ISE PhD Students

While we try to maintain this list as best we can, our students are extremely fluid, so some of this information is invariably out of date.

Name & Website Research Advisor
Aybar C. Acar Discovering Patterns in Large Collections of Queries Ami Motro
Ahmed Al-Faresi    
Muna Al-Razgan Clustering Ensembles Carlotta Domeniconi
Loulwah Al-Sumait Probabilistic Topic Models Daniel Barbará and
Carlotta Domeniconi
Mohammed Alhussein    
Malak Alnory Decision Guidance for Service Composition in Supply Chains Alex Brodsky
Jung-Woo An    
Douglass Berg    
Jacob L. Berlin Automated Discovery of Content for Virtual Databases Ami Motro
Guillermo Calderon-Meza   Jeff Offutt
James Caroland    
Shipping Chen   Sushil Jajodia and
Xinyuan (Frank) Wang
Blaine Donley Web Application Architectures Jeff Offutt
Sylvia Henshaw Decision guidance with dynamically learned objectives in social networks Alex Brodsky
Frank Hodum    
Prem Jadhwani    
Muhammad Jameel    
Roger Johnson    
Garrett Kaminski Software Logic Testing Paul Ammann
Gary Liebo    
Juan Luo Integrating learning in computing environments Alex Brodsky
Christopher Magrin    
Ashraf Nabih    
Thoanh Nguyen    
Kamau Njuguna    
Erika Olympiew   Hassan Gomaa
Wayne Pickard    
Alireza Sabzevar Pirayesh   João Pedro Sousa
Upsorn Praphamontripong   Jeff Offutt
Faisal Quader    
Sanjeev Raman Identification and Analysis of Genetic Markers Carlotta Domeniconi
James Rogers   Daniel Barbará
Mazen Saleh   Hassan Gomaa
Imran Shah    
Xiang Shen    
Julie Street    
Vasilios Tzeremes    
Marcos R. Vieira Maintaining Privacy in Database Services Ami Motro
Steven Vincent Kernel Methods for Text Mining Carlotta Domeniconi
Qingxiang Wang Web Application Testing Jeff Offutt
Shuang Wang   Jeff Offutt
James Warren    
Min Xu RBAC Duminda Wijesekera
Wuzhi Xu Perturbation Testing for Syntax-based Applications Jeff Offutt
Bojun Yan Semi-supervised Learning Carlotta Domeniconi
Workeye Zewudie    
Lei Zhang Risk-based decision guidance for secure information systems Sushil Jajodia and
Alex Brodsky
Baoxian Zhao    


