Dalhousie University Faculty of Computer Science

 

Dr. Srini Sampalli

Dr. Srinivas (Srini) Sampalli

Professor
3M National Teaching Fellow


Faculty of Computer Science
Dalhousie University
Halifax, Nova Scotia B3H 1W5
CANADA

Phone: +1-902-494-1657
Fax: +1-902-494-1517

E-Mail: srini@cs.dal.ca

Website: www.cs.dal.ca/~srini

Graduate and Honours Thesis Supervision: Srini Sampalli

Current Graduate Students

No.

Name

Degree

Area of Research

1

Saurabh Dey*

Ph.D.

Mobile Cloud Security

2

Maali Alabdalhafith

Ph.D.

Applications of NFC and smartphones in healthcare

3

Abdulhadi Alqarni

Ph.D.

Privacy Preservation and Enhancement in Social Networking Sites

4

Trishla Shah

Ph.D.

Security in emerging wireless technologies

5

Hisham Allahem

Ph.D.

Mobile Security and Healthcare applications

6

Amjad Alsirhani

Ph.D.

Mobile Cloud Security

7

Mrim Alnfiai

Ph.D.

Applications for visually impaired

8

Bader Aldughayfiq

Ph.D.

RFID Security

9

Nitish Bhatia

MCS

Smartphone behavior analysis and access control

10

Afees Odebode*

MCS

Data mining

11

Nisarg Patel

MEng.

Vehicular ad hoc network security

12

Srishti Jaiswal

MACS

Smart cars: Ethics and Security

13

Virlla Soothar

MCS

Security of Internet of Things

14

Mugundhan Pattabhi

MACS

Certificate Generation Algorithms

15

Manveer Patyal

MACS

Ransomware Detection Algorithms

16

Yang Wang

MACS

Wireless security

* Co-supervisor: Dr. Qiang Ye

Past Graduate Students

Ph.D. Students (completed)


No.

Name

Degree

Thesis Title/Research Area

Year Completed

Current Position (if known or at last contact)

5

Raghav Sampangi

Ph.D.

Dynamically Reconfigurable Security using Biomimetic Techniques

2015

Post Doctoral Fellow and Instructor, Dalhousie University

4

Musfiq Rahman

Ph.D.

A Novel Scalable Group Key Management Protocol for Wireless Sensor Networks

2013

Assistant Professor, Thompson Rivers University, Kamloops, BC

3

Depeng Li

Ph.D.

Group Key Schemes for Security in Dynamic Peer Group Communications

2010

Assistant Professor, Hawaii Institute of Technology, Honolulu

2

Jing Li

Ph.D.

QoS and Mobility Management in 3G Wireless Networks and Beyond

2007

Research in Motion (RIM), Ottawa

1

Li Lei

Ph.D.

Flow Management Aspects for Multi-layer QoS Provisioning in IP-over-WDM Networks

2007

Microsoft Corp., Seattle

Masters Students (completed)

No.

Name

Degree

Thesis Title/Research Area

Year Completed

Current Position (if known or at last contact)

98 Sridhar Matta MCS Novel Key Exchange Algorithm based on Smartphone Sensor Data 2016  
97 Azharuddin Shaikh MACS Blood Donor Mobile App 2016  
96 Utsav Patel MACS Indoor Localizataion using Beacons for Healthcare 2016  

95

Anitha Kumar

MCS

Indoor heat map for finding spots in crowded areas

2016

Software company, Halifax

94

Mounika Nukala

MCS

Algorithms for identification of location from social media messages

2016

Software company, Edmonton

93

Shuruq Alsaedi

MCS

NFC application for theme park management

2016

University teacher, Saudi Arabia

92

Pankaj Bahekar

MACS

Networking for multi-player gaming

2016

Gaming company, Halifax

91

Kardam Tiwari

MCS

Novel algorithm for biometric security

2016

Entrepreneur, Halifax

90

Chidambar Kulkarni

MACS

Smartphone app for parking

2016

Software company, Halifax

89

Lakshmi Venkatesan

MEC

Smartphone app for smart grocery shopping

2016

Software company, Toronto

88

Selvakumar Vairasamy

MACS

Mobile app development for mental health

2016

Software company, Halifax

87

Chitra Thakkar

MACS

Smartphone application in rehab care

2016

Software company, Halifax

86

Dhaval Vyas

MACS

RecoSuccess – An application for efficient employee allocation in project management

