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- Welcome back! Have a great and productive spring 2022 semester! Stay safe and healthy!
- The following paper won the Best Paper Award that was presented in October 2021.
- Y. Hu, C. Wang (Ph.D. 2014; Postdoc 2014-2015), and L. Xing (adviser), "Reliability Analysis of k-out-of-n Phased-Mission Systems with Phase-AND Requirement," The 10th International Conference on Quality, Reliability, Risk, Maintenance, and Safety Engineering, October 2020. (Link)
- Two review articles published recently:
- The following paper won the 2018 Premium Award for Best Paper in IET Wireless Sensor Systems. Congratulations! The paper was also identified as a hot topic article in November 2020.
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A. E. Zonouz (Ph.D. 2015), L. Xing (co-adviser), V. M. Vokkarane (co-adviser), and Y. Sun, "Hybrid Wireless Sensor Networks: A Reliability, Cost and Energy-Aware Approach," IET Wireless Sensor Systems, vol. 6, no. 2, pp. 42-48, 2016 (Link)
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- Honors and awards received by DCN student members link
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- Current Ph.D. Students
- Mr. Chencheng Zhou (January 2019 ~ ), dissertation topic: Dependability and Resilience for Blockchain-Based Systems
status: passed the research component of PhD qualifier exam (ECE602) on December 5, 2019; passed oral proposal defense (ECE603) on January 7, 2021
- Mr. Guixiang Lv (September 2020 ~ ), topic area: Resilence against Cascading Failures in IoT systems
status: passed the research component of PhD qualifier exam (ECE602) on May 27, 2021
- Current M.S. Students
- Mr. David Lewis
- Mr. Duarte Avelar (on leave)
- Former Research Associate
- Dr. Chaonan Wang (Sept 2014 ~ August 2015)
Current position: Full Professor at Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
- Former Ph.D. Students
- 11. Dr./Prof. Guilin Zhao (September 2016 ~ May 2021), topic: Competing Failure Analysis in Dynamic Internet of Things Systems Considering Random Propagation and Isolation time
status: passed oral proposal defense (ECE603) on August 31, 2018 and final dissertation defense on April 23, 2021; graduated in May 2021.
Current position: Assistant Professor, Southwest Jiaotong University, China
- 10. Dr./Prof. Qisi Liu (September 2015 ~ January 2021), topic: Probabilistic Reliability and Security Risk Assessment
(Highlighted in European Safety and Reliability Association (ESRA) Newsletter, December 2020)
status: passed oral proposal defense on September 11, 2017 and final dissertation defense on December 7, 2020; graduated in January 2021.
Current position: Visiting Assistant Professor, Old Dominion University, VA, USA
- 9. Dr./Prof. Lavanya Mandava (September 2016 ~ August 2019), topic: Reliability Modeling and Optimization of Cloud-RAID Storage Systems with Imperfect Fault Coverage
(Highlighted in ESRA Newsletter, June 2019)
status: passed oral proposal defense on January 11, 2018, and final dissertation defense on June 10,2019; graduated in August 2019.
Current position: Assistant Professor, Quincy University, IL, USA
- 8. Dr./Prof. Yujie Wang (Linkedin; co-advisor: Dr. Honggang Wang), topic: Reliability Modeling of Probabilistic Competing Failures
(Highlighted in ESRA Newsletter, December 2019 )
status: passed oral proposal defense on December 1, 2014, and final dissertation defense on April 29,2016; graduated in May 2016.
Current position: Assistant Professor, School of Economics and Management, University of Science and Technology Beijing
- 7. Dr. Amir Ehsani Zonouz (Linkedin; co-advisor: Dr. Viond M. Vokkarane), topic: Application Communication Reliability in Wireless Sensor Networks
status: passed oral proposal defense on February 22, 2013, and final dissertation defense on June 18, 2015; graduated in August 2015.
Current position: Senior Analyst, Emerging technologies/ IoT and AI, Accenture, USA (picture)
Amir's project idea "Smart Parking Lot Using Quadcopter Network" won the first place in the Siemens Mobility IDEA contest (among the 190 ideas of Solving Traffic Challenges of Tomorrow challenge)
- 6. Dr./Prof. Chaonan Wang (Linkedin), topic: Reliability and Sensitivity Analysis of Complex Systems and Networks
(Highlighted in Ph.D. Theses, Inside Signal Processing eNewsletter, June 2014)
Status: passed oral proposal defense on February 9, 2012, and final dissertation defense on February 7,2014;graduated in May 2014. She was Research Associate at UMass Dartmouth from September 2014 to August 2015.
