Post-doctoral scholar

   Computer Science Department
   University of California, Santa Barbara



 

Brief Intro

I am Post-Doctoral Researcher at University California Santa Barbara, under supervision of Prof. Ben Y. Zhao. Before UCSB I completed my Ph.D in Computer Science at University of Salerno, Italy.
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"Ambition is so powerful a passion in the human breast, that however high we reach
we are never satisfied"                                                       
 
                                                                                                      - Niccolo' Machiavelli


Research Interest

My research focus lies in Distributed Systems with an emphasis on communication and privacy
issues in large scale systems. My main interest is to develop efficient distributed systems that allow robust and flexible services as scalable search or resource sharing, efficient data dissemination, or reliable anonymous communication.

I have currently been looking at the fundamental characteristics of social networks by
building a more resilient anonymous communication system that leverages trust
relationships from social networks. (more)


Recent activities

Serving Reviews for

IEEE Infocom 2010


IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, J-SAC 09
IEEE P2P'09 Nine International Conference on Peer-to-Peer Computing
IEEE Infocom 2009

Technical Program Committee

IEEE IPDPS 2010  IEEE International Parallel & Distributed Processing Symposium





Teaching experiences

Operating Systems: I thaugh two classes of about 15 students, covering the main concepts of Operating Systems. Advised book: Operating System Concepts, by A. Silberschatz, P. B. Galvin and G. Gagne.
 
Programming Fundamentals: I thaugh two classes in this area, covering the main concepts of programming priciples. Advised book: Principles of Compiler Design by Aho Alfred V., and Ullman Jeffrey D.


Contact Info

Alessandra Sala
Computer Science Department
University of California Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, CA  93106-5110

Phone: +1 805-893-3417
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