2016

Software company, Halifax

85

Shriram Potluru

MACS

Smartphone app for healthcare

2016

Software company, Ontario

84

Astaad Canteenwala

MACS

Indoor localization

2016

Unisys, Halifax

83

Spandan Palamakula

MCS

Indoor localization

2015

IBM, Halifax

82

Jayagopal Narayanaswamy

MCS

Novel cryptographic algorithms for integrity and authentication

2015

Software company, Toronto

81

Mathavan Kumar

MCS

Algorithms for identification of user interests from social media messages

2015

IBM, Halifax

80

Karthik Palanivelu

MCS

Energy Distribution through Lifetime Estimation and Smartphone Usage Patterns

2015

Software Company, Ottawa

79

Sujith Thadoor

MACS

Mobile Coupon Application: An efficient approach to coupon identification and delivery

2015

NTT Data, Halifax

78

Arjun Rachakonda

MACS

An indoor tracking system based on RFID and Stepscan Tiles

2015

NTT Data, Halifax

77

Amjad Alsirhani

MCS

Combining Multiple Encryption Algorithms to improve Database Security in Mobile Cloud Systems

2015

Ph.D. Student, Dalhousie University

76

Bader Abdulghayfiq

MCS

Enhancing security for mobile payments using NFC-based smartphones

2014

Ph.D. student, Dalhousie

75

Deepika Agarwal

MACS

Predicting the popularity of Twitter messages

2014

ExactDeposit

74

Sahil Kharidia

MACS

Hybrid Indoor Localization
(Co-supervisor: Dr. Qiang Ye)

2014

Software company, Ontario

73

Mrim Alnfiai

MCS

NFC application for the visually impaired

2014

Ph.D. student, Dalhousie

72

Anuj Shah

MACS

Eye Cook Software for online recipes

2014

Software company, Toronto

71

Nilofer Mehta

MACS

Eye Read Software for helping children read

2014

Software company, Toronto

70

Seema Shettar

MACS

Smartphone apps for healthcare
(Co-supervisor: Dr. Ed Hanada)

2014

Provincial Government, Halifax

69

Madan Palani

MACS

Smart Battery for Smartphones: An Efficient Power Saving Approach

2013

Bell Aliant, Saint John

68

Kashif Raza

MACS

Devevelopment of Interactive Platform for the Analysis of Aerial Survey Photographs

2013

Morgan Stanley, Montreal

67

Swati Shankar

MACS

A Web App for Real-time Tracking of Patients using RFID
Co-supervisor: Dr. Ye, UPEI

2013

Finance company, Halifax

66

Ishar Singh

MCS

RFID Tracking
Co-supervisor: Dr. Ye, UPEI

2013

ViTRAK Systems, Charlottetown

65

Hisham Allahem

MCS

RFID Security

2013

Research assistant, Dalhousie University

64

Balaji Padmanabhan

MACS

Extension of real-time system for guided parking assistance

2013

Research assistant, Dalhousie University

63

Gourav Sharma

MACS

Real-time system for guided parking assistance

2013

Canada Revenue Agency, Ottawa

62

Amandeep Sran

MCS

RFID Security

2013

Software Developer, Halifax

61

Siddhartha Tripathi

MACS

A smartphone application for Alzheimer patients

2012

 

60

Zahoor Khan

MCS

Advanced Zonal Rectangular LEACH

2012

Ph.D. student, Dalhousie University

59

Kuntal Shah

MCS

UHyperlink: An organized method to collect, manage and store object hyperlinks using RFID

2012

IBM, Toronto

58

Gemechu Shonora

MCS

A hybrid fuzzy/genetic algorithm for intrusion detection in RFID systems
Co-supervisor: Dr. Denis Riordan

2012

 

57

Ambica Pawan Khandavilli

MCS

A mobile role-based access control system using identity based encryption with non-interactive zero knowledge proof of authentication

2012

Ph.D. student, Dalhousie and intern, BellID

56

Maali Alabdalhafith

MCS

NFC-based smartphone application for drug interaction and drug allergy detection

2012

Ph.D. student, Dalhousie

55

Siddhartha Tripathi

MACS

Smartphone app for Alzheimer patientst

2012

 

54

Prashant Singh

MCS

Silent networking using fuzzy logic for power saving in networked devices
Co-supervisor: Dr. Denis Riordan

2012

IT, Dalhousie University

53

Somasundaram Subbu

MACS

Multi-info and personalized automatic identification framework

2012

Amazon, Toronto

52

Komalesh Narayan

MACS

A flexible and dynamic key protection scheme for RFID encryption systems

2012

 

51

Sachin Srinivas

MACS

Smartphone security for mobile payments

2011

Garvin-Allen Solutions Ltd.

