Current Students


Fariba Haddadi, Computer Science (Dalhousie), PhD

      

Vahid Aghaei, Computer Science (Dalhousie), PhD

           

Maimaiti Tuerxun, Computer Science (Dalhousie), Visiting PhD student

    

Patrick LaRoche, Computer Science (Dalhousie), PhD

    

Ozge Yeloglu, Computer Science (Dalhousie), PhD, (Co-sup: Milios)


Yasemin Gokcen, Computer Science (Dalhousie), MCS

                  

Hossein Rahimi, Computer Science (Dalhousie), MCS

          

Sara Rahimi, Computer Science (Dalhousie), MCS, (Co-sup: Heywood)

           

Aimee Burrows, Computer Science (Dalhousie), BCS

           

Jillian Morgan, Computer Science (Dalhousie), BCS

           

Eduardo Gomes Filho, Computer Science (Dalhousie), BCS

           

Hans Sanft, Computer Science (Dalhousie), BCS



Graduated Students


Grads - PhDs:


Riyad Alshammari, Computer Science (Dalhousie), PhD, 2012

        Automatically Generating Robust Signatures Using a Machine Learning Approach to Unveil Encrypted VoIP Traffic without Using Port Numbers, IP Addresses and Payload Inspection

Adetokunbo Makanju, Computer Science (Dalhousie), PhD,  2012 (Co-sup: Milios)

        Exploring Event Log Analysis with Minimum A Priori Information

Gunes Kayacik, Computer Science (Dalhousie), PhD, 2009 (Co-sup: Heywood)

        Can the best defense be a good offense? Evolving (mimicry) attacks for detector vulnerability testing under a black-box assumption

Xiao Luo, Computer Science (Dalhousie), PhD, 2008

        Exploring a hybrid intelligent system for document analysis and word tracking

Yongzheng Zhang, Computer Science (Dalhousie), PhD, 2007 (Co-sup: Milios)

        A framework for summarization of multi-topic web sites


Grads - Master’s:


Daniel Arndt, Computer Science (Dalhousie), MCS, 2012

        Encrypted traffic analysis

Can Bozdogan, Computer Science (Dalhousie), MCS, 2012

        Experience management for system fault analysis

Carlos Bacquet, Computer Science (Dalhousie), MCS, 2010

        An investigation of a MOGA applied to encrypted traffic identification

Curtis McCarthy, Computer Science (Dalhousie), MEC Thesis, 2010

        An investigation on detecting applications hidden in SSL streams using machine learning techniques

Riyad Alshammari, Computer Science (Dalhousie), MCS, 2008

        Automatically Classifying Encrypted Network Traffic: A Case Study of SSH

Johnny Azizi. MECRP, 2008

        Honeypots: Catch your Online Enemy

Adetokunbo Makanju, Computer Science (Dalhousie), MCS, 2007

        Investigating the robustness of ML based IDSs on DoS attacks for 802.11 networks

Ozge Yeloglu, Computer Science (Dalhousie), MCS, 2007

        Growing recurrent self-organizing map

Lin Xu, Computer Science (Dalhousie), MCS, 2006

         Investigating the mirror server placement problem using log files from web servers