Current position: Full Professor at Jinan University, Guangzhou, China (picture)
- 5. Dr. Ruiping Ma (Linkedin), topic: Survivability Design and Analysis for Wireless Sensor Networks
passed oral proposal defense on March 29, 2011 and final dissertation defense on August 20,2012; graduated in January 2013.
Current position: Software Engineer, Rowe Technologies Inc, CA, USA
- 4. Dr. Prashanthi Boddu (Linkedin), topic: Reliability Optimization of Complex Series-Parallel Systems with k-out-of-n: G Subsystem Redundancy
passed oral proposal defense on April 14, 2011 and final dissertation defense on July 16, 2012; graduated in September 2012.
Current position: Senior Associate, Global Prior Art Inc, Boston, MA
- 3. Dr. Ola Tannous (Linkedin), toipc: Combinatorial Reliability Evaluation and Optimization for Dynamic Standby Sparing Systems
passed the defense on May 4, 2012; graduated in May 2012
Current position: Senior Lecturer, Department of Computer Science, Illinois Institute of Technology, USA
- 2. Dr./Prof. Bichuan Shen (Linkedin; primary co-advisor: Dr. Chi-Hau Chen, IEEE Life Fellow), topic: Modeling and Learning for Fish Identification and Vehicle and Pattern Detection
passed the defense on May 6, 2011.
Current position: Associate Professor at Chongqing University of Technology, China
- 1. Dr. Akhilesh Shrestha (Linkedin), topic: Dependability Modeling and Analysis of Mission Critical Systems
passed the defense on December 3, 2008; graduated in May 2009 (Graduate Commencement Speaker)
Current position: Algorithm Engineer, Veoneer, USA
- Former M.S. Students
- 53. Sanjay Sathiraju, M.S. (May 2021), CPE major
Project Title: A Smart ID Management System for Secure Voting
- 52. Charles E. Montes, M.S. (August 2020), CPE major
Thesis Topic: Reliability Allocation Problem for Complex Dynamic Systems
passed defense on August 12, 2020
- 51. Jean E. Pierre, M.S. (May 2020), CPE major
Thesis Topic: A Monte Carlo Simulation Framework for Reliability Analysis of Dynamic Standby Sparing systems
passed defense on January 13, 2020
- 50. Shuti Wu, M.S. (May 2018), CPE major
Project Title: Reliability Model for Smart Home Systems Considering Dynamic Standby Sparing
- 49. Sneha Kolapalli, M.S. (Jan. 2018), ELE major
Project Title: Reliability of End to End Path Routing Protocols in Wireless Sensor Networks
passed defense on January 16, 2018
- 48. Parthasarathy Thattangudi Sampath Kumar, M.S. (Jan. 2018), CPE major
Project Title: Implementation of Secure and Fault-Tolerant Data Sharing and Searching at Cloud-Assisted Internet of Things using Things Board and AWS IoT Platforms
- 47. Kartik Subramaniam, M.S. (Jan. 2018), CPE major
Project Title: Security in cloud using ECC and LSB algorithms
passed defense on December 18, 2017
- 46. Yanhao Zeng, M.S. (Aug. 2017), CPE major
Thesis Title: Reliability Modeling and Analysis for Hardware-Software Co-design Systems with Warm Standby Sparing
passed defense on June 2, 2017
- 45. Nihanth Kolli, M. S. (Jan. 2017), CPE major
Project Title: Real-Time Predictive Maintenance Using Internet of Things
passed defense on January 10, 2017
- 44. Shreelekha Kakkerla, M. S. (Aug. 2016), CIS major
Project Title: Performance Analysis of CoAP (Constrained Application Protocol) Under Different Addressing Models
passed defense on August 30, 2016
- 43. Vipul Kumar Sharma, M. S. (Aug. 2016), CPE major
Project Title: Performance Analysis of Communication Protocol MQTT-SN in Internet of Things
passed defense on May 23, 2016
- 42. Lavanya Mandava, M. S. (Aug. 2016), CPE major
Thesis Title: Imperfect Coverage Analysis for Cloud-RAID Systems
passed the defense on May 19, 2016
- 41. Guilin Zhao, M. S. (Aug. 2016), ELE major
Thesis Title: System Reliability Considering Probabilistic Failure Isolation and Random Propagation Time
passed the defense on May 19, 2016
- 40. Abigail E O'Brien, M.S. (May 2016), CPE major
Project Title: Quantifying System Security through Markov Chains and Related Stochastic Models for Reliability
passed the defense on April 26, 2016.