50

Vinod Ramachandra

MACS

Lightweight Matrix based Authentication protocol for RFID

2011

Clinic Server, Saint John, New Brunswick

49

John Cairns

MACS

Cloud Computing Security

2011

Jadak Technologies, Syracuse, New York

48

Jignasa Shah

MCS

Cloning Prevention for RFID

2010

Bell Canada, Toronto

47

Yash Gugle

MACS

DALRAP- Dynamic and Lightweight Authentication Protocol for RFID

2010

Cyberplex, Halifax

46

Deepak Tagra

MCS

Performance Analysis of WiMAX networks
Co-supervisor: Dr.Qiang Ye, UPEI
MITACS Project

2010

Keane, Halifax

45

Sunny Jamwal

MACS

Fuzzy logic for intrusion detection in mobile ad hoc networks
Co-supervisor: Dr.Denis Riordan

2008

Software Company, New Brunswick

44

Tanmai Potluri

MACS

Verification and validation of gateway nodes for intrusion prevention in ad hoc networks
Co-supervisor: Dr.Qiang Ye, UPEI

2008

RIM, Waterloo

43

Pradeep Moradiya

MACS

Detection and prevention of routing intrusions in mobile ad hoc networks

2008

Telus Corp., Toronto

42

Tarak Shingne

MACS

Detection and prevention of routing table overflow intrusions in mobile ad hoc networks

2008

RIM, Ottawa

41

Krishna Bakthavathsalu

MACS

Vulnerability analysis and intrusion prevention in WiMAX management frames
Co-supervisor: Dr.Qiang Ye, UPEI

2008

RIM, Waterloo

40

Anand Thangaraj

MACS

Anomaly detection for mobile ad hoc networks (MANETs)

2007

Software company, USA

39

Yaqing Zhang

MCS

A novel client based system for the prevention of management frame attacks on wireless LANs

2007

RIM, Waterloo

38

Ao Lou

MACS

A new authorization scheme for 802.16 WIMAX networks

2007

Software Company, Fredericton

37

Wei Jiang

MACS

Implementation and evaluation of link adaptation in IEEE 802.11 wireless LANs

2006

CGI, Halifax

36

Zheng Luo

MACS

Management frame authentication scheme for 802.11 access points

2006

Keane, Halifax

35

Feng Zhang

MCS

Vertical handoff between 3G and WLANs

2006

Software Company,
Saint John

34

Kiran Polala

MACS

Improving on-demand location awareness for multicast ad hoc wireless networks

2005

Software company, Toronto

33

Yuxing Chen

MACS

Fingerprinting techniques for intrusion prevention in wireless LANs

2005

Software company, Toronto

32

Dayong Du

MACS

Tool kit for Secure VoIP

2005

E-Bay, California

31

Indranil Gupta

MCS

Fuzzy logic approach for wireless sensor networks
Co-supervisor:
Dr.Denis Riordan

2005

Pricewaterhouse-Coopers, Calcutta

30

Vivek Surendran

MACS

SAC: Secure API calls for preventing worm attacks

2005

Software company, Moncton

29

Wenfeng Ge

MCS

A novel scheme for prevention of management frame attacks on wireless LANs

2005

Software company, Calgary

28

Kai Tao

MCS

A novel intrusion detection system for prevention of MAC address spoofing in wireless networks

