Li Zhao
| Software Engineer, Intel Corporation |
|
|
Advisor: Laxmi Bhuyan Graduated: Summer 2005 Email: |
Thesis: Architectural Analysis and Acceleration for Server Network Processing |
|
|
No Photo Available |
Fang Chen
| Software Engineer, Oracle Corporation |
|
|
Advisor: Vana Kalogeraki Graduated: Spring 2005 Email: |
Thesis: Resource Management and Multimedia Support in Peer-to-Peer Systems |
|
|
No Photo Available |
Jessica Lin
| Assistant Professor, George Mason University, Dept. of Information & Software Engineering |
|
|
Advisor: Eamonn Keogh Graduated: Spring 2005 Email: |
Thesis: Discovering Unusual and Non-Trivial Patterns in Massive Time Series Databases |
|
 |
Roman Lysecky
| Assistant Professor, University of Arizona, Dept. of Electrical & Computer Engineering |
|
|
Advisor: Frank Vahid Graduated: Spring 2005 Email: |
Thesis: Warp Processing and Just-in-Time Field Programmable Gate Array Compilation |
|
 |
Chotirat A. Ratanamahatana
| Assistant Professor, Chulalongkorn Univesity, Thailand |
|
|
Advisor: Eamonn Keogh Graduated: Spring 2005 Email: |
Thesis: Improving Efficiency and Effectiveness of Dynamic Time Warping in Large Time Series Databases |
|
 |
Dimitrios Papadopoulos
|
|
|
Advisor: Dimitrios Gunopulos Graduated: Winter 2005 Email: |
Thesis: Clustering and Indexing Methods for High Dimensional Data and Moving Objects |
|
 |
Marios Hadjieleftheriou
| Inventive Researcher, AT&T Shannon Labs |
|
|
Advisor: Vassilis Tsotras Graduated: Fall 2004 Email: |
Thesis: Novel Spatio-Temporal Queries for Moving Object Applications |
|
 |
Andres Figueroa
| Assistant Professor, University of Texas-Pan American |
|
|
Advisor: Tao Jiang Graduated: Summer 2004 Email: |
Thesis: Efficient Algorithms for Oligonucleotide Fingerprinting of Ribosomal DNA Genese in the Analysis of Microbial Communities |
|
 |
Michail Vlachos
| Research Staff Member, IBM Research |
|
|
Advisor: Dimitrios Gunopulos Graduated: Summer 2004 Email: |
Thesis: Similarity and Indexing in Multi-Dimensional Spaces |
|
 |
Shihong Huang
| Assistant Professor, Florida Atlantic University, Dept. of Computer Science & Engineering |
|
|
Advisor: Scott Tilley & Thomas Payne Graduated: Spring 2004 Email: |
Thesis: An Integrated Approach to Program Redocumentation |
|
 |
Jing Li
| Assistant Professor, Case Western Reserve University, Electrical Engineering & Computer Science Dept. |
|
|
Advisor: Tao Jiang Graduated: Spring 2004 Email: |
Thesis: Algorithmic Approaches for Haplotype Inference from Pedigree Data and Haplotype-Based Gene Association Mapping |
|
|
No Photo Available |
Jobin James
| Software Engineer, Packet Design |
|
|
Advisor: Satish Tripathi Graduated: Summer 2003 Email: |
Thesis: Perfornamce Analysis of Wireless Networks: Challenging the Assumptions in Simulation and Modeling |
|
|
No Photo Available |
Yingqiang Lin
| Research Engineer, Innopath |
|
|
Advisor: Bir Bhanu Graduated: Spring 2003 |
Thesis: Feature Synthesis and Analysis by Evolutionary Computation for Object Detection and Recognition |
|
|
No Photo Available |
Sohail Nadimi
| Software Engineer, KLA-TENCOR |
|
|
Advisor: Bir Bhanu Graduated: Spring 2003 Email: |
Thesis: Physics-Based Evolutionary Strategies and Dynamic Sensor Fusion for Moving Object Detection |
|
|
No Photo Available |
Carlotta Domeniconi
| Assistant Professor, George Mason University, Dept. of Information & Software Engineering |
|
|
Advisor: Dimitrios Gunopulos Graduated: Summer 2002 Email: |
Thesis: Locally Adaptive Techniques for Pattern Recognition |
|
|
No Photo Available |
Donghui Zhang
| Assistant Professor, Northeastern University, College of Computer & Information Science |
|
|
Advisor: Vassilis Tsotras Graduated: Summer 2002 Email: |
Thesis: Aggregation Computation over Complex Objects |
|
|
No Photo Available |
Tony Givargis
| Assistant Professor, University of California, Irvine |
|
|
Advisor: Frank Vahid Graduated: Spring 2001 Email: |
Thesis: System-Level Exploration for Pareto-Optimal Configuration in Parameterized System-on-a-Chip Architectures |
|
|
No Photo Available |
Chieh Changfan
| Software Engineer, Novas Software, San Jose |
|
|
Advisor: Yu-chin Hsu Graduated: Summer 1999 Email: |
||
 |
Enoch O. Hwang
| Associate Professor, La Sierra University, Dept. of Mathematics & Computer Science |
|
|
Advisor: Frank Vahid & Yu-chin Hsu Graduated: Spring 1999 Email: |
Thesis: Functional Partitioning for Low Power |
|
|
No Photo Available |
Alan P. Su
| Software Engineer, Agilent Technologies |
|
|
Advisor: Yu-chin Hsu Graduated: Fall 1998 Email: |
Thesis: A Study of False Loop and False Path in High-Level Synthesis |
|
|
No Photo Available |
Torsten Berger
| Draper Labs, Boston |
|
|
Advisor: Jay Farrell Graduated: Spring 1998 Email: |
Thesis: An Integrated Approach to Hierarchial Planning, Plan Execution, and On-Line Learning in Uncertain Continuous Domains |
|