- 39. Navya Mandava, M.S. (Jan. 2016), CPE major
Project Title: Trust Sensitivity Analysis for Online Social Networks using Monte-Carlo Simulations
passed the defense on December 4, 2015.
- 38. Harika Vankayalapati, M.S. (Jan. 2016), CPE major
Project Title: Correlated Probabilistic Competing Failure Analysis using Monte Carlo Simulation
passed the defense on November 25, 2015.
- 37. Purna Satya Subrahmanyam Andra, M.S. (Jan. 2016), CPE major
Project Title: Reliability Analysis of Standby Systems with Backups and Replacements Using Monte Carlo Simulations
passed the defense on September 29, 2015.
- 36. Qisi Liu, M.S. (Jan. 2016), CPE major
Thesis Title: Reliability of Cloud-RAID Storage System
passed the defense on September 4, 2015.
- 35. Massarrah N. Tannous, M.S. (2015), CPE major
Thesis Title: Reliability Modeling and Evaluation of Mesh Topology in Storage Area Networks
passed the defense on June 9, 2015.
- 34. Leo Acker, M.S. (2014), CPE major
Project Title: Reliability Analysis of Imperfect Coverage Systems with Functional Dependence and Cold Spares
passed the defense on February 27, 2014.
- 33. Santhosh N. Murthy, M.S. (2013), CPE major
Project Title: "Performance Analysis of Cloud Computing Systems"
passed the defense on May 23, 2013.
- 32. Shantanu D. Ghumare, M.S. (2012), CPE major
Project Title: "Performance Comparison of Different Methods for Scability of Cloud Computing"
passed the defense on January 27, 2012.
- 31. Tarun Saxena, M.S. (2011), CPE major
Project Title: "Reliability Evaluation of iSCSI-based Fault Tolerant Storage Systems using
Fuzzy Logic"
passed the defense on October 26, 2011.
- 30. Sandeep Jangra, M.S. (2011), CPE major
Thesis Title: "Performance Analysis of VMware ESX Server"
passed the defense on April 26, 2011.
- 29. Monkia Shrestha, M.S. (2011), CPE major
Thesis Title: "Algorithm and Specification for Reliability Analysis of Systems with Dependent Failures"
passed the defense on April 15, 2011.
- 28. Akshatha Kappa, M.S. (2010), CPE major
Project Title: A Reliable Data Transmission Mechanism for WSN in Health Care Systems
passed the defense on November 12, 2010.
- 27. Amit Chaudhary, M.S. (2010), ELE major
Project Title: �Improving Respsonse Time of Mainframe Storage Subsystems�
passed the defense on June 16, 2010; currently working at EMC, MA.
- 26. Brock A. Morrissette, M.S. (2009), CPE major
Project Title: A Combinatorial Method for Reliability Analysis of Imperfect Fault Coverage Systems subject to Functional Dependencies
passed the defense on May 11, 2009; currently working at Lockheed Martin MS2, MA.
- 25. Sirisha Medisetti, M.S. (2009), CPE major
Project Title: Trust Based Routing in Wireless Sensor Networks
passed the defense on January 23, 2009.
- 24. Karthik Padma, M.S. (2008), CPE major
Project Title: Trust Computing in Small World Networks
passed the defense on December 17, 2008.
- 23. Dileep Varma Bairraju, M.S. (2008), ELE major
Project Title: GUI Design and Implementation for Reliability Analysis of Multi-State Systems
passed the defense on December 17, 2008; currently working at AT&T, NJ.
- 22. Abhinav LNU, M.S. (2008), CPE major
Project Title: Applying RMST and TEA for Reliable and Secure Data Transfer in Wireless Sensor Networks
passed the defense on December 11, 2008.
