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`Azer Bestavros
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`111 Cummington Street
`Boston, MA 02215
`617-353-9726
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`Forty Six Rice Road
`Wayland, MA 01778
`508-647-2255
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`Http://www.cs.bu.edu/faculty/best
`Email: bestavros@cs.bu.edu
`Fascimile: 617-353-6457
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`Education
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`in Computer Science.
`Ph.D. Harvard University, Division of Applied Sciences,
`in Computer Science.
`S.M. Harvard University, Division of Applied Sciences,
`M.Sc. Alexandria University, Egypt, in Computer Science and Automatic Control.
`B.Sc. Alexandria University, Egypt, summa cum laude in Computer Engineering.
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`June 1992
`June 1988
`June 1987
`June 1984
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`Academic Experience
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`Boston University
`Founding Director
`Hariri Institute for Computing and Computational S & E 12/10 – present
`Professor
`Department of Computer Science
`09/07 – present
`Professor and Chairman
`Department of Computer Science 09/03 – 08/2007
`Associate Professor and Chairman
`Department of Computer Science 09/00 – 08/2003
`Associate Professor
`Department of Computer Science 09/98 – 08/2000
`Assistant Professor
`Department of Computer Science
`09/91 – 08/1998
`Research: Networking; Internet/Web Protocols and Services; and Real-Time Systems.
`Projects: Cloud computing architectures; Network science and algorithmics; Economics-
`inspired networking/cloud services; Security of system/network control planes;
`Inter-
`net/Web measurement and characterization; Web caching and Content Distribution Net-
`works; Scalable streaming media delivery; End-to-end QoS management; Resource manage-
`ment in mobile ad-hoc networks; Virtualization and programming support for embedded
`sensor networks; Formal verification of Internet/Web protocols; Compositional analysis of
`Cyber-Physical Systems; Statistical scheduling and load-shedding protocols for distributed
`systems; Concurrency management in real-time databases. Teaching: Introduction to CS;
`Computer architecture; Parallel computing; Computing systems fundamentals; Distributed
`systems; Real-time systems; Internet architecure and protocols; Sensor networks.
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`Harvard University
`Research Fellow
`Department of Computer Science 09/87 – 09/1991
`Teaching Fellow
`Department of Computer Science 09/88 – 09/1991
`Research Assistant
`06/88 – 09/1988
`Robotics Laboratory
`Research: Formal modeling and verification of embedded real-time systems. Projects: Im-
`plementation of motion control API for 6-DOF robot; Compiler optimizations for massively
`parallel Monte-Carlo simulations. Teaching: Programming languages and compilers; VLSI;
`Parallel computing models, languages, and environments.
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`Alexandria University
`Research Assistant
`Department of Computer Science 09/84 – 06/1987
`Teaching Assistant
`Department of Computer Science 09/84 – 06/1987
`Instructor
`Center for Scientific Computing
`09/85 – 06/1986
`Research: Fault-tolerant distributed systems. Teaching: Information and control theory;
`Networking; Computer architecture; Probability and Statistics.
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`Visiting and Affiliated Appointments
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`Founding Faculty, Center for Reliable Information Systems & Cyber Security, BU
`RISCS promotes research and education on trustworthy systems and on information assurance.
`Faculty Member, Center of Computational Sciences, BU
`CCS promotes collaborative research and education in computational sciences.
`Faculty Member, Initiative on Cities, BU
`IOC promotes research focusing on urban services and sustainable infrastructures.
`Faculty Member, Center for Finance, Law & Policy, BU
`CFLP promotes research on regulatory issues of global financial systems and networks.
`Faculty Member, Center for Information and Systems Engineering, BU
`CISE promotes interdisciplinary research involving systems engineering methodologies.
`Faculty Affiliate, Division of Systems Engineering, School of Engineering, BU
`The SE division promotes research on information, decision, and control sciences.
`Visiting Professor, Microsoft Innovation Laboratories, CMIC, Cairo, Egypt
`Research on collaborative ad-hoc networked information and retrieval systems.
`Visiting Professor, Institut Eur´ecom, Sophia-Antipolis, France
`Research on networking protocols for scalable P2P and ad-hoc content distribution.
`Visiting Professor, Telefonica Research Laboratories, Barcelona, Spain
`Research on distributed systems, P2P, and content distribution networks.
`Visiting Professor, BBN Technologies, Cambridge, Massachusetts
`Research on information security, advanced networking, and distributed systems.
`Visiting Professor, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts
`Research on scalable content service and distribution.
