Research Information

My current research is in the area of computer security, with active projects in both hardware-assisted security and mobile agent security. Many of our individual results in agent security have been implemented in the freely-available SAgent agent security framework (for the JADE agent platform).

My most recent funded project is in models for trusted computing. I am looking for good graduate students to work on this project – if you're interested, please get in touch with me!

In the past, my main research was in algorithm and data structure design and analysis, as well as a strong interest in data compression. I did work in on-line and dynamic algorithms, and I have also done work in parallel algorithms/circuit theory, robotics, and algorithms for molecular dynamics. Several of my papers are available electronically, with links from my publication list.

My research has been supported by various sources, including the National Science Foundation, the Texas Advanced Research Program, NASA, and equipment donations from industry.