- 21. Gunjan Gupta, M.S. (2008), CPE major
Project Title: K-Coverage Probability Evaluation for Reliability Analysis of Wireless Sensor Networks
passed the defense on December 10, 2008.
- 20. Prashanthi Boddu, M.S. (2008), CPE major
Thesis Title: Reliability Analysis of Complex Dynamic Systems
passed the defense on September 8, 2008; currently a Ph.D. student at UMass Dartmouth.
- 19. Vamshideep Devershetty, M.S. (2008), CPE major
Project Title: Fault Tolerant Memory Array
passed the defense on August 25, 2008.
- 18. Preetham Reddy Pingili, M.S. (2008), CPE major
Project Title: Reliability Analysis of Distributed Computer Systems
passed the defense on August 25, 2008.
- 17. Dipayan Dutta, M.S. (2008), ELE major
Project Title: Cost Optimization of Wireless Sensor Networks for Improving the Lifetime
passed the defense on March 25, 2008.
- 16. Parag Y. Bhavsar, M.S. (2008), ELE major
Project Title: Reliability of Data Transport Protocols for Wireless Sensor Networks
passed the defense on March 6, 2008.
- 15. Ankit P. Parikh, M.S. (2008), ELE major
Project Title: Optimizing the Sensor Count in Wireless Sensor Networks
passed the defense on February 19, 2008
- 14. Pranav A. Damle, M.S. (2008), ELE major
Project Title: Comparison of Routing Protocols for Mobile Ad Hoc Networks
passed the defense on January 25, 2008
- 13. Anirudh Kumar, M.S. (2008), ELE major
Project Title: Preservation of Wireless Sensor Network Coverage by Energy Efficient Node Scheduling
passed the defense on January 25, 2008
- 12. Naveena Ajjugottu, M.S. (2007), ELE major
Project Title: Comparison of Variable Ordering Heuristics for Binary Decision Diagrams
passed the defense on December 19, 2007; currently working in the EMC Corporation.
- 11. Lakshmi Prabhakaramurthi, M.S. (2007), CPE major
Project Title: Reliability Analysis of Embedded Systems: Towards the Goal of Fault Tolerant Systems
passed the defense in November 2007; currently working in the EMC Corporation.
- 10. Alpesh Patel, M.S. (2007), ELE major
Project Title: Implementing Fault Tolerant Solution for Client-Server Applications
currently working at eClinicalWorks, MA
- 9. Bhoomi Vikram Dasari, M.S. (2007), ELE major
Project Title: Performance Comparison of Location-Based Routing Protocols for Ad-Hoc Networks
currently working at Mutex Systems Inc., NJ
- 8. Dilip Francis, M.S. (2007), CPE major
Project Title: Optimizing Network Security in Sensor Networks
currently working at IkaSystems, MA
- 7. Vinay Mohan Jonnakuti, M.S. (2007), ELE major
Project Title: Fault Diagnosis in Wireless Sensor Networks
currently working at EMC Corporation
- 6. Nirav D. Shah, M.S. (2007), CPE major
Project title: Modeling and Analyzing Reliability of Software
currently working in the EMC Corporation
- 5. Haoli Li, M.S. (2006), CPE major
Thesis title: Fault-Tolerance and Reliability in Networked Sensor Systems
currently working in the Victor Corporation
- 4. Sachin J. Parikh, M.S. (2006), ELE major
Project title: Policing of Mobile Nodes to Improve the Coverage Life of Wireless Sensor Networks
currently working in the Siemens VDO
- 3. Lakshmanan Chockalingam, M.S. (2006), CPE major
Thesis title: Development of An Efficient Algorithm for Multi-Link SRLG Failures in Optical Networks
currently working in the EMC Corporation
- 2. Akhilesh Shrestha, M.S. (2005), CPE major
Thesis title: Reliability Analysis of Distributed and Hierarchical Sensor Networks
currently working at ARCON Corporation, MA
- 1. Ranjini Suryanarayanan, M.S. (2004), CPE major
Thesis title: Reliability Evaluation Of DiffServ Nodal Performance
currently working in the Texas Tech Univerisity
Best wishes to everyone! Please keep in touch!!