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`09/06 – present
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`09/92 – present
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`01/15 – present
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`09/13 – present
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`09/02 – present
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`09/08 – present
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`Fall 2008
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`Fall 2008
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`Fall 2008
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`Fall 2007
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`Fall 1999
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`Professional Experience
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`Advisory Board Member, The Cloud Computing Caucus, Washington, DC
`Inform and educate lawmakers and the public about cloud computing and other IT issues.
`Consultant, Patent and Intellectual Property Litigations, Various Law Firms
`Retained as expert witness in patent infringement and validity litigations and trials.
`Consultant, Raytheon BBN Technologies, Cambridge, MA
`Verification of safety and security of distributed systems.
`Consultant, Sycamore Networks, Chelmsford, MA
`Edge caching services for mobile and wireless networks.
`Advisory Board Member, BU Office of Technology Development, Boston, MA
`Assisting OTD in technology evaluation of prospective investment opportunities.
`Technical Advisory Board Member, Pivia Inc., Cupertino, CA
`Reviewing Pivia’s technical and strategic directions in dynamic Web caching.
`Technical Advisory Board Member, Quarry Technologies, Inc., Cambridge, MA
`Reviewing Quarry’s lineup of high-end enterprise networking solutions.
`Technical Advisory Board Member, PeopleStreet.com Inc., Cambridge, MA
`Reviewing PeopleStreet technical and strategic directions in active contact management.
`Consultant, Adero Inc., Charlestown, MA
`Reviewing Adero’s load measurement architecture.
`Senior Scientific Adviser, Allaire Corporation, Cambridge, MA
`Reviewing architectures for profiling and personalization in scalable application servers.
`Consultant, Network Appliance (formerly WebManage Inc.), Sunnyvale, CA
`Reviewing NTAP NetCache content distribution architecture.
`Co-Founder/Principal Officer, Commonwealth Network Technologies, Boston, MA
`Middleware support for scalability, load-balancing, and QoS on clustered servers.
`Technology Consultant, Bowne Internet Solutions, Boston, MA
`Reviewing proposed designs and architectures for on-line banking and e-commerce applications.
`Chief Technology Officer, Open Sesame,Inc. Boston, MA
`Personalization Solutions for 1-1 E-commerce.
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`03/14 – present
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`04/00 – present
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`02/08 – 08/2014
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`07/08 – 06/2010
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`04/00 – 12/2005
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`10/00 – 12/2003
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`04/00 – 12/2003
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`08/00 – 02/2002
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`03/00 – 09/2000
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`03/00 – 04/2001
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`10/99 – 12/2000
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`01/98 – 10/1999
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`06/98 – 02/2000
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`01/98 – 05/1998
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`Software Technology Consultant, Charles River Analytics, Cambridge, MA
`Reviewing the design of scalable personalization and push-caching services for the Web.
`Member of Technical Staff (MTS), AT&T Bell Laboratories, N.J.
`Designed, analyzed and simulated new RAID architectures using Rabin’s IDA algorithm.
`Consultant, World Health Organization, Eastern Mediterranean Regional Office
`Laid out and supervised the design of database systems for the WHO libraries.
`Consultant, Chemonics International, Washington D.C. (Cairo office)
`Evaluated computer monitoring systems and training courses for USAID projects in Egypt.
`System Administrator, Awad & Partners Architectural Firm, Alexandria, Egypt
`Designed and implemented site control, cost-time estimation/scheduling, and CAD software.
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`Investigator, The Institute for Oceanographical Research, Alexandria, Egypt
`Assessed remote sensing and data acquisition embedded systems for coastal erosion research.
`Instructional Consultant, Maritime Transport Academy, Alexandria, Egypt
`Developed and taught a 2-course series on computing for maritime engineers.
`System Programmer, Arabic Software Inc., Alexandria, Egypt
`Designed and implemented bilingual accounting and inventory software packages.
