MS

Xing’s M.S. Advisees

  • Current M.S. Students
      • Mr. Junxing Ren (January 2024 ~)
      • Mr. Hieu Ho (Sept. 2023 ~)
      • Ms. Alisha A Shah (January 2023 ~)
      • Ms. Marjan Akhi (Sept. 2022 ~ )
      • Mr. VikramGnanaraj Vijayakumar (Sept. 2022 ~ )
      • Mr. Leonardo Asseph (Co-Advisor: Dr. Fortier)
      • Mr. Duarte Avelar (on leave)
  • M.S. Graduates
      • 54. David Lewis, M.S. (May 2022), CPE major
      • 53. Sanjay Sathiraju, M.S. (May 2021), CPE major
        Project Title: A Smart ID Management System for Secure Voting
      • 52. Charles E. Montes, M.S. (August 2020), CPE major
        Thesis Topic: Reliability Allocation Problem for Complex Dynamic Systems
        passed defense on August 12, 2020
      • 51. Jean E. Pierre, M.S. (May 2020), CPE major
        Thesis Topic: A Monte Carlo Simulation Framework for Reliability Analysis of Dynamic Standby Sparing systems
        passed defense on January 13, 2020
      • 50. Shuti Wu, M.S. (May 2018), CPE major
        Project Title: Reliability Model for Smart Home Systems Considering Dynamic Standby Sparing
      • 49. Sneha Kolapalli, M.S. (Jan. 2018), ELE major
        Project Title: Reliability of End to End Path Routing Protocols in Wireless Sensor Networks
        passed defense on January 16, 2018
      • 48. Parthasarathy Thattangudi Sampath Kumar, M.S. (Jan. 2018), CPE major
        Project Title: Implementation of Secure and Fault-Tolerant Data Sharing and Searching at Cloud-Assisted Internet of Things using Things Board and AWS IoT Platforms
      • 47. Kartik Subramaniam, M.S. (Jan. 2018), CPE major
        Project Title: Security in cloud using ECC and LSB algorithms
        passed defense on December 18, 2017
      • 46. Yanhao Zeng, M.S. (Aug. 2017), CPE major
        Thesis Title: Reliability Modeling and Analysis for Hardware-Software Co-design Systems with Warm Standby Sparing
        passed defense on June 2, 2017
      • 45. Nihanth Kolli, M. S. (Jan. 2017), CPE major
        Project Title: Real-Time Predictive Maintenance Using Internet of Things
        passed defense on January 10, 2017
      • 44. Shreelekha Kakkerla, M. S. (Aug. 2016), CIS major
        Project Title: Performance Analysis of CoAP (Constrained Application Protocol) Under Different Addressing Models
        passed defense on August 30, 2016
      • 43. Vipul Kumar Sharma, M. S. (Aug. 2016), CPE major
        Project Title: Performance Analysis of Communication Protocol MQTT-SN in Internet of Things
        passed defense on May 23, 2016
      • 42. Lavanya Mandava, M. S. (Aug. 2016), CPE major
        Thesis Title: Imperfect Coverage Analysis for Cloud-RAID Systems
        passed the defense on May 19, 2016
      • 41. Guilin Zhao, M. S. (Aug. 2016), ELE major
        Thesis Title: System Reliability Considering Probabilistic Failure Isolation and Random Propagation Time
        passed the defense on May 19, 2016
      • 40. Abigail E O’Brien, M.S. (May 2016), CPE major
        Project Title: Quantifying System Security through Markov Chains and Related Stochastic Models for Reliability
        passed the defense on April 26, 2016.
      • 39. Navya Mandava, M.S. (Jan. 2016), CPE major
        Project Title: Trust Sensitivity Analysis for Online Social Networks using Monte-Carlo Simulations
        passed the defense on December 4, 2015.
