August 2025: New full research paper titled “Meaningful Data Erasure in the Presence of Dependencies” accepted at VLDB 2025.
July 2025: NSF proposal “CRII: SaTC: Preventing inferences in databases through Dependency-Aware Access Control” was awarded.
June 2025: Gave a talk on “Towards Policy-Aware and Privacy-Conscious Data Management Systems” as part of Oregon Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (OCCoE) Research Seminar Series.
April 2025: Served as an expert reviewer in NSF TIP panel.
Research Experience
Currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science at Portland State University; Leads the DIPr Lab (Database & Internet Privacy); Co-organizes the Database Reading Group.
Education
Ph.D. from the Department of Computer Science at University of California, Irvine (Advisor not explicitly mentioned)
Background
Research Interests: At the intersection of data management and privacy, aiming to enhance user control and data privacy. Specifically, works on policy-aware data processing to create data management systems that are fast, scalable, transparent, secure, and privacy-preserving.
Miscellany
Involved in various projects such as CORGI, ACCORD, among others, spanning areas like privacy-enhanced IoT, smart space initiatives, etc.