PhD students
Graduate student alums
Hee-Jin Chae, 2006-2007 (masters, Raytheon)
Thomas S. Heydt-Benjamin, 2005-2007 (masters, IBM Research Zurich)
Robert Lychev, 2008 (masters, PhD program at GA Tech)
Graduate student thesis committees
Undergraduate research
- Jean Fredo Louis, 2008
- Mankin Yuen, 2008
- Zak Wirima, 2008
- Shane Clark. Crypto on UHF RFID tags and anonymous credentials, 2007
- Will Morgan. RFID credit cards and the Proxmark3, 2007
- Rene Santiago. Development of undergraduate Electronic Identification Lab (RFID), 2007
- David Eiselen. Batteryless clocks for RFID tags and espresso RFID payment system, 2007
- Timur Alperovich. Anonymous credentials and secure file systems, 2007
- Justin Katsugi. GNU Radio, 2007
- Anthony Swochak. RFID espresso payment system, 2007.
- Mike Ro. RFID security and mobile phones, 2006
- Russell B. Silva. Linux device driver programming for RFID hardware, 2006
- Robert Lynchev. Parasitic content distribution using the all-or-nothing transform, 2005
- Anjali Prakash. Key regression command-line tool (Johns Hopkins, 2004)
- Megumi Ando. Cryptographic reductions (MIT, 2003)
- Rachel Greenstadt. Cookie collection (MIT, 2001)
- Tina Tyan. SFS tools (MIT, 2000)
- Frank Dabek. SFSRO database (MIT, 2000)
- Drew Samnick. Cepheus access control server (MIT, 1999)
High school mentoring
- Pranish Kantak. Fargo North High School, Fargo, ND (2007-08)
- Caitlin Johnston. Crown Point High School, Crown Point, IN (2006-07, now Indiana University)
- Rachel Singh. Boston Latin Academy, Boston, MA (2005-06, now Harvard University)
- Meredith Dempsey. Lexington High School, Lexington, SC (2004-05, now Furman University)
Prospective students
Visit the admissions Web site. UMass Amherst CS students may browse my list of first-year research projects. You will need to use your UMass OIT credentials to authenticate.
Are you considering graduate school? There are many ways to prepare.
- Become intimately familiar with the latest research in your field of interest. Find a researcher you admire, then read his or her papers.
- As an undergraduate, work with graduate students or a professor on a research project. Get a taste of what graduate school is like. Aim to co-author a paper with your supervisors.
- Read books on the life and expectations of the graduate student. A popular book is Getting What You Came For: The Smart Student's Guide to Earning an M.A. or a Ph.D.
- Apply for an NSF Graduate Research Fellowship by December before starting graduate school. If you have a fellowship, you will have much greater flexibility in selecting research topics — no matter what school you attend.
- Read about the research of your potential graduate advisors. Finding a compatible advisor is critical to your success as a graduate student.