Associate Professor
Department of Computer Science and Engineering

B.S., University of Kerala, India, 1984
M.S., University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, 1988
Ph.D., University of Illinois,
Urbana-Champaign, 1990

Research Concentrations

Network security
Network reliability
Fault-tolerant computing
Reliable human computer interfaces

Research Accomplishments and Activities

Outstanding Graduate Faculty Award, 1996, 1997
J.L. Embry Trustee Professorship, 1995-1998
Meta-authentication protocols for network security
Restoration protocols for heterogeneous networks
Linear erasure correction codes for forward error recovery in burst channels
Reliability modeling of large optical networks

Research Philosophy

The major role of research is to solve problems that will directly and immediately benefit industry. Our role is to provide leadership rather than management to graduate students who do research.