Yeming Hu, Internetworking (Dalhousie), MEng, 2006

        Modeling users’ behavior from server logs

Patrick LaRoche, Computer Science (Dalhousie), MCS, 2006

        802.11 De-authentication attack detection using genetic programming

Andrew Ting Zhou, Computer Science (Dalhousie), MCS, 2005

        Improving intrusion detection systems through an HCI approach

Li Li, Computer Science (Dalhousie), MCS, 2004

        Applying neural network based approaches to host based intrusion detection

Peter Lichodzijewski, Computer Science (Dalhousie), MCS, 2004

        Cascaded GP models for data mining

Wenwei Yue, Computer Science (Dalhousie), MCS, 2004

        An improved agent based routing protocol for mobile ad-hoc networks

Leigh Wetmore, Computer Science (Dalhousie), MCS, 2004

        Hiearachical dynamic subset selection applied to self-organizing maps

Xiaosong Hu, Computer Science (Dalhousie), MCS, 2004

        Understanding the performance of cooperative web caching systems

Ali Kanani, Computer Science (Dalhousie), MECRP, 2004

        The voice over WLAN market

C. Liu, Computer Science (Dalhousie), MECRP, 2004

        Web services technology

S. Tong, Computer Science (Dalhousie), MECRP, 2004

        Web services security

A. Zhang, Computer Science (Dalhousie), MECRP, 2004

        Characterizing users of e-com sites

Christopher Boyce, Computer Science (Dalhousie), MECP, 2003

         A comparison of four intrusion detection systems for secure e-business

Ye Liang, Computer Science (Dalhousie), MCS, 2003

        Supporting micro-mobility with multi protocol handoff mechanism

Gunes Kayacik, Computer Science (Dalhousie), MCS, 2003

        Hierarchical self-organizing map based intrusion detection systems

Yan Zhou, Computer Science (Dalhousie), MCS, 2003

        Intelligent agent routing for mobile ad-hoc networks

Haihua Yun, Computer Science (Dalhousie), MCS, 2003

        Intelligent ants for adaptive network routing

Dong Song, Computer Science (Dalhousie), MCS, 2003

        A L-GP approach to intrusion detection

Z. Jiang, Computer Science (Dalhousie), MECRP, 2003

        E-learning for e-commerce

Xuanfei Ji-Taylor, Computer Science (Dalhousie), MECP, 2002

        How to improve business data management in the maritime shipping industry

Dyan Tufts-Conrad, Computer Science (Dalhousie), MECT, 2002

        Towards the automated coding of patient discharge abstracts

Jianduan Liang, Computer Science (Dalhousie), MACS, 2002

        A robot capable of crawling secure dynamic web sites

Nadia Corbin, Computer Science (Dalhousie), MECP, 2002

    E-commerce: A case study of Barbados

Peijun Shi, Computer Science (Dalhousie), MCS, 2002

        Mirror site organization using a social insect metaphor

Yongzheng Zhang, Computer Science (Dalhousie), MCS, 2002

        World wide web summarization

Zhongmin Shi, Computer Science (Dalhousie), MCS, 2002

        Post supervised learning for information extraction from lists and tables

Suihong Liang, Computer Science (Dalhousie), MCS, 2002

        Intelligent packets for dynamic network routing

XuFeng Hu, Computer Science (Dalhousie), MACS, 2001

        Testing a cognitive packet concept in LAN environment

Yang Yang, Computer Science (Dalhousie), MACS, 2001

        Implementation and measurement of two ant routing algorithms in LAN

Tuncay Ercan, Computer Engineering (Ege), MSc, 2000

        A research study on network management system


Undergrads Honours /NSERC USRA / CDMP:


Aimee Burrows, Computer Science (Dalhousie), BCS, NSERC USRA, 2012

        Protocol analysis

Andrey Kulakevich, Computer Science (Dalhousie), BCS, NSERC USRA, 2011

        Traffic analysis

Michal Lisicki, Computer Science (Poland), Visiting undergrad, 2011

        Syslog analysis

Aaran Atwater, Computer Science (Dalhousie), BCS Honour’s, 2011

        Encrypted traffic analysis

Aaron Atwater, Computer Science (Dalhousie), NSERC USRA, 2010

           Supervised techniques for attack analysis

Natasha Bodorik, Computer Science (Dalhousie), NSERC USRA & CDMP, 2009

        Vulnerability analysis

Aaron Atwater, Computer Science (Dalhousie), NSERC USRA, 2009

        Supervised techniques for traffic analysis

Kubra Gumus, Computer Engineering (Bilkent University), Visiting undergrad, 2009

        Semi-supervised learning for traffic analysis

Dogukan Tizer, Computer Engineering (Ege University),Visiting undergrad, 2009

        Unsupervised learning for traffic analysis

Melanie Tupper, Computer Science (Dalhousie), NSERC USRA/CDMP, 2008

        Vulnerability databases and their effect on security metrics

Melanie Tupper, Computer Science (Dalhousie), NSERC USRA/CDMP, 2007

        VEA-bility analysis of network diversification

Azza Abouzied, Computer Science (Dalhousie), BCS Honour’s, 2006

        Preliminary performance comparison of three machine learning algorithms for SSH

Azza Abouzied, Computer Science (Dalhousie), NSERC USRA/CDMP, 2006

        Automated traffic classification for SSH

Aniruld Koul, Computer Science (Dalhousie), NSERC USRA, 2006

        Automated traffic classification for P2P

Peter Lichodzijewski, Computer Science (Dalhousie), BCS Honour’s, 2002

        Network based anomaly detection using self-organizing maps

Leigh Wetmore, Computer Science (Dalhousie), BCS Honour’s, 2002

        Toward the automatic categorization of documents

Ala’a Dabbour, Computer Science (Dalhousie), BCS Honour’s, 2002

        Accessibility criteria and search engine features

Peter Lichodzijewski, Computer Science (Dalhousie), NSERC USRA, 2001

        Anomaly intrusion detection

Leigh Wetmore, Computer Science (Dalhousie), NSERC USRA, 2001

        Document categorization

Gunes Kayacik, Computer Engineering (Ege), Honour’s, 2000

        A case study of e-commerce in Turkey

Feridun Atakan, Computer Engineering (Ege), Honour’s, 2000

        A case study of e-commerce in Turkey

Cem Yondem, Computer Engineering (Ege), Honour’s, 2000

        SMEs and e-commerce

Cagri Kizildag, Computer Engineering (Ege), Honour’s, 2000

        SMEs and e-commerce

O. Filiz, Computer Engineering (Ege), Honour’s, 2000

        Developing a UIA using potential function for clustering

S. Zungur, Computer Engineering (Ege), Honour’s, 2000

        Developing a UIA using potential function for clustering

D. Parlak, Computer Engineering (Ege), Honour’s, 1999

        Information filtering and indexing on FTP & WWW servers for DISS

A. Sengul, Computer Engineering (Ege), Honour’s, 1999

        Information filtering and indexing on FTP & WWW servers for DISS

S. Sarbay, Computer Engineering (Ege), Honour’s, 1999

        A study on UIA: Developing a UIA for DISS

T. Gulsen, Computer Engineering (Ege), Honour’s, 1998

        Agent based distributed search

T. Erdinc, Computer Engineering (Ege), Honour’s, 1998

        Agent based distributed search

Y. Celen, Computer Engineering (Ege), Honour’s, 1998

        Agent based distributed search

S. F. Ebil, Computer Engineering (Ege), Honour’s, 1998

        Agent based distributed search


Research Associates


Ashley George, Computer Science (Dalhousie), Research Associate, 2006 - 2009

           Information systems

Duffy Angevine, Computer Science (Dalhousie), Research Associate, 2005 - 2007

        Traffic Analysis


System / Network Administrators


Kursat Keskinege, System Administrator, Ege University, 1994 - 1996

  1. M.Suat Colakoglu, System Administrator, Ege University, 1994 - 1996

Aysun Tatli, Helpdesk Administrator, Ege University, 1992 - 1996


 

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