I received a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the Dept. of Computer Science at Rutgers University, as a member of the Laboratory for Networked Systems and Security (DiscoLab) advised by Professor Liviu Iftode. While at Rutgers, my research focus was on systems research in the areas of pervasive computing and computer vision. More specifically, I explored how to relate advances in operating systems and distributed systems research to the specific demands for performance, availability, security, and usability coming from real-world pervasive and computer vision-based applications. During this time, I had the opportunity to collaborate with Professor Mahadev Satyanarayanan (Carnegie Mellon University), Professor Ahmed Elgammal (Rutgers University), and Professor Vinod Ganapathy (Rutgers University). More recently, I have joined the Backup Recovery Systems - Advanced Development Group at EMC², and my current research is in the area of file systems and storage with a specific focus on high-performance, deduplicating, data protection systems.

On a personal note, I am happily married to my wife, Marcy, with whom I have had the opportunity to travel to many excellent places, both inside and outside the US. Together we continue to have many interesting and fun adventures.

Awards:
Dean's Award for Excellence in Research (2009-2010) - Rutgers University

Selected Recent Publications:
Characteristics of Backup Workloads in Production Systems - FAST 2012
Target Container: A Target-Centric Parallel Programming Abstraction for Video-based Surveillance - ICDSC 2011
Social Farm: Making Social Networks Work for Profit - SoME 2011
The Cyber-Physical Bike: A Step Towards Safer Green Transportation - HotMobile 2011
Bringing the Cloud Down to Earth: Transient PCs Everywhere - MobiCloud 2010
Ad-hoc Voice-based Group Communication - PerCom 2010
Leveraging Smart Phones to Reduce Mobility Footprints - MobiSys 2009
Working Set-Based Access Control For Network File Systems - SACMAT 2009

Professional Service:
Second International Workshop on Social Network Systems (SNS 2009) - PC Member