Research

My research interests are in the areas of database systems, applications, and mining.  Within this space, I am particularly interested in problems related to data privacy and security.  I am a member of the Michigan Software Systems Lab and Database Group.

I am currently working with three Ph.D. students: Daniel Fabbri, Lujun (Tony) Fang, and Manish Singh.

Teaching

EECS 584: Advanced Database Systems (Fall 08, Fall 09)

EECS 484: Database Management Systems (Winter 08, Winter 09)

Service Activities

Since 2008, I have had the pleasure of serving as faculty advisor to the U Michigan gEECs.

In 2009-10, I am the faculty coordinator for the CSE Distinguished Lecture Series.

Program committees:

Conference on Information and Knowledge Management (CIKM) -- 2008, 2009.

IEEE Data Engineering (ICDE) -- 2009, 2010.

IEEE Security and Privacy (Oakland) -- 2009.

ACM SIGKDD Conference on Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining -- 2007.

Very Large Databases (VLDB) -- 2008 (Ph.D. Workshop), 2009.

Workshop on Privacy in the Electronic Society (WPES) -- 2008.

International Conference on Information Systems Security (ICISS) -- 2009.

International Conference on Extending Database Technology (EDBT) -- 2010 (Demonstration Track).

I was on the PVLDB Review Board (2008-09), and I will be serving as Publicity Chair for SIGMOD 2010.

Note to Prospective Students

Admission to the CSE graduate program at Michigan is a competitive process.  Individual faculty do not admit students; admissions are decided by a central committee.  If you are interested in applying to the program, you can find more information here.  I am not always able to respond to e-mail from prospective students, and I apologize ahead of time.

If you have already been admitted to the CSE graduate program, and are interested in pursuing an independent research project, please send me e-mail.