Michael Reiter :: PhD students

Future students

If you are interested in joining my research group as a PhD student, a formal application to the Department of Computer Science is a necessary first step; see the the Graduate Admissions page for more information. You are welcome to send me email to introduce yourself, but do not be discouraged if I do not respond; I might just be putting off applications until the usual internal decision-making schedule. I will do my best to look at all applications that indicate me as a potential advisor.

Evidence of research aptitude (projects, publications, or even just well-formed thoughts about your research interests) will strengthen your application substantially. And, while the Computer Science GRE is not required to apply to our department, I find that it can be a good way to distinguish your application.

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Present students

I currently advise the following PhD students:

• Darrell Bethea
• Robby Cochran
• Victor Heorhiadi
• Peng Li
• Alana Libonati
• Lei Wei
• Yinqian Zhang

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Past students

The following students have completed a PhD under my supervision.

• Michael Abd-El-Malek, PhD, 2010.
  Thesis: File System Virtual Appliances
• Michael Collins, PhD, 2008.
  Thesis: A Protocol Graph Based Anomaly Detection System
• Debin Gao, PhD, 2007.
  Thesis: Gray-box Anomaly Detection Using System Call Monitoring
• Scott Garriss, PhD, 2008.
  Thesis: Efficient, Usable Proof-Construction Strategies for Distributed Access-Control Systems
• James Hendricks, PhD, 2009.
  Thesis: Efficient Byzantine Fault Tolerance for Scalable Storage and Services
• Jonathan McCune, PhD, 2009.
  Thesis: Reducing the Trusted Computing Base for Applications on Commodity Systems
• Michael Merideth, PhD, 2009.
  Thesis: Efficient Survivability for Highly Replicated Services
• Alina Oprea, PhD, 2007.
  Thesis: Efficient Cryptographic Techniques for Securing Storage Systems
• Florian Oprea, PhD, 2008.
  Thesis: Quorum Placement on Wide-Area Networks
• Asad Samar, PhD, 2006.
  Thesis: Quiver on the Edge: Consistent Scalable Edge Services
• Vyas Sekar, PhD, 2010.
  Thesis: Effective Network Management via System-Wide Coordination and Optimization
• Ting-Fang Yen, PhD, 2011.
  Thesis: Detecting Stealthy Malware Using Behavioral Features in Network Traffic

I have also worked closely with several other students on their PhD thesis research (but not as their official advisors).

• Scott Coull, PhD, 2009.
• Garth Goodson, PhD, 2004.
• Fabian Monrose, PhD, 1999.
• Rob Reeder, PhD, 2008.
• Kami Vaniea, PhD, 2012.
• XiaoFeng Wang, PhD, 2004.
• Jay Wylie, PhD, 2005.
• Yinglian Xie, PhD, 2005.

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