I am an Assistant Professor in the Computer Science and Information Systems Department. I received my Ph.D. in Computer Science and Engineering from University of South Florida in 2007 under the supervision of Dr. Ken Christensen.

My goal as a teacher is to find creative ways to facilitate active learning and to outreach to potential students. I believe more than ever that teaching is all about participation; inside and outside the classroom.

My research interest is the design and performance evaluation of distributed search methods focusing on applications of Peer-to-Peer network protocols and security.

Recent Publications:

1. BOOK: “New Search Paradigms and Power Management for Peer-to-Peer File Sharing,” published by VDM Verlag, June 4, 2008.
   
2. G. Perera and Robert G., “PCSP: A Probable Concurrent Secure and Portable Peer-to-Peer Protocol”, 9th Annual International Symposium on Applications and the Internet, July 20-24, 2009, Seattle, WA.
3. A. Magana, B. Christen, and G. Perera, “Tipping Point Evaluation of a Network Intrusion Detection System (NIDS) for Peer-to-Peer Networks”, 3rd Annual CAHSI Conference sponsored by Google, January 15-18, 2009, Mountain View, CA
4. G. Perera, R. Kramer, and A. Weaver, “SELLS: A Space Efficient Local Look-up Search Peer-to-Peer Protocol for Trustworthy Key Distribution,” submitted to NAIT – IJME International Conference, November 2008.
5. G. Perera, “PSP: A Personal Secure Protocol in Peer-to-Peer Networks,” Technical Poster in Proceedings Grace Hopper Celebration for Women in Computing Conference, October 2007. Selected for a Goldman Sachs Scholarship and the ACM Student Research Competition.

Last Updated: June 10, 2009

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