PhD Graduates

Name & Website Research Advisor Graduated
Aynur Abdurazik Coupling-Based Analysis of Object-Oriented Software Jeff Offutt 2007
Mohammad M. Abusalim Information Security Policy for the National Security: Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia 1995
Gail Ahn The RCL2000 Language for Specifying Role-Based Authorization Constraints Ravi Sandhu 2000
Mohammad A. Al-Kahtani A Family of Models for Rule-based User-role Assignment Ravi Sandhu 2003
Ayad Aldaijy An Empirical Assessment of the Impact of Requirements Uncertainty on Development Quality Performance Edgar Sibley 2003
Roger Alexander Testing the Polymorphic Relationships of Object-oriented Programs Jeff Offutt 2001
Khaled Algathbar UML Security Duminda Wijesekera 2004
Amany Alshawi Investigating Predictors of Faculty Internet Usage Edgar Sibley 2003
Philipp Anokhin Data Inconsistency Detection and Resolution in the Integration of Heterogeneous Information Sources Ami Motro 2002
Vijayalakshmi Atluri Concurrency Control in Multilevel Secure Databases Sushil Jajodia 1995
Ezedin S. Barka Role-Based Delegation Models Ravi Sandhu 2002
Mark Blackburn Specification Transformation and Semantic Expansion to Support Automated Testing Paul Ammann 1998
M. Brian Blake Agent-based Workflow Modeling for Distributed Component Configuration and Coordination Prasanta Bose 2001
Khalid Buragga An Investigation of the Relationship Between National Culture and the Adoption of IT Edgar Sibley 2002
Ramaswamy Chandramouli Inference Elimination in Multilevel Databases Using Disjunctive Logic Programming Sushil Jajodia 1995
Jia Chen Constraint Algebras and Combinatorial Optimization in Constraint Databases Alex Brodsky 2001
Ping Chen Fractal Clustering and Its Applications to Projected Clustering and Deviation Detection Daniel Barbará 2002
Du Dang Discovering Sequential Patterns from Non-Uniform Temporal Databases Sean Wang 1999
Vijayanth Dhankar   Duminda Wijesekeera  
Anhtuan Q. Dinh A Development Method for Real-Time Software in a Parallel Environment Bo Sanden 1995
Ronald Dodge Improving E-Commerce System Performance with Dynamic System Tuning Daniel Menasce 2002
Daniel R. Ellis Worms, Malware Paul Ammann and
Sushil Jajodia
2006
Peter Epstein Engineering of Role-Permission Assignments Ravi Sandhu 2002
Csillia Farkas Secure Databases: Constraints and Inference Channels Susil Jajodia and Alex Brodsky 2000
Ghulam Ahmad Farrukh A Method and Software Engineering Environment for Configuring Applications from Reusable Specifications and Architectures Hassan Gomaa 1998
Srinivas Ganta Expressive Power of Access Control Models Based on Propagation of Rights Susil Jajodia 1996
Like Gao   Sean Wang  
Mark Gianturco Pattern-Based Modeling and Application Generation for Web-Based Software Product Lines Hassan Gomaa 2004
Rajni Goel Techniques for Detecting Malicious or Improper Data Modification Sushil Jajodia and Daniel Barbará 2003
Sami M. Halawani The Effect of Language Reading Direction on User Interface Design Edgar Sibley 1997
Mark Hartong Railroad Signaling Security Duminda Wijesekera 2008
Jane Hayes Input Validation Testing: A System Level, Early Lifecycle Technique Jeff Offutt 1998
Mohamed Hussein A Software Architecture-Based Method and Framework for the Design of Dynamically Reconfigurable Product Line Software Architectures Hassan Gomaa 2003
Philip C. Hyland Concentric Supervision of Security Applications: An Assurance Methodology Ravi Sandhu 1999
Ye Jin   Sushil Jajodia and Duminda Wijesekeera  
Zhenyi Jin A Software Architecture-based Testing Technique Jeff Offutt 2000
Michael Johnson   Daniel Barbará  
Neil Johnson Information Hiding: Steganography, Attacks and Countermeasures Sushil Jajodia 2001
Savith Kandala   Ravi Sandhu  
Saket Kaushik Secure Email Paul Ammann and
Duminda Wijesekeera
2007
Katrin Khojasteh Common Knowledge Inferences in Multilevel Databases Sushil Jajodia 1999
Naren Kodali   Duminda Wijesekeera and
Csilla Farkas
2004
Brandon Le   Duminda Wijesekeera  
Michelle Lee (Li Li) Change Impact Analysis for Object-Oriented Software Jeff Offutt 1998
Fu M. Li The Use of Information Technology for the Analysis of Issues in Policy Management Edgar Sibley 1995
Yingjiu Li Techniques for Protecting Data from Piracy, Illegal Inference, and Malicious Intrusions Sushil Jajodia and