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`01/97 – 01/1998
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`06/89 – 09/1989
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`01/87 – 09/1987
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`06/85 – 01/1987
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`06/84 – 06/1987
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`06/85 – 06/1986
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`09/84 – 06/1985
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`06/83 – 09/1983
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`Professional Societies and Affiliations
`◦ Member of the ACM and many of its Special Interest Groups
`◦ Member of the IEEE Computer Society and many of its Technical Committees
`◦ Member of the Harvard Graduate Society
`◦ Founding Member of the BU Sensor Networking Consortium
`◦ Member of the BU Clean Energy Initiative
`◦ Member of the IEEE Communication Society
`◦ Member of the International Society on Computer Applications (ISCA)
`◦ Member of the Association of Egyptian American Scholars
`◦ Member of the Association of Egyptian Engineers
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`01/86 – present
`01/87 – present
`01/88 – present
`01/05 – 12/2012
`01/09 – 12/2012
`01/92 – 12/2002
`01/92 – 12/1999
`09/91 – 08/1998
`06/84 – 08/1991
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`Honors and Awards
`◦ Recipient of over $20M in peer-reviewed research awards from government and industry 09/92 – present
`◦ Senior Common Room Member, Leverett House, Harvard University
`09/93 – present
`◦ Elected Chair of the IEEE Computer Society Technical Committee on the Internet
`01/07 – 12/2012
`◦ ACM MEDES Award for Innovation in Digital EcoSystems
`09/2014
`◦ Recipient of BU Ignition Award for Tech Innovation (with Reynolds and Kfoury)
`02/2013
`◦ Best Paper Award, ACM/IFIP/Usenix International Middleware Conference
`12/2012
`◦ Qatar Foundation Distinguished Arab Expatriate Scientists Award
`10/2012
`◦ Selected as one of 8 academic candidates to the CRA Board of Directors
`01/2012
`◦ Best Paper Award, ACM/IFIP/Usenix International Middleware Conference
`01/2012
`◦ Selected as one of 10 academic candidates to the CRA Board of Directors
`01/2011
`◦ Selected as Distinguished Speaker of the IEEE Computer Society DVP 2010-12 program
`03/2010
`◦ Inaugural ACM Sigmetrics Test of Time Award for best paper in last 15 years
`06/2010
`◦ Best Paper Award, IEEE/IFIP Mediterranean Workshop on Ad-Hoc Networking
`06/2010
`◦ Winner of the United Methodist Scholar/Teacher Award for 2010
`01/2010
`◦ CMIC Academic Fellow Award, Microsoft
`06/2008
`◦ CS Nominee for The Metcalf Excellence in Teaching Award, Boston University
`10/2008
`◦ Best Paper Award, IEEE/ACM Distributed Computing in Sensor Systems Conference
`06/2008
`◦ Best Paper Award, Inaugural ACM Wireless Network Security Conference
`04/2008
`◦ Elevated to Senior Member of the IEEE Computer Society
`06/2008
`◦ Recipient of BU Grant for Undergraduate Teaching and Scholarship (GUTS) Award
`01/2008
`◦ Elevated to Senior Member of the Association for Computing Machinery
`01/2007
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`◦ Selected as Distinguished Speaker of the IEEE Computer Society DVP 2004-06
`◦ Author of the most referenced Web-related academic publications on WebBib database
`◦ IEEE Distinguished Award for Service to the Real-Time Research Community
`◦ ACM Service Award for Chairmanship of the ACM SIGPLAN LCTES’98
`◦ Compaq Award for R&D in CS for work on characterizing Web reference locality
`◦ Listed in the 1997/98 International Who’s Who of Information Technology
`◦ CS Nominee for The Gitner Award for Distinguished Teaching, Boston University
`◦ CS Nominee for The Neu Family Award for Excellence in Teaching, Boston University
`◦ Harvard University GSAS Class Marshal for the 1992 Commencement
`◦ ARO/AFOSR/ONR award recipient to participate in the 1992 SE Research Review
`◦ Harvard University GSAS/DAS Graduate Fellowship
`◦ Recipient of the Dennis Devlin Microsoft Student Award
`◦ Harvard University Nominee for the IBM Predoctoral Fellowship
`◦ Alexandria University Graduate Fellowship for Academic Excellence
`◦ Egyptian National Undergraduate Fellowship for Academic Excellence
`◦ Honorary Award from the Syndicate of Egyptian Engineers
`◦ Certificate of Recognition from the CS Students Society, Alexandria University
`◦ Sadat Award for ranking third over 27,357 students in Egypt’s nationwide diploma exam
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`02/2004
`08/1999
`08/1999
`06/1998
`11/1997
`01/1997
`10/1995
`10/1995
`06/1992
`05/1992
`09/87 – 09/1991
`07/1990
`03/89 & 03/1990
`09/84 – 06/1987
`09/79 – 06/1984
`10/1984
`04/1983
`08/1979
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`Citations
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`As of March 2016, Google identified over 15,992 citations to 261 articles authored or co-authored by “Bestavros”,