      • 38. Harika Vankayalapati, M.S. (Jan. 2016), CPE major
        Project Title: Correlated Probabilistic Competing Failure Analysis using Monte Carlo Simulation
        passed the defense on November 25, 2015.
      • 37. Purna Satya Subrahmanyam Andra, M.S. (Jan. 2016), CPE major
        Project Title: Reliability Analysis of Standby Systems with Backups and Replacements Using Monte Carlo Simulations
        passed the defense on September 29, 2015.
      • 36. Qisi Liu, M.S. (Jan. 2016), CPE major
        Thesis Title: Reliability of Cloud-RAID Storage System
        passed the defense on September 4, 2015.
      • 35. Massarrah N. Tannous, M.S. (2015), CPE major
        Thesis Title: Reliability Modeling and Evaluation of Mesh Topology in Storage Area Networks
        passed the defense on June 9, 2015.
      • 34. Leo Acker, M.S. (2014), CPE major
        Project Title: Reliability Analysis of Imperfect Coverage Systems with Functional Dependence and Cold Spares
        passed the defense on February 27, 2014.
      • 33. Santhosh N. Murthy, M.S. (2013), CPE major
        Project Title: “Performance Analysis of Cloud Computing Systems”
        passed the defense on May 23, 2013.
      • 32. Shantanu D. Ghumare, M.S. (2012), CPE major
        Project Title: “Performance Comparison of Different Methods for Scability of Cloud Computing”
        passed the defense on January 27, 2012.
      • 31. Tarun Saxena, M.S. (2011), CPE major
        Project Title: “Reliability Evaluation of iSCSI-based Fault Tolerant Storage Systems using Fuzzy Logic”
        passed the defense on October 26, 2011.
      • 30. Sandeep Jangra, M.S. (2011), CPE major
        Thesis Title: “Performance Analysis of VMware ESX Server”
        passed the defense on April 26, 2011.
      • 29. Monkia Shrestha, M.S. (2011), CPE major
        Thesis Title: “Algorithm and Specification for Reliability Analysis of Systems with Dependent Failures”
        passed the defense on April 15, 2011.
      • 28. Akshatha Kappa, M.S. (2010), CPE major
        Project Title: A Reliable Data Transmission Mechanism for WSN in Health Care Systems
        passed the defense on November 12, 2010.
      • 27. Amit Chaudhary, M.S. (2010), ELE major
        Project Title: �Improving Respsonse Time of Mainframe Storage Subsystems�
        passed the defense on June 16, 2010; currently working at EMC, MA.
      • 26. Brock A. Morrissette, M.S. (2009), CPE major
        Project Title: A Combinatorial Method for Reliability Analysis of Imperfect Fault Coverage Systems subject to Functional Dependencies
        passed the defense on May 11, 2009; currently working at Lockheed Martin MS2, MA.
      • 25. Sirisha Medisetti, M.S. (2009), CPE major
        Project Title: Trust Based Routing in Wireless Sensor Networks
        passed the defense on January 23, 2009.
      • 24. Karthik Padma, M.S. (2008), CPE major
        Project Title: Trust Computing in Small World Networks
        passed the defense on December 17, 2008.
      • 23. Dileep Varma Bairraju, M.S. (2008), ELE major
        Project Title: GUI Design and Implementation for Reliability Analysis of Multi-State Systems
        passed the defense on December 17, 2008; currently working at AT&T, NJ.
      • 22. Abhinav LNU, M.S. (2008), CPE major
        Project Title: Applying RMST and TEA for Reliable and Secure Data Transfer in Wireless Sensor Networks
        passed the defense on December 11, 2008.
      • 21. Gunjan Gupta, M.S. (2008), CPE major
        Project Title: K-Coverage Probability Evaluation for Reliability Analysis of Wireless Sensor Networks
        passed the defense on December 10, 2008.
      • 20. Prashanthi Boddu, M.S. (2008), CPE major
        Thesis Title: Reliability Analysis of Complex Dynamic Systems
        passed the defense on September 8, 2008; currently a Ph.D. student at UMass Dartmouth.