2005

Software company, Toronto

27

Po Zhang

MCS

Security mechanisms for Mobile IPv6

2005

Software company, Toronto

26

Haida Yu

MACS

Analysis of security mechanisms and products for wireless VOIP

2004

Software company, Toronto

25

Yuan Lu

MACS

Sniffing attacks on wireless VOIP systems: Launching,Prevention and Analysis

2004

Software company, Toronto

24

Stuart MacLean

MCS

Complex network models and an algorithm for short path discovery

2004

Ph.D. student, York University

23

Edward deZeeuw

MCS

A secure real-time system for online medical collaboration

2003

Telecom. company, Halifax

22

Duogui Wu

MCS

A secure grid computing model and its application in DNA database search

2003

Software company, Australia

21

Xiaoxin Chen

MCS

A novel TCP scheme for wireless networks

2003

Software company, Toronto

20

Yilan Zhang

MCS

Secure collaborative computing

2003

San Francisco Bay area

19

Karlene Williams

MACS

A neuro-fuzzy approach to intrusion detection
Co-supervisor: Dr.Denis Riordan

2003

Barbados

18

Sreeja Nair

MCS

Performance evaluation of elliptic curve cryptography in IPSec

2003

Washington D.C.

17

Chen Teng

MACS

VoIP performance analysis

2003

San Francisco Bay area

16

Patrick Tong

MACS

Video over IP Performance analysis

2003

Software company

15

Wei Qu

MACS

IPSec

2002

Shanghai bank

14

Shoujing Liu

MACS

IPSec

2002

Software company, China

13

Christian Labonte

MCS

Secure multicasting on active virtual private networks

2001

Nortel Networks, Ottawa

12

Yaser Haggag

MCS

Active networking approach to the design of deployable virtual private networks

2001

El-etiselat, Abu Dhabi, UAE

11

Basem Shihada

MCS

Active network approach to the design of secure online auction systems

2001

Assistant Professor, Jordan

10

Dan Zhu

MCS

Design and implementation of MPLS-based VPNs

2001

Software Company, Toronto

9

Yong Liu

MCS

ATM Networks

1999

Nortel Networks, Ottawa

8

Mehry Fertash

MCS

ATM Networks

1999

Nortel Networks, Ottawa

7

Burhan Khajuri

MCS

Dynamic adaptive routing for traffic management and fault tolerance in high speed networks

1998

IBM, Toronto

6

Weam Farid

MCS

RAMSIS: A novel multimedia synchronization scheme for asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) networks

1998

Sprint, Kansas, USA

5

Ihab Moawad

MCS

ATM Networks

1996

Software Company, Ottawa

4

Mohamed Ghanem

MCS

ATM Networks

1996

Software Company, Ottawa

3

Vydianath Iyer

MCS

Congestion Control in asyncrhonous transfer mode (ATM) networks

1995

Software company, USA

2

Ashwini Pradhan

MCS

Parallel computing architectures

1994

Software company, San Jose

1

Emad Malek

MCS

Cache coherence mechanisms

1993

Motorola, Chicago

 

 

Honours Students


No.

Name

Degree

Year Graduated

Current Placement (at last contact)

18

Siliang Qian
(Co-supervisor: Dr. Mike McAllister)

BCSc.

2012

Graduate student, McGill

17

Denis Collette
(Co-supervisor: Dr. Mike McAllister)

BCSc.

2012

Graduate student, Waterloo

16

Ben Goodspeed

BCSc.

2005

Software company, Halifax

15

Aaron Williams

BCSc.

2004

Law firm, Halifax

14

Naureen Nizam

BCSc.

2004

Ph.D. student, Dalhousie

13

Brett Parsons

BCSc.

2003

Graduate student, Memorial Univ.

12

Steve Wilson

BCSc.

2003

Graduate student, Univ of British Columbia

11

Peter Dostal

BCSc.

2003

Law firm, Halifax

10

Tracy Harnish

BCSc.

2002

-

9

Chris Lynk

BCSc.

2000

Software company, Ottawa

8

Pedram Karimi

BCSc.

2000

-

7

James Dean-Moore

BCSc.

1999

Software company, Halifax

6

Naomi van Roosmaalen

B.Sc.

1998

Software company, Saint John, NB

5

Curtis Cartmill

B.Sc.

1997

Chief Technical Officer,

4

Susan Lowther

B.Sc.

1997

Software company, Halifax

3

Erik Demaine

B.Sc.

1996

Professor, MIT

2

Roland Wang

B.Sc.

1995

Software company, Toronto

1

Gordon Niguma

B.Sc.

1995

Software company, Vancouver, BC

 

 

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