`with an H-Index of 50, and with 33 articles having in excess of 100 citations each and 134 articles having in
`excess of 10 citations each. Articles authored or co-authored by “Bestavros” appear as prior art in over 600
`patents. [http://scholar.google.com/citations?user=S5B0QmMAAAAJ]
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`Last updated in January 2013, the Microsoft Academic Index lists over 7,400 citations by over 7,000 different
`authors to 253 papers authored or co-authored by “Bestavros” (excluding self citations) with an H-Index of
`44 and a G-Index of 83. [http://academic.research.microsoft.com/Author/1648575.aspx]
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`Last updated in July 2012, the Computer Science Index of Scientific Literature (CiteSeer) listed over 3,900 ci-
`tations to 180 papers authored or co-authored by “Bestavros” (excluding self citations) and ranked “Bestavros”
`in the top 10% of its list of 10,000 most-cited CS authors. [http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/stats/authors]
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`Last updated in June 2004, the index of research papers on Web technologies (WebBib) listed over 500 ci-
`tations to core papers of which “Bestavros” was an author or co-author (excluding self citations) and ranks
`“Bestavros” third out of all 1,086 authors in its databases. [http://www.cs.wpi.edu/∼webbib/Authorref.html]
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`Grants and Sponsored Research (Partial List)
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`[$10,000,000] National Science Foundation. (Co-PI) One of ten Investigators
`Title: Frontier: MACS – A Modular Approach to Cloud Security
`Program: Secure and Trustworthy Cyberspace (SaTC)
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`[$800,000] National Science Foundation. (PI/PD) One of four Investigators
`Title: SCOPE – A Smart-city Cloud-based Open Platform and Ecosystem
`Program: Partnerships for Innovation (PFI:BIC)
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`[$50,000] MIT Lincoln Laboratories. (PI/PD) Sole Investigator
`Title: Investigation of Moving Target Defense Techniques
`Program: Campus Collaboration Program
`[$66,000] Microsoft Corporation. (PI/PD) Sole Investigator
`Title: Curricular Development for the Azure Cloud Platform
`Program: Microsoft University Relations
`[$20,000] Boston Woment Workforce Council. (PI/PD) Sole Investigator
`Title: Pay-Equity Analytics using Multi-Party Computation
`Program: Initiative on Cities
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`07/14 – 06/2019
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`09/14 – 08/2017
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`09/15 – 08/2017
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`04/15 – 12/2015
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`01/15 – 12/2015
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`[$3,000,000] Commonwealth of Massachusetts. (co-PI) One of two Investigators
`Title: The Massacusetts Open Cloud
`Program: MassTech Collaborative (with more than $12M of matching funds from industry)
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`[$110,000] Draper Laboratories. (PI) One of two Investigators
`Title: FORMSEC Software Inspection System
`Program: Independent Research and Development Program (IRAD)
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`[$3,000,000] National Science Foundation. (PI/PD) One of eight Investigators
`Title: Towards Trustworthy Interactions in the Cloud.
`Program: CISE/CNS Trustworthy Computing Program
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`[$200,000] National Science Foundation. (Co-PI) One of two Investigators
`Title: Holistic Cloud Security: Verifiable Computation and Databases
`Program: Secure and Trustworthy Cyberspace (SaTC)
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`[$110,000] Draper Laboratories. (PI) One of two Investigators
`Title: Invariant-Based Characterization of Binary Program Control Flow Graphs
`Program: Independent Research and Development Program (IRAD)
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`[$1,000,000] National Science Foundation. (Co-PI) One of six Investigators
`Title: A Cyber-Physical Infrastructure for the ”Smart City”
`Program: CISE/CPS Cyber-Physical Systems Program
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`[$38,000] Google. (Co-PI) One of two Investigators
`Title: Generalized Centrality Measures with Applications to Information Networks
`Program: Google Faculty Research Award
`[$100,000] AFRL BBN Subcontract. (PI/PD) One of two Investigators
`Title: Cross-Domain Identity Management and Entitlement.
`Program: Cross-Domain Innovation & Science (award returned due to DFAR restrictions)
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`[$60,000] AFRL BBN Subcontract. (PI/PD) Sole Investigator
`Title: Delegation of Authority Web Services.
