Graciela Perera

Department of Computer Science and Information Systems
Youngstown State University
Meshel Hall, Room 320
Youngstown, OH 44555

Email: gcperera AT cis DOT ysu DOT edu
Office: Meshel Hall 320
Phone: (330) 941-1341
Curriculum-Vitae            Scholarship             Teaching             Service

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, 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.
  3. 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.
  4. G. Perera and K. Christensen, “Broadcast Updates with Local Look-up Search (BULLS): A New Peer-to-Peer Protocol,” in Proceedings of the 44th ACM Southeastern Conference, March 2006. Nominated for best paper. Talk
  5. K. Christensen, D. Rundus, G. Perera, and S. Zulli, “CSE Volunteers: A Service Learning Program to Provide IT Support to the Hillsborough County School District,” in ACM SIGCSE 2006 Symposium, pp. 229-233, March 2006.
Publications Expected for submission 2007-2008:
  1. G. Perera, K. Christensen, and Allen Roginsky, “P2P power management using a Distributed Set Cover Algorithm,” in preparation for submission to Peer-to-Peer Networking and Applications.
  2. G. Perera, K. Christensen, and G. McColm, “Changing the Search Paradigm in Peer-to-Peer File Sharing Networks,” in preparation for submission to the International Journal of Network Management.
Last Updated: June 19, 2008
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