CSILLA FARKAS

Department of Computer Science and Engineering

University of South Carolina

Columbia, SC 29208, USA

Email: farkas@cec.sc.edu Phone: (803)576-5762

Education

2000 Ph.D., Information Technology, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA

1993 M.S., Computer Science, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA

1989 B.S., Computer Science, Institution of Computer Science, Budapest, Hungary

1985 B.S., Geology, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary

Positions and Honors

Positions and Employment

2006- Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina

2000-2006 Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina

1996-2000 Research Assistant, Department of Information and Software Engineering, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia

1995-1996 Teaching Assistant, Department of Computer Science, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia

1987-1989 Geologist and Computer Scientist, Hungarian Oil and Gas Trust, Budapest, Hungary

1985-1987 Computer Scientist, River Exploration Company, Budapest, Hungary

Honors and awards

2015 Samuel Litman Distinguished Professor Award, College of Engineering and Computing, University of South Carolina

2015 Most Valuable Professor, Dept. of Computer Science and Engineering, University of South Carolina

2013-2016 Bell South Teaching Fellow, College of Engineering and Computing, University of South Carolina,

2008 Young Investigator Research Award, College of Engineering and Computing, University of South Carolina

2007 Outstanding Achievement, NSF Career, University of South Carolina

2003-2008 National Science Foundation Career Award

1996-1999 IT&E Doctoral Fellowship Award, George Mason University, VA

1994 Computer Science Graduate Honor Roll Award, George Mason University, VA

Primary Research Areas:

• Database Security: inference problem, security and privacy threats via large-scale data integration and data analytics
• Secure Semantic Web: access control models for web data and metadata, and semantics-aware authorization models
• Service Oriented Architecture Security: security policy management, agile policy modification, secure service composition, and WS-Transactions correctness and efficiency
• Social and Economic Aspect of Cyber Attacks: critical infrastructure protection via software-level vulnerability analysis of Programmable Logic Controllers, legal analysis of cyber attacks, user-friendly privacy support, and measurement of social vulnerabilities
• My auxiliary research include: secure communication and reliable accident reconstruction for vehicular ad-hoc networks (VANET), software vulnerability analysis, communication security, and information assurance education

Other Experience and Professional Memberships (last 7 years only)

Membership

• IEEE

Synergistic Activities

• Editorial Board Member for Computer Standards and Interfaces, Elsevier, since 2008
• IEEE Technical Achievement Award evaluation board member
• Reviewer for National and International journals
• Technical Program Committee member and reviewer for peer-reviewed conferences
• Point of Contact to the National Security Agency National Center of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance Education and Research activities, 2003-present
• Steering Committee member for the Cyber Center of Excellence in Cyber Security initiative at USC to further cyber security education, research, and outreach, 2014-present
• Establish a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between The Citadel, the College of Charleston, and the University of South Carolina for distance educational collaboration in Information Assurance education, 2011
• Board member of Advanced Security Technologies Alliance (ASTRA), Charleston, SC. Member of ASTRA Educational Committee with representatives of The Citadel, College of Charleston, Lockheed Martin Inc., Low Country Educational Center, and Trident Technical College, 2011-2013
• Reviewer for USC internal grants, e.g., Leadership and Service Award Committee, 2015; RISE Senior campus Committee 2014
• Coordinator and participant for the Enhanced Learning Experience high school visits, 2007-2011
• External Ph.D. Dissertation Reviewer for two dissertations at the University of Newcastle, Australia, and one dissertation in Germany, one dissertation in Italy
• Panelist for over 10+ National Science Foundation panels
• Proposal reviewer for over 5 Airforce proposals
• Member of Faculty Senate, 2006-2008
• Judge at USC region II Science & Engineering Fair, 2006, …, 2009
• Certified SOA School professional in SOA Systems Inc., 2010-present
• Seminars and Talks for professional societies

Ph.D. Dissertations Supervised

Graduated:

1. Aspen Olmstead, “Web Service Transaction Correctness,” Graduated 2014. Tenure-track Assistant Professor, College of Charleston, SC, http://scholarcommons.sc.edu/etd/2728/

2. Sidney Valentine, “PLC Code Vulnerabilities Through SCADA Systems,” graduated 2013. Vice President, Academic Affairs and Student Services, South Florida State College, http://scholarcommons.sc.edu/etd/803/

3. Ousmane Dia, “Access Control Frameworks for Rapidly Evolving Business Enterprises,” graduated 2012. Research Scientist, Amazon, http://scholarcommons.sc.edu/etd/778/

4. Maryam Jafari-Lafti, “P2F: A User-Centric Privacy Protection Framework,” graduated 2010. Manager, Enterprise Risk Services at Deloitte, Canada, http://scholarcommons.sc.edu/etd/194/

5. Amit Jain, “RDF Security,” graduated 2008. Semantic Web Researcher, Hyderabad, India

6. Vaibhav Gowadia, “Semantic-Aware XML Security,” graduated 2007. Senior Java Developer, Smartology.net, UK

7. Tyrone Toland, “: Inference Problem in Dynamic Databases,” graduated 2005. Associate Professor, University of South Carolina, Upstate

8. Naren Kodali, “Enforcing Semantics-Aware Security in Multimedia Documents,” graduated 2004. IT Security Architecture and Compliance/Audit Consultant, Faculty at Stratford University

9. Andrei Stoica, “Integrated Security Framework for Semantically Enhanced Semi-Structured Data,” graduated 2004. Vice President, Global Systems Development at IMS Health, Philadelphia

Current:

1. Anna Starrenburg, “Efficient Storage Allocation for Web Services,” expected graduation 2015.

2. Mark Daniels, “Medical Privacy – Big Data Aspect,” expected graduation 2016.

3. Emad Alsuwat, “Web-Based Transactions Efficiency,” expected graduation 2017.

4. Mouiad AlWahal, “Ontological Reasoning for Security,” expected graduation 2017.

5. John Ravan, “Prediction-Based Web Services Concurrency Control, “ expected graduation 2017.

6. Theppatorn Rhujittawiwat, “Streaming Data Security Model,” Expected graduate 2017.

M.S. Theses Supervised

Graduated:

1. Surya Bhatt, “Big Data Analytics for Market Research,” graduated 2015.

2. Emad Alsuwat, “Practical Concurrency Support for Web Service Transactions,” graduated 2014. http://scholarcommons.sc.edu/etd/3007/

3. Biswa Senapati, “Column Store Database - A New Approach to GIS Application,” graduated 2012. http://scholarcommons.sc.edu/etd/798/

4. Ankur Jain, “Accountability and Privacy Preservation (AP2) in VANET Communications,” graduated 2011. http://scholarcommons.sc.edu/etd/783/

5. Brandon Barkley, “Sensitive Data Protection n Social Networks,” graduated 2008.

6. Chaitanya Evani, “Secure WS Orchestration with BPEL,” graduated 2007.

7. Deepanwita Roy, “Secure XML Updates,”, graduated 2005.

8. Vaibhav Gowadia, “XML Access Control,” graduated 2003.

9. Sharon Gregory, “A National Evaluation of State Level Computer Crime Units,” graduated 2002.

10. Ronni Wilkinson, “Honey Net Project,” graduated 2002.

11. S. Agnihotri, “Database Reengineering Using Modified System Development Life Cycle Approach,” graduated 2002.

12. B. Wongsaisuwan, “Secure Database Systems: A Case Study of Banghkok Fresh Market,” graduated 2001.

Current:

1. Hatim Alsuwat, “Usability of Security Tools,” expected graduation 2015.

Publications