Yanyuan Wu
Bharat Bhargava, PhD
Professor of Computer Science

Purdue University
USA

Education

PhD 1974 Purdue University, Electrical Engineering

 

Biography

Professor Bharat Bhargava professor of computer science at Purdue University. He is conducting research in security and privacy issues in distributed systems. This involves identity management, secure routing and dealing with malicious hosts, adaptability to attacks, and experimental studies. His recent work involves attack graphs for collaborative attacks. Prof. Bhargava has won five best paper awards in addition to the technical achievement award and golden core award from IEEE, and is a fellow of IEEE. He received Outstanding Instructor Awards from the Purdue chapter of the ACM in 1996 and 1998. He has graduated the largest number of Ph.D students in CS department and is active in supporting/mentoring minority students. In 2003, he was inducted in the Purdue's Book of Great Teachers. He has graduated the largest number of women Ph.D students and the first African American student Ph.D in CS department. He is editor-in-chief of three journals and serves on over ten editorial boards of international journals. Professor Bhargava is the founder of the IEEE Symposium on Reliable and Distributed Systems, IEEE conference on Digital Library, and the ACM Conference on Information and Knowledge Management. Bhargava has worked extensively at research laboratories of Air Force and Naval. He has successfully completed several Darpa and Navy STTR proposals. Professor Bharat Bhargava professor of computer science at Purdue University. He is conducting research in security and privacy issues in distributed systems. This involves identity management, secure routing and dealing with malicious hosts, adaptability to attacks, and experimental studies. His recent work involves attack graphs for collaborative.

 

Research Interest

Distributed Database Systems, Experiments in Communications and Networking Software, Secure Mobile Systems, Trust Management, Privacy in Data Access, Collaborative Attacks and Defense in Networks, Multi-media Security

Professional Activities:

Professional Experience

1973-76 Research Associate (Regenstrief Institute), Department of Medicine, Indiana University
1976-78 Assistant Professor, Cleveland State University
1978- summer Visiting Faculty, Stanford University
1978-84 Assistant Professor, University of Pittsburgh
1984-88 Associate Professor, Purdue University
1988- Professor, Purdue University
1991-2012 Summer & Visiting Professor, ETH-Zurich and EPFL-Lausanne, Summer Visiting Fellow at AFRL, Rome NY

Honors And Awards

  1. Ranked 13th out of 17000 students in Delhi Higher Secondary examination, 1963. 
  2. Ranked 2nd out of 3500 students in Punjab University state wide examination, 1966. 
  3. Indian National Merit Scholarship, 1963-1969. 
  4. SHELL fellowship, 1969 (Highest award to the best graduate student at Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi). 
  5. WHO'S WHO in Frontiers of Science and Technology. 
  6. Best Research Paper Award, IEEE Data Engineering Conference, 1988. 
  7. Fellow of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). 
  8. Meritorious Service Certificate from IEEE Computer Society. 
  9. Fellow of Institution of Electronics and Telecommunications Engineers (IETE). 
  10. Outstanding Instructor Award (Purdue ACM Student Chapter), 1996. 
  11. Golden Core Member of IEEE Computer Society. 
  12. Outstanding Instructor Award (Purdue ACM Student Chapter), 1998. 
  13. Technical Achievement Award from IEEE Computer Society, 1999. 
  14. Best idea paper, International Conference on Data Warehouse and Knowledge Management Conference, 2000. 
  15. Inducted in The Book of Great Teachers at Purdue, 2003. 
  16. Seed for Success award by Provost at Purdue, 2005.
  17. Co-best paper award in Secure Knowledge Management Conference,  Buffalo, 2005
  18. Graduate mentoring award by College of Science and CS, 2009
  19. Engagement award by College of Science and CS, 2011
  20. Best paper award in International Conference on Advances in Computing and Communication – (ICACC), 2011, ( Identity Management in Cloud) http://www.cs.purdue.edu/news/5-4-11ICACC.html
  21. Guest of Honor at Convocation of Chitkara University, Chandigarh, February, 2012
  22. Bharat Gaurav award, India Friendship Society, 2014

Member Of Professional Organizations

  1. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).
  2. Fellow of IEEE, Steering Committee of Technical Committee on Distributed Processing for Symposium on Reliable Distributed Systems. 
  3. Association of Computing Machinery. 
  4. Upsilon Pi Epsilon. 
  5. Institution of Electronics and Telecommunications Engineers (IETE). 
  6. Fellow of IETE. 

