I am interested in fault-tolerant distributed systems. I equally enjoy building dependable systems firsthand and studying empirically the behavior of systems large and small.

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Research Interests

I currently focus on defining a rigorous benchmark for computer security research, using comprehensive field data. Researchers in academia are able to access this data at Symantec Research Labs, through the Worldwide Intelligence Network Environment (WINE).

I previously worked on improving the dependability of embedded systems (addressing soft errors in networks-on-chip), of enterprise systems (addressing the predictability of fault-tolerant middleware) and of large-scale distributed systems (addressing operator errors during software upgrades). My doctoral dissertation identified the leading causes of both planned and unplanned downtime due to upgrades in large distributed systems. I proposed novel solutions for mitigating this downtime, and I defined a benchmark for the dependability of upgrading approaches. My dissertation has received the A. G. Jordan Award from the ECE Department, granted for academic excellence and for exceptional service to the community.
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About Me

I am a Senior Research Engineer at Symantec Research Labs. I received my Ph.D. from the Electrical & Computer Engineering Department of Carnegie Mellon University, working with Prof. Priya Narasimhan. I was also affiliated with the Parallel Data Lab and with Cylab. I was an intern at Siemens Corporate Research, IBM Research, VMware and Oracle. Previously, I received undergraduate degrees from the École Polytechnique in Paris and the "Politehnica" University in Bucharest.

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