Current Ph.D. Students:
- Reem Albarrak, George Mason University, advanced to candidacy, (Dissertation title: Trust but Verify (TBV): A Framework for the Trustworthiness of Distributed Systems).
Graduated Ph.D. Students:
- Sarah Alhozaimy, George Mason University, Self-Protection Through Dynamic Reconfiguration, co-director with Max Albanese, November 2023.
- Uma Tadakamalla, George Mason University,
FogQN-AC: Autonomic Resource Management using Analytic Models for Fog/Cloud Computing, October 2019.
- Noor O. Bajunaid, George Mason University,
Modeling and Optimization of Performance and Reliability of Distributed Autonomic Systems, April 2019.
- Venkat Tadakamalla, George Mason University,
Analysis and Autonomic Elasticity Control for Multi-Server Queues Under Traffic Surges in Cloud Environments, September 2018.
- Mohan Krishnamoorthy, George Mason University, co-director with Prof. Alex Brodsky, Stochastic Optimization based on White-box Deterministic Approximations: Models, Algorithms and Application to Service Networks, July 2018.
- Jason Porter, George Mason University, Decentralized Runtime Architecture Discovery and Testbed for Adaptation and Failure Recovery of Large Dynamic Distributed Systems, co-director with Prof. Hassan Gomaa, April 2018.
- Warren J. Connell, George Mason University, A Quantitative Framework for Cyber Moving Target Defenses,
co-director with Prof. Massimiliano Albanese, August 2017.
- Mahmoud Awad, George Mason University,
Dynamic Derivation of Analytical Performance Models in Autonomic Systems,
April 2017.
- John Ewing, George Mason University,
Autonomic Performance Optimization with Application to Self-Architecting Software Systems, April 2015.
- Arwa Aldhalaan, Autonomic, Optimal, and Near-Optimal Resource Allocation in Cloud Computing,
George Mason University, April 2015.
- Shouvik Bardhan, Design and Modeling of Schedulers for Multi-Task Jobs on Computer Clusters,
George Mason University, April 2015.
- Firas Alomari, An Autonomic Framework for Integrating Security and Quality of Service Support in Databases,
George Mason University, May 2013.
- Serene Al-Momen, A Self-managed Healthcare Emergency Department System,
George Mason University, April 2012.
- Faisal Sibai, Defeating Insider Attacks via Autonomic Self-Protective Networks,
George Mason University, April 2012.
- Vinod Dubey, Quality of Service Management of Business Processes
in Service Oriented Architecture,
George Mason University, April 2010.
- Ghassan ``Gus'' Jabbour, The Insider Threat Security Architecture: An Integrated, Inseparable, and Uninterrupted
Self-Protection Autonomic Framework,
George Mason University, April 2010.
- Ram Narayan Krishnan, Group-Centric Secure Information Sharing Models,
Chair and co-director, co-director: Ravi Sandhu, George Mason University,
November 2009.
- David A. Wheeler, Fully Countering Trusting Trust through Diverse Double-Compiling,
Chair and co-director, co-director: Ravi Sandhu, George Mason University,
November 2009.
- Venkata Bhamidipati, Architecture and Models for Administration of User-Role Assignment in Role Based Access Control,
Chair and co-director, co-director: Ravi Sandhu, George Mason University, November 2008.
- Zhixiong ``Jim'' Zhang, Scalable Role and Organizational Based Access Control and
its Administration, George Mason University, Chair and co-director, co-director: Ravi Sandhu,
April 2008.
- Vasudeva Akula, Workload Characterization and Business-oriented Performance Improvement Techniques for Online Auction Sites, George Mason University, February 2007.
- Mohamed Bennani, Autonomic Computing Through Analytic Performance Models,
George Mason University, May 2006.
- Monchai Sopitkamol, Experimental Study of Performance
Sensitivity of Configurable Parameters of Web-based Systems,
George Mason University, November 2004.
- Ibrahim S. Abdullah, Meta-Protocol: On-the-Fly Protocol
Agreement and Code Generation,
George Mason University,
March 2004.
- Harry J. Foxwell, A Web-based System for Representing, Retrieving,
and Visualizing Analogies,
George Mason University, April 2003.
- Alan Harbitter, A Methodology for Analyzing the Performance of
Authentication Protocols, PhD in Computer Science,
George Mason University, November 2002.
- Ronald Dodge, Improving E-commerce System Performance
with Dynamic System Tuning, George Mason University,
April 2001.(co-director: D. Barbara)
- Hai L. Le, Hyperlearning: a non-linear, variable path,
variable time, fixed outcome model for on-line
self-assessment and certification,
George Mason University, December 1997.
- Odysseas I. Pentakalos, Performance Evaluation of Hierarchical Mass Storage
Systems, University of Maryland Baltimore County, April 1996.
- Adelia Cecilia Goncalves Nunes, A Multicache Architecture with Integrated Coherence
and Concurrency Control, PUC-RIO, May 1991.
- Luis Carlos Trevelin, A Methodology for the Performance Evaluation of
Real Time Applications in Parallel Architectures,
PUC-RIO, April 1991.
- Leonardo Lellis Pereira Leite, Design and Performance Evaluation of Isolated and
Interconnected Local Networks,
PUC-Rio, October 1985.
- Luiz Fernando Gomes Soares, Design and Development of Protocols for Local Computer
Networks, PUC-Rio,
December 1983.
- Tatuo Nakanishi, Performance Evaluation of Concurrency Control Mechanisms
for Database Systems, PUC-Rio,
September 1981.