International Activities (Various Years)

  1. International Conference on High Performance and Grid Computing, Chitkara University, India
  2. 4th International Workshop on Dependable Network Computing and Mobile Systems (DNCMS 2010) held in conjunction with SRDS 2010, India
  3. Invited speaker at International Conference on System Integration, Brasilia, November, 2008
  4. Seminars in Universities of Karlstad, Stockholm, Uppsala, Pierre and Madam Curie, EPFL (2008)
  5. Visiting Professor in ETH and EPFL and University of Bern in Switzerland (several summers from 1991-2006). 
  6. Seminars in Cambridge, ETH, Technical University of Vienna, University of  Klagenfurt, HIIT, Technical University of Berlin, Humboldt University. (2006-2008)
  7. Chairman of the University's International Education Committee, June 1990-June 1991. 
  8. Invited Speaker, Computer Society of India, DEXA conference, ICDCI conference 1991, 1995, and 1999.
  9. Member of University Advisory Committee on International Programs, September 1990-June 1991. 
  10. Consultant to University of Indonesia, November 1988-December 1988. 
  11. Invited Professor at Ecole Polytechnique Federal De Lausanne (EPFL),  Various years
  12. Invited Professor at ETH, Zurich, June -August 1991. 
  13. One Day Seminar to Swiss Industry Consortium, Lausanne, 1993. 
  14. Invited Speaker in the International Conference on Intelligent and Cooperative Information Systems, Rotterdam, Netherlands, May 1993. 
  15. One Day seminar at EPFL for Industry and Academics, June 1994. 
  16. Invited Speaker in the International Conference on System Integration, San Paulo, Brazil, August 1994. 
  17. Keynote Speaker in the Sixth International Conference on Databases and Expert Systems, London, September 1995. 
  18. Organizer of a Workshop on Advances in Digital Libraries in the Sixth International Conference on Database and Expert Systems, London, September 1995. 
  19. Invited Professor, University of Klagenfurt, Austria, 1999. 
  20. Establishing Collaborative Program with ETH and EPFL, Switzerland, 2001. 
  21. Seminar in University of Bern and EPFL, 2003. 
  22. Keynote Speaker, International Workshop on Distributed Computing and Internet Technology, Bhubaneswar, India, 2004.
  23. Keynote speaker, DEXA Workshop on Security and Privacy, Krakow, 2006
  24. Tutorials on Privacy, Helsinki University and HIIT, 2006
  25. Colloquia in Humboldt University and ETH, Zurich, 2007
  26. PolyU's Distinguished Scholar, Hong Kong Polytechnic University 70th Anniversary
  27. Hosted Ph. D students from University of Bern, Universities in Korea, and Humboldt University, 2008

 

 

Publications

Recent Publications:

  1. L. Othmane, R. Fernando, R. Ranchal, B. Bhargava, E. Bodden, Likely hood of Threats to Connected Vehicles, Submitted to Security and Communication Network
  2. U. Premarathne, I. Khalil, B. Bhargava, Location-Dependent Disclosure Risk based Access Control in Mobile Collaborative EHR, Submitted to IEEE Transaction on Dependable and Secure Computing
  3. R. Fernando, B. Bhargava: Privacy Preserving Identity Claims with Complex Service Provider Policies, Submitted to IEEE Transaction on Dependable and Secure Computing
  4. N. Ahmed, J. Bryant, M. Linderman, and B. Bhargava, “Peer Assisted Publish and Subscribe Middle ware” International Journal of Business Process Integration and Management Authors ( To appear)
  5. U. Premarathne, I. Khalil, B. Bhargava, Location Adaptive Persistent Single-Sign-On Access Control for Collaborative Mobile Systems, IEEE Transaction on Dependable and Secure Computing (To appear)
  6. P. Angin and B. Bhargava, "An Agent-based Optimization Framework for Mobile-Cloud Computing" Journal of Wireless Mobile Networks, Ubiquitous Computing, and Dependable Applications (JoWUA) Vol. 4, No. 2, pp. 1-17, June 2013.
  7. L. Yao, T.Gong, J. Fan, B. Bhargava, Research on ARM9-Based Intelligent Immune System for Avoiding Rear-End Collision, Submitted for Publication.
  8. L. Othmane, P. Angin, H., Weffers, B. Bhargava, Extending the Agile Development Approach to Develop Acceptably Secure Software, IEEE Transaction on Dependable and Secure Computing (To appear)
  9. Y. Zhong, B. Bhargava, P. Angin, Y.Lu, A computational Dynamic Trust Model for User Authorization, , IEEE Transaction on Dependable and Secure Computing (To appear)
  10. Y. Zhong, B. Bhargava, P. Angin, Y.Lu, An authorization Framework Based on Uncertain Evidenec and Dynamic Trust, Submitted for Publication.
  11. T. Gong, B. Bhargava, Norman O. Ahmed. Novel Secure and Immune Private Routing Protocol in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks. IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, (Under Review)
  12. H. Kim, R. Oliveira, B. Bhargava, J. Song, A Novel Robust Routing Scheme against Rushing Attacks in Wireless Ad Hoc Networks, Wireless Personal Communications , Volume 70, Issue 4, pp 1339-1351, ISSN:0929-6212, June 2013.
  13. L. Ben Othmane, L. Lilien, B. Bhargava, M.Linderman, R. Ranchal, R. Salih. ABTTP: A TTP-based Prototype for Protecting Confidentiality of Sensitive Data with Active Bundles. Submitted to IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing
  14. B. Panja, B. Bhargava, S. Pati, D. Paul, L. Lilien, P. Meharia. , Monitoring and Managing Cloud Computing Security using Denial of Service Bandwidth Allowance. Recent Patents on Computer Science, Vol. 6, No. 1, pp. 73-81, 2013.
  15. L. Lilien, L.B. Othmane, P. Angin, A. DeCarlo, R. Salih, B. Bhargava. , A Simulation Study of Ad Hoc Networking of UAVs with Opportunistic Resource Utilization Networks. Journal of Network and Computer Applications, Special Issue on Advanced Technologies for Homeland Defense and Security, Volume 38, pp. 3-15, February, 2014.
  16. L.B. Othmane, H. Weffers, P. Angin, B. Bhargava , A Time-Evolution Model for the Privacy Degree of Information Disseminated in Online Social Networks, International. Journal of Communication Networks and Distributed Systems, Vol. 11, No. 4, pp. 412-430, 2013.
  17. T. Gong, B. Bhargava, J. Zhou, M. Azarmi, C. Du , Minimizing collaborative attacks in a real heterogeneous mobile ad hoc network using cooperative immunization model. Computers & Security (Submitted).
  18. T. Gong, B. Bhargava, Immunizing mobile ad hoc networks against collaborative attacks using cooperative immune model. Security and Communication Networks 6: 58-68 2013.
  19. P. Angin, B. Bhargava, A Confidence Ranked Co-occurrence Approach for Accurate Object Recognition in Highly Complex Scenes.. Journal of Internet Technology, Vol. 14, No. 1, pp. 13-19, 2013.
  20. Can, B. Bhargava: SORT: A Self-ORganizing Trust Model for Peer-to-Peer Systems. IEEE Trans. Dependable and Secure. Computing. 10(1): 14-27, 2013
  21. T. Shon, A. Vasilakos, B. Bhargava, I. Stojmenovic, H. Jin, A. Zomaya: Editorial for Special Issue on "New Technologies and Applications for Wireless Communications & Mobile Cloud Computing". MONET 18(1): 98-102, Feb. 2013
  22. K. Kumar, J. Liu, Y Lu, B. Bhargava, A Survey of Computation Offloading for Mobile Systems, ACM Springer Mobile Networks and Applications (MONET) Journal, special issue on ACM Mobile computing, Vol. 18, No. 1, 129-140, Feb. 2013
  23. P. Angin, B. Bhargava. A Confidence Ranked Co-occurrence Approach for Accurate Object Recognition in Highly Complex Scenes. Journal of Internet Technology, 2012
  24. B. Bhargava, P. Angin, R. Ranchal, R. Sivakumar, A. Sinclair, M. Linderman A Trust based approach for Secure Data Dissemination in Mobile Peer to Peer Network of AVs, International Journal of Next Generation Computing, Vol 3, No. 1, 2012
  25. N. Idika, B. Bhargava. Extending Attack Graph-Based Security Metrics and Aggregating Their Application. IEEE Transaction on Dependable and Secure Computing 9(1): 75-85 2012
  26. R. Jiang, M. Azarmi, T. Gong, B. Bhargava. Novel Secure and Dynamic Clustering Protocols in Wireless Sensor Networks. Elsevier Computers & Security, 2011