Sean Wang
2003
Jia-Ling Lin Abstraction-Based Misuse Detection: High-Level Specifications and Adaptable Strategies Sean Wang 1995
Peng Liu Trusted Recovery from Malicious Attacks Paul Ammann 1999
Munir Madjalawei SCADA Security Duminda Wijesekera 2005
Donald G. Marks Using Constraints to Control Access to Sensitive Aggregates and to Enforce Multilevel Integrity Sushil Jajodia and Ami Motro 1997
Michael Martin Improving Security in Multilevel Database Management Systems through the Use of Query Modification Sushil Jajodia 1995
Mark G. Matthews Design and Analysis of Run-time Coordination Policy Change Mechanisms Prasanta Bose 2001
John Pierce McDermott, III Transaction Management in Replicated-Architecture Multilevel-Secure Database Systems Sushil Jajodia 1994
James B. Michael A Formal Process for Testing the Consistency of Composed Security Policies Edgar Sibley 1993
Kevin Mills Automatic Generation of Concurrent Designs for Real-Time Software Hassan Gomaa 1995
Peng Ning Abstraction-Based Intrusion Detection in Distributed Environments Sushil Jajodia and
Xiaoyang Wang
2002
Elizabeth Anne O'Hara-Schettino Dynamic Navigation Among Multiple View Software Specifications and Designs Hassan Gomaa 1994
Joseph Pamala Sealable Network Attach Graphs Paul Ammann 2007
Jaehong Park Usage Control: A Unified Framework for Next Generation Access Control Ravi Sandhu 2003
Joon Soo Park Secure Attribute Services on the Web Ravi Sandhu 1999
Leisheng Peng   Duminda Wijesekeera 2008
Robert G. Pettit, IV Analyzing Dynamic Behavior of Concurrent Object-Oriented Software Designs Hassan Gomaa 2003
Igor Rakov Data Quality and Its Use for Reconciling Inconsistencies in Multi-Database Environments Ami Motro 1999
Indrajit Ray An Advanced Transaction Model with Application to Multilevel Secure Systems Sushil Jajodia 1998
Indrakshi Ray Using Formal Methods in Semantic-Based Decomposition of Transactions Paul Ammann and
Sushil Jajodia
1998
Barbara Redmon   Edgar Sibley  
Ron Ritchey Network Attach Graph Analysis Paul Ammann 2007
Lucian de Pont Perlot Russell Postis and Rationales: Two Inferential Reasoning Extensions to Non-Recursive Database Programming Languages for MultiDatabase Systems Edgar Sibley 1997
Victor Segal Algorithms and Implementation of Object-oriented Constraint Databases Alex Brodsky 2001
Leonard J. Seligman A Mediated Approach to Consistency Management Among Distributed, Heterogeneous Information Systems Larry Kerschberg 1995
Hemant Sengar Telecom Security Duminda Wijesekeera and
Sushil Jajodia
2007
Tom Shackelford   Daniel Barbará  
Mohamad Sharif Voice Privacy Service Over the Public Telephone Network Duminda Wijesekeera 2004
Eonsuk Shin Evolution in Multiple-View Models of Software Product Families Hassan Gomaa 2002
Yong S. Song   Ravi Sandhu  
Rainer A. Sommer Embedding Organizational Planning Information in a Process: A Function-Oriented Process Planning Approach Edgar Sibley 1999
Barry Sweeney VOID Security Duminda Wijesekera 2006
Vijayan Sugumaran A Knowledge Based Approach for Generating Target Systems from a Domain Model Hassan Gomaa 1993
Roshan Thomas Supporting Secure and Efficient Write-Up in High-Assurance Multilevel Object-Based Computing Ravi Sandhu 1995
Samuel E. Varas On Optimal Constraint Decomposition, Monitoring, and Management in Distributed Environments Larry Kerschberg and
Alex Brodsky
1999
Changzhou Wang Time Series Search via Content Sean Wang 2000
Lingyu Wang   Sushil Jajodia and
Duminda Wijesekera
2006
Diana Lyn Webber The Variation Point Model for Software Product Lines David Rine and
Hassan Gomaa
2002
Doyle Joseph Weishar A Knowledge-Based Architecture for Query Formulation and Processing in Federated Heterogeneous Databases Larry Kerschberg 1994
Ningning Wu Audit Data Analysis and Mining Sushil Jajodia 2002
Xintao Wu Approximate Algorithms for Data Warehousing and Data Mining Daniel Barbará 2002
Jackie Yang   Sushil Jajodia and
Duminda Wijesekera
2006
Zhengrong Yao   Sean Wang
Jong Pil Yoon Constraint Management in Active Databases Larry Kerschberg 1994
Christine Youngblut Use of Multimedia Technology to Provide Solutions to Existing Curriculum Problems: Virtual Frog Dissection Edgar Sibley 2001
Xinwen Zhang   Ravi Sandhu  
Li Zhou   Edgar Sibley  

Last updated: Fall 2007