      • 19. Vamshideep Devershetty, M.S. (2008), CPE major
        Project Title: Fault Tolerant Memory Array
        passed the defense on August 25, 2008.
      • 18. Preetham Reddy Pingili, M.S. (2008), CPE major
        Project Title: Reliability Analysis of Distributed Computer Systems
        passed the defense on August 25, 2008.
      • 17. Dipayan Dutta, M.S. (2008), ELE major
        Project Title: Cost Optimization of Wireless Sensor Networks for Improving the Lifetime
        passed the defense on March 25, 2008.
      • 16. Parag Y. Bhavsar, M.S. (2008), ELE major
        Project Title: Reliability of Data Transport Protocols for Wireless Sensor Networks
        passed the defense on March 6, 2008.
      • 15. Ankit P. Parikh, M.S. (2008), ELE major
        Project Title: Optimizing the Sensor Count in Wireless Sensor Networks
        passed the defense on February 19, 2008
      • 14. Pranav A. Damle, M.S. (2008), ELE major
        Project Title: Comparison of Routing Protocols for Mobile Ad Hoc Networks
        passed the defense on January 25, 2008
      • 13. Anirudh Kumar, M.S. (2008), ELE major
        Project Title: Preservation of Wireless Sensor Network Coverage by Energy Efficient Node Scheduling
        passed the defense on January 25, 2008
      • 12. Naveena Ajjugottu, M.S. (2007), ELE major
        Project Title: Comparison of Variable Ordering Heuristics for Binary Decision Diagrams
        passed the defense on December 19, 2007; currently working in the EMC Corporation.
      • 11. Lakshmi Prabhakaramurthi, M.S. (2007), CPE major
        Project Title: Reliability Analysis of Embedded Systems: Towards the Goal of Fault Tolerant Systems
        passed the defense in November 2007; currently working in the EMC Corporation.
      • 10. Alpesh Patel, M.S. (2007), ELE major
        Project Title: Implementing Fault Tolerant Solution for Client-Server Applications
        currently working at eClinicalWorks, MA
      • 9. Bhoomi Vikram Dasari, M.S. (2007), ELE major
        Project Title: Performance Comparison of Location-Based Routing Protocols for Ad-Hoc Networks
        currently working at Mutex Systems Inc., NJ
      • 8. Dilip Francis, M.S. (2007), CPE major
        Project Title: Optimizing Network Security in Sensor Networks
        currently working at IkaSystems, MA
      • 7. Vinay Mohan Jonnakuti, M.S. (2007), ELE major
        Project Title: Fault Diagnosis in Wireless Sensor Networks
        currently working at EMC Corporation
      • 6. Nirav D. Shah, M.S. (2007), CPE major
        Project title: Modeling and Analyzing Reliability of Software
        currently working in the EMC Corporation
      • 5. Haoli Li, M.S. (2006), CPE major
        Thesis title: Fault-Tolerance and Reliability in Networked Sensor Systems
        currently working in the Victor Corporation
      • 4. Sachin J. Parikh, M.S. (2006), ELE major
        Project title: Policing of Mobile Nodes to Improve the Coverage Life of Wireless Sensor Networks
        currently working in the Siemens VDO
      • 3. Lakshmanan Chockalingam, M.S. (2006), CPE major
        Thesis title: Development of An Efficient Algorithm for Multi-Link SRLG Failures in Optical Networks
        currently working in the EMC Corporation
      • 2. Akhilesh Shrestha, M.S. (2005), CPE major
        Thesis title: Reliability Analysis of Distributed and Hierarchical Sensor Networks
        currently working at ARCON Corporation, MA
      • 1. Ranjini Suryanarayanan, M.S. (2004), CPE major
        Thesis title: Reliability Evaluation Of DiffServ Nodal Performance
        currently working in the Texas Tech Univerisity