  27. P. Angin, B. Bhargava. Real-time Mobile-Cloud Computing for Context-Aware Blind Navigation. International Journal of Next Generation Computing, Vol 2, No 2, 2011
  28. Y. Zhang and B. Bhargava. Allocation schemes, Architectures, and Policies for Collaborative Port Scanning Attack. Journal of Emerging Technologies in Web Intelligence, Vol 3, No 2 (2011), 154-167, May 2011 doi:10.4304/jetwi.3.2.154-167
  29. Shirsat and B. Bhargava. Local geometric algorithm for hole boundary. Security and Communication Networks 2010. Wiley Online Library. DOI: 10.1002/sec.271; 3:1–10
  30. Y. Lu and B. Bhargava. ‘’SAGA: Self-Adjusting Congestion Avoidance Routing Protocol for Ad Hoc Networks”, In International Journal of Next-Generation Computing (IJNGC), Vol. 1, No 1, 124-144, 2010
  31. L. Lilien, A. Bhargava, and B. Bhargava, “A Road from Fraud Vulnerabilities and Threats to Fraud Avoidance and Tolerance’”, IPSI internal Journal on Emerging Technologies, 2009
  32. B. Bhargava, Y. Zhang, N. Idika, L. Lilien, M. Azarmi, “Collaborative Attacks in WiMAX Networks”, Wiley Journal on Security and Communication Networks, 2(5): 373-391 (2009)
  33. Y. Zhang and B. Bhargava, Self-Learning Disk Scheduling, IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering, Vol. 21, No. 1, 50-65, 2009
  34. S. Mohanty and B. Bhargava, Invisible Watermarking Based on Creation and Robust Insertion-Extraction of Image Adaptive Watermarks, ACM Transaction on Multimedia Computing, Communication and Applications (ACM TOMCCAP), Vol. 5, No. 2, 1-24, 2008
  35. W. Wang, J. Kong, B. Bhargava, and M. Gerla, Visualisation of Wormholes in Underwater Sensor Networks: A Distributed Approach, Int. Journal of Security and Networks, Vol. 3, No. 1, 10-23, 2008
  36. B. Panja, S. Madria, B. Bhargava, “Energy and Communication Efficient Group Key Management Protocol for Hierarchical Sensor Networks'', International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks, Vol. 3, No. 2, 201-223, 2007
  37. B. Panja, S. Madria, B. Bhargava: A Role-based Access in a Hierarchical Sensor Network Architecture to provide Multilevel Security. Computer Communications 31(4): 793-806 (2008)
  38. M. Jenamani, Y. Zhong, and B. Bhargava. “Cheating in Online Auction: Towards Explaining the Popularity of English Auction,” Journal of Electronic Commerce Research and Applications (ECRA), Vol. 6, No. 1, pp. 53-62, 2007.
  39. S. Li, G. Chen, A. Cheung, B. Bhargava, “On the Design of Perceptual MPEG-Video Encryption Algorithms”, in IEEE Transactions on Circuits and System for Video Technology, Vol. 17, No. 2, pp 214-223, 2007
  40. Y. Lu, W. Wang, D. Xu, and B. Bhargava. “Trust based Privacy Preservation in Peer to Peer Data Sharing,” IEEE Transaction on Systems Man and Cybernetics (Special issues based on best papers in Secure Knowledge Management Conference), Vol. 36, No. 3, pp. 498-502, 2006
  41. L. Lilien and B. Bhargava. “A Scheme for Privacy Preserving Data Dissemination,” IEEE Transaction on Systems Man and Cybernetics (Special issues based on best papers in Secure Knowledge Management Conference), Vol. 36, No.3, pp. 502-506, 2006
  42. G. Ding, Z Sahinoglu, P Orlik, J Zhang, and B Bhargava , “Tree-Based Data Broadcast in IEEE 802.15.4 and ZigBee Networks” IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, 5(11):1561-1574, November, 2006.
  43. W. Wang, B. Bhargava, Y. Lu, and X. Wu. “Defending against Wormhole Attacks in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks”, Wiley Journal on Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing, pp. 483-503, 2006.
  44. X. Wu, B. Mukherjee, and B. Bhargava. “A Crossing-tier Location Update/Paging Scheme in Hierarchical Cellular Networks,” IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications , Vol. 4, No. 5, pp. 839-848, 2006.
  45. G. Ding, X Wu, and B. Bhargava “Performance Evaluation of  Multi-Rate Mobile Ad Hoc Networks” International Journal of  Performance Evaluation, 63 (11): 1110-1126, 2006
  46. B. Bhargava, M. Jenamani, and Y. Zhong, "Counteracting Shill Bidding in online English Auction", International Journal of Cooperative Information Systems, Vol. 14, pp. 245-263, 2005
  47. M. Hefeeda, A. Habib, D. Xu, B. Bhargava, and B. Botev. “CollectCast: A Peer-to-Peer Service for Media Streaming,” ACM/Springer Multimedia Systems Journal, Vol. 11(1) pp. 68-81 (2005)
  48. A. Habib, D. Xu, M. Atallah, and B. Bhargava. “A Tree-Based Forward Digest Protocol to Verify Data Integrity in Distributed Media Streaming,” IEEE Transactions on Knowledge & Data Engineering (TKDE), Vol. 17(7), pp.1010-1014, July 2005.
  49. X. Wu and B. Bhargava. “AO2P: Ad hoc On-demand Position-based Private Routing Protocol,” IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, 4(4), pp. 335-348, July, 2005.
  50. B. Bhargava, S. Wang, M. Khan, and A. Habib. “Multimedia Data Transmission and Control using Active Networks,”, Journal of Computer Communications (Special Issue on Activated and Programmable Internet),  28(6):623-639, 2005.
  51. A Habib, S. Fahmy, and B. Bhargava. “On Monitoring and Controlling QoS Network Domains,” ACM/Wiley International Journal of Network Management, (15)1, January-February, 2005.

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