`Program: Cross-Domain Innovation & Science (award returned due to DFAR restrictions)
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`[$199,810] National Science Foundation. (PI/PD) Sole Investigator
`Title: Towards a Marketplace for Colocation of Cloud Services
`Program: CISE/CNS EAGER Program
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`[$165,352] National Science Foundation. (PI/PD) Sole Investigator
`Title: US-Middle East: Regional Workshop On Emerging Networking Research
`Program: OISE International Planning and CISE Programs
`[$400,000] National Science Foundation. (Co-PI) One of three Investigators
`Title: Genericity in Network Software
`Program: CISE/CNS Software for Real Systems Program
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`[$1,999,573] National Science Foundation. (Co-PI) One of five Investigators
`Title: Event-Driven Sensing for Enterprise Reconfigurability and Optimization
`Program: ENG/EFRI Emerging Frontiers in Research and Innnovation
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`[$99,999] National Science Foundation. (PI/PD) One of three Investigators
`Title: Leveraging Type Systems for High-Assurance Cyber-Physical Systems
`Program: CISE/CNS EHS/CPS Computing Systems Research
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`[$199,000] National Science Foundation. (PI/PD) Sole Investigator
`Title: NSF Research Infrastructure PI Meeting Supplemental Funding
`Program: CISE/CNS Major Research Infrwastructure Program
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`[$300,000] National Science Foundation. (PI/PD) One of two Investigators
`Title: Towards Trusted Adaptation Dynamics in Computing Systems and Networks
`Program: CISE/CNS Cybertrust Program
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`[$390,000] National Science Foundation. (Co-PI) One of two Investigators
`Title: Expressive Resource Specification and Discovery in Configurable Networks
`Program: CISE/CNS Networking Technology and Systems
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`[$6,000] National Science Foundation. (PI/PD) Sole Investigator
`Title: Internet Flows as First Class Values: Support for Dependable Internet Services
`Program: Research Experiences for Undergraduates
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`09/14 – 08/2017
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`07/14 – 06/2015
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`09/10 – 08/2015
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`09/13 – 08/2015
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`07/13 – 06/2014
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`01/12 – 12/2014
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`01/12 – 12/2014
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`04/10 – 03/2011
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`01/10 – 12/2010
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`09/09 – 08/2011
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`09/09 – 08/2010
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`09/08 – 08/2011
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`11/07 – 10/2011
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`09/07 – 08/2010
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`06/07 – 05/2008
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`09/05 – 08/2009
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`09/05 – 08/2009
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`10/05 – 09/2006
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`[$25,000] National Science Foundation. (PI/PD) Sole Investigator
`Title: IEEE ICNP Travel Awards for Graduate Students and Minorities
`Program: CISE/CNS Networking Technology and Systems
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`[$37,000] Fortress Technologies. (PI/PD) Sole Investigator
`Title: Performance Profiling of End-Host Intrusion Detection Systems
`Program: University Collaboration Program
`[$25,000] Microsoft Research. (PI/PD) Sole Investigator
`Title: BU/CS Industrial Affiliates Program
`Program: Microsoft University Relations
`[$25,000] Sprint Research Labs. (Co-PI) One of two Investigators
`Title: Cellular Network IP Traffic Measurement and Characterization
`Program: Sprint Advanced Technology Labs, IP Group
`[$6,000] National Science Foundation. (PI/PD) Sole Investigator
`Title: Internet Flows as First Class Values: Support for Dependable Internet Services
`Program: Research Experiences for Undergraduates
`[$65,000] Microsoft Research. (PI/PD) Sole Investigator
`Title: BU/CS Industrial Affiliates Program
`Program: Microsoft University Relations
`[$1,665,496] National Science Foundation. (PI/PD) One of five Investigators
`Title: Internet Flows as First Class Values: Support for Dependable Internet Services
`Program: Advanced Network Infrastructure and Research
`[$1,662,307] National Science Foundation. (PI/PD) One of five Investigators
`Title: Sensorium: RI for Managing Spatio-Temporal Objects in Video Sensor Networks
