Networks

Tarek F. Abdelzaher
Prof. Abdelzaher is especially interested in developing theory, architectural support, and computing abstractions for predictability in software systems, motivated by increasing software complexity and the growing sources of non-determinism. Applications range from sensor networks to large-scale server farms, and from avionics to homeland defense.
Tamer Basar

Professor Basar is interested in using various stochastic mechanisms to address trust issues in systems. He has recently completed a project for Boeing called "A Game Theoretic Approach to Intrusion Detection in Policy Based Access Control Systems."
Carolyn L. Beck

Dr. Beck's primary research interests lie in the development of modeling and control methods for complex systems, with applications in bioengineering and networked control systems. She received the National Science Foundation CAREER Award in 1998, and the Office of Naval Research Young Investigator Award in 2001.
Nikita Borisov

Professor Borisov's research interests lie in the area of computer security and privacy, especially as applied to large-scale distributed systems. His current focus is on anonymity: analysis of existing anonymous systems and the design of new peer-to-peer anonymous networks.
Matthew Caesar

Prof. Caesar's research focuses on the design, analysis, and implementation of distributed systems and networks on the extremely large scale, with an emphasis on network operations, measurement, and availability.
Geir E. Dullerud

Professor Dullerud is interested in controls and dynamics, especially networked, distributed and multirate hybrid control. He is currently a principal investigator in a large, interdisciplinary research effort sponsored by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research on cooperative networked control of small uninhabited aerial vehicles (UAVs).
Carl A. Gunter

Professor Gunter uses his background in programming languages to analyze protocols and systems with respect to trustworthy operation. Information about Professor Gunter's recent work is outlined on the Security Lab page.
Susan Hinrichs

Professor Hinrichs's research interests revolve around network security. Specifically, she is interested in the issues that arise from trying to understand, implement, and maintain a security posture. Her work at Cisco Systems involved creating tools to translate from a higher-level security policy description to a multi-device implementation.
Naira Hovakimyan

Naira Hovakimyan's current research interests are in the theory of robust adaptive control and estimation with an emphasis on aerospace applications, control in the presence of limited information, networks of autonomous systems, and game theory. Her research work is being supported by AFOSR, ARO, AFRL, ONR, NASA, and The Boeing Co.
Robin H. Kravets

Prof. Kravets's interests are in the area of Mobile Computing and Communications. She currently leads the Mobius Group, which is dedicated to research for seamless communication in mobile computing. She is a member of the Grace Project, which aims to provide a cross-layer solution to global resource management.