`Program: CISE Educational and Integrative Activities
`[$60,000] Microsoft Research. (PI/PD) Sole Investigator
`Title: BU/CS Industrial Affiliates Program
`Program: Microsoft University Relations
`[$60,000] Sprint Research Labs. (Co-PI) One of four Investigators
`Title: IP Network Characterization, Analysis, and Evaluation
`Program: Sprint Advanced Technology Labs, IP Group
`[$25,000] Microsoft Research. (PI/PD) Sole Investigator
`Title: BU/CS Industrial Affiliates Program
`Program: Microsoft University Relations
`[$719,968] National Science Foundation. (Co-PI) One of three Investigators
`Title: A Control Theoretic Approach to the Design of Internet Traffic Managers
`Program: Advanced Network Infrastructure and Research
`[$1,505,938] National Science Foundation. (PI/PD) One of three Investigators
`Title: Diagnosis and Control of Network Variability by Massively Accessed Servers
`Program: Advanced Network Infrastructure and Research
`[$25,000] Microsoft Research. (PI/PD) Sole Investigator
`Title: BU/CS Industrial Affiliates Program
`Program: Microsoft University Relations
`[$14,494] National Science Foundation. (PI/PD) One of three Investigators
`Title: BU/NSF Workshop on Internet Measurement, Instrumentation and Characterization
`Program: Advanced Network Infrastructure and Research
`[$20,000] Microsoft Research. (PI/PD) Sole Investigator
`Title: Large-scale WWW Services on the NT Platform
`Program: University Research Program
`[$590,087] National Science Foundation. (PI/PD) One of three Investigators
`Title: Commonwealth: Architecture and Protocol for Scalable WWW Service
`Program: CISE Experimental Software Systems
`[$325,000] National Science Foundation. (Co-PI/Co-PD) One of six Investigators
`Title: National Computational Science Alliance: Computer Science Team B
`Program: NSF/PACI
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`09/05 – 08/2006
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`06/05 – 08/2006
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`09/04 – 08/2005
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`06/05 – 12/2005
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`10/04 – 09/2005
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`09/03 – 08/2004
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`10/02 – 09/2007
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`09/02 – 08/2007
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`09/02 – 08/2003
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`07/02 – 06/2003
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`09/01 – 08/2002
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`09/01 – 08/2005
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`06/00 – 05/2005
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`09/00 – 08/2001
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`08/99 – 07/2000
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`01/97 – 12/1998
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`07/97 – 06/2000
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`07/97 – 06/2002
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`[$855,800] National Science Foundation. One of six Investigators
`Title: Parallel and Distributed Systems: Real-time, Multimedia, and High Performance
`Program: CISE Research Infrastructure Program
`[$97,574] National Science Foundation. (PI/PD) One of three Investigators
`Title: Real-time, Multimedia and High Performance Computing in Distributed Systems
`Program: CISE/CDA Research Instrumentation Program
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`[$1,476,322] National Science Foundation. One of eight Investigators
`Title: Mariner: Metacenter-Affiliated Resource In the New England Region
`Program: CISE/ASC Metacenter Regional Alliances
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`[$523,778] Department of Education. (Co-PI) One of eight Investigators
`Title: High Performance Communication and Multimedia Computing
`Program: GAANN Fellowships for Strategic Areas of Computer Science
`[$218,608] Army Research Office. (PI/PD) Sole Investigator
`Title: Real-Time Computer Monitoring and Control Methodologies
`Program: University Basic Research
`[$99,807] National Science Foundation (PI/PD) Sole Investigator
`Title: Cleopatra: A Programming Environment for Embedded Time-critical Systems
`Program: Research Initiation Award (currently CAREER) Program
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`[$25,000] GTE Laboratories. (PI/PD) Sole Investigator
`Title: Speculative Concurrency Control for Distributed Real-time Database Systems
`Program: University Support Program
`[$397,697] National Science Foundation. (Co-PI) One of six Investigators
`Title: Undergraduate Curriculum in Massively Parallel Computing
`Program: CISE Educational Infrastructure Program
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`University Service Activities
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`Service to Boston University:
`– Chair, BU Provost Data Science Faculty Hiring Initiative
`– Member, BU Honorary Degree Advisory Committee
`– Executive Committee Member, BU Online Programs Development and Review
`– Executive Committee Member, BU Digital Learning Initiative
`– Executive Committee Member, BU Computational Science Building Programming
`– Executive Committee Member, BU Center for Information and Systems Engineering
`– Advisory Board Member, BU Initiative on Cities
`– Advisory Board Member, BU Center for Finance, Law, and Policy
`– Member, BU IS&T Governance Committee for Research Computing
`– Founder and Coordinator, BU Computing Alumni Network
`– Co-Chair, BU Council on Educational Technology and Learning Innovation
`– Member, University Leadership Research Council
`– Member, BU/CAS United Methodist Scholar/Teacher Award Committee
`– Member, BU Faculty Council Committee on Scholarly Activities and Libraries
`– Member, BU/CAS United Methodist Scholar/Teacher Award Committee
`– Member, BU Information Technology Governance on Education Technology
`– Member, BU Faculty Council Committee on Planning
`– Chair, Ad-Hoc Committee for the Development of BU MCS Core Curriculum
`– Member, BU Whitaker Oversight Committee
`– Member, Provost Ad-Hoc Committee on BU Science Library Development
`– Faculty Advisor and Sponsor, BU Video Game Creator Consortium student group
`– Member, CAS Dean Advisory Council
`– Member, BU Educational Technologies Committee
`– Faculty Advisor and Sponsor, BU ACM Student Chapter
`– Chair, CAS Natural Sciences Curriculum Committee
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`07/96 – 06/2001
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`01/96 – 12/1997
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`01/96 – 12/1998
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`09/95 – 08/1998
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`08/94 – 07/1997
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`09/93 – 12/1996
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`07/93 – 06/1995
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`09/92 – 08/1995
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`09/14 – present
`09/14 – present
`09/14 – present
`07/13 – present
`10/11 – present
`06/05 – present
`01/15 – present
`06/13 – present
`01/10 – present
`06/01 – present
`09/12 – 06/2014
`01/12 – 06/2013
`01/12 – 06/2012
`09/10 – 08/2012
`01/11 – 06/2011
`01/10 – 06/2011
`09/08 – 08/2010
`11/06 – 12/2008
`01/03 – 12/2004
`09/04 – 06/2005
`09/03 – 08/2004
`09/02 – 09/2003
`01/97 – 01/1999
`06/93 – 05/1999
`09/97 – 06/1998
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`– Coordinator, MCS On-line Classrooms Project
`– Member, CAS Natural Sciences Curriculum Committee
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`Service to the CS Department at Boston University:
`– Mentor, CS Tenure-track Faculty
`– Coordinator, CS Technical Reports and Archives
`– Founder and Coordinator, CS Industrial Affiliates Program
`– CS Representative for CAS development, recruiting, and advising
`– Founder and Maintainer, CS Faculty Intranet
`– Chair, Computer Science Building Planing Committee
`– Maintainer, CS Department’s Web pages
`– Chair, CS Faculty Recruitment Committee
`– Chair, Doctoral Examination Committee for Systems and Networks
`– Member, CS Faculty Recruitment Committee Member
`– Chair, Systems Curriculum Development Committee
`– Member, CS Curriculum Review Committee
`– Chairr, CS Laboratory and Equipment Committee
`– Member, CS Laboratory and Equipment Committee
`– Member, CS Faculty Recruitment Committee
`– Coordinator, CS Colloquium Series
`– Member, CS Faculty Recruitment Committee
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`09/97 – 06/1998
`08/95 – 06/1997
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`09/10 – present
`09/92 – present
`09/00 – 08/2011
`09/92 – 06/2011
`09/00 – 08/2007
`01/01 – 06/2003
`01/94 – 08/2000
`09/98 – 06/1999
`09/92 – 06/2000
`12/97 – 06/1998
`09/96 – 02/1997
`09/95 – 06/1996
`09/94 – 09/1996
`09/92 – 09/1994
`12/94 – 06/1995
`09/92 – 06/1995
`12/93 – 06/1994
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`Professional Service Activities
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`Membership in Editorial Boards and Steering Committees:
`03/14 – present
`– Committee Member, ACM Heidelberg Laureate Forum
`07/13 – present
`– Editorial Board Member, Communications of the ACM
`07/13 – present
`– Co-Chair, CACM Research Highlights Editorial Board
`06/12 – present
`– Founding Steering Committee Member, IEEE Internet of Things Journal
`06/07 – 05/2014
`– Editorial Board Member, IEEE Internet Computing
`– Founding Steering Committee Member, IEEE TC on Security and Privacy in Complex IS 05/11 – 12/2013
`– Chair, IEEE Computer Society Technical Committee on the Internet
`01/07 – 12/2012
`– Editorial Board Member, International Journal of Embedded Systems
`03/04 – 12/2012
`– Editorial Board Member, ICST Transactions on Real-World Web
`03/09 – 12/2012
`– Guest Editor, Journal of Mathematical Structures in Computer Science
`01/11 – 06/2012
`– Guest Editor, EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking
`09/09 – 08/2010
`– Steering Commitee Member, IEEE HotWeb Conference
`09/05 – 08/2009
`– Editor, Newsletter of the IEEE Technical Committee on Real-Time Systems
`01/92 – 12/2008
`– Executive Steering Commitee Member, IEEE TC on Real-Time Systems
`12/02 – 12/2008
`– Steering Commitee Member, IASTED TC on Measurement and Simulation
`09/00 – 08/2007
`– Steering Commitee Member, International Web Caching Workshop
`06/01 – 08/2005
`– Steering Commitee Member, ACM SIGPLAN Workshop on Tools for Embedded Systems 06/99 – 05/2004
`– Advisory Committee Member, IEEE Conference on Industrial Technology & Automation 09/00 – 06/2001
`– Steering Commitee Member, BU/NSF IMIC Workshop
`06/99 – 08/1999
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`Service to the Research Community:
`09/14 – present
`– Member, Massachusetts Big Data Advisory Committee
`05/10 – present
`– Co-Chair, Massachusetts Green HPCC Initiative, Educational and Outreach Taskforce
`– Evaluator of promotion cases in major institutions in US, UK, Canada, India, and Israel 09/02 – present
`– Site visitor for a number of major award competitions of the National Science Foundation 04/97 – present
`– Panelist for dozens of programs of the National Science Foundation
`02/96 – present
`– Session Chair and/or Panelist in over a dozen conferences and workshops
`09/91 – present
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`04/88 – present
`– Reviewer for dozens of IEEE/ACM journal publications and conference proceedings
`03/13 – 12/2015
`– Industrial Advisory Board Member, European Union CELAR Project
`06/14 – 11/2014
`– Chair, NSF CISE Committee of Visitors for CNS DIvision
`01/14 – 06/2014
`– Chair, NSF Reverse Site Visit Committee for CCC
`06/13 – 12/2013
`– External Review Committee for CS Department at American University in Beirut
`09/12 – 03/2013
`– Member of the 2013 MGHPCC Research Seed Fund Award Committee
`11/12 – 06/2013
`– External Review Committee for CS Department at Bowdoin College
`09/11 – 03/2012
`– Member of the 2012 MGHPCC Research Seed Fund Award Committee
`04/11 – 06/2011
`– Chair, ACM Sigmetrics Test of Time Award Nomination and Selection Committee
`03/09 – 06/2009
`– External Review Committee for CS Department at University of Texas, Arlington
`– Host and Maintainer of the Archives of IEEE Technical Committee on Real-Time Systems 01/92 – 12/2008
`– External Review Committee for CS Department at Purdue University
`03/05 – 12/2005
`– Web/Internet Area Editor of the ACM Crossroads student magazine
`02/03 – 01/2004
`– Area Editor of the Journal for Undergraduate Science Research, Harvard University
`09/94 – 08/1997
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`Organization of Professional Meetings:
`– General Co-Chair, IEEE International Conference on Cloud Engineering
`– PC co-Chair, International Conference on Web Information Systems Engineering
`– Chair, NSF US/Mideast Trustworthy Systems and Networks Workshop
`– Chair, 2012 New England Faculty Summit on Cyber Security
`– Chair, 2011 New England Faculty Summit on Cyber Security
`– Co-Chair, Workshop on Holyoke Green HPC Educational & Outreach Opportunities
`– PC Chair, Conference on Wireless Algorithms, Systems, & Applications
`– General and PC Chair, US NITRD High-Confidence Software and Systems Workshop
`– General and Program Chair, BU/NSF RI/MRI/CRI PI Meeting
`– General Chair, Inaugural IEEE HotWeb Conference
`– Workshop Chair, 2006 CRA Snowbird Conference
`– General Chair, 2005 IEEE International Conference on Network Protocols
`– General Chair, Fourth IEEE Workshop on Wireless Applications & Services
`– General Chair, Sixth International Web Caching Workshop
`– PC co-Chair, Sixth International Web Caching Workshop
`– Workshop Chair, 2000 CRA Snowbird Conference
`– General Chair, 1999 IEEE Real-Time Technology and Applications Symposium
`– PC Chair, 1998 ACM SIGPLAN Workshop on Tools for Embedded Systems
`– PC Chair, 1998 IEEE Real-Time Technology and Applications Symposium
`– PC Chair, 1997 IEEE International Workshop on Real-Time Databases
`– PC Chair, WIP Track of the 1997 IEEE Real-Time Systems Symposium
`– PC Chair, WIP Track of the 1996 IEEE Real-Time Systems Symposium
`– Publicity Chair, 1996 IEEE Workshop on Real-Time Databases
`– Publicity Chair, 1995 IEEE Real-Time Systems Symposium
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`Service on Technical Program Committees (partial list):
`– 2016 IEEE/ACM International Symposium on Cluster, Cloud and Grid Computing
`– 2016 IEEE Workshop on Hot Topics in Web Systems and Technologies
`– 2016 International Conference on Web Information Systems Engineering
`– 2015 ACM Workshop on Content Caching and Delivery in Wireless Networks
`– 2015 International Conference on Web Information Systems Engineering
`– 2014 IEEE Internati