CS8803-O23
Welcome! This is a research-oriented course that covers new developments in Internet measurement techniques, with an emphasis on topics related to reliability, freedom, and security of modern Internet platforms. The goals of this course are to:
- Explore new research topics in the modern Internet interdisciplinary research areas.
- Familiarize and experiment with techniques, tools, platforms and datasets.
- Develop new research ideas and deliver an academic research paper. Use the course material as a starting point to brainstorm new research ideas and select a topic of interest. Perform the entire cycle from selecting a research topic, focusing on a specific research question, following through (e.g., data collection and analysis, system design and evaluation, etc.), and finally delivering the results through an academic paper.
Professor
Dr. Maria Konte
Maria Konte is a Lecturer at the School of Computing Instruction, at the College of Computing. In her current role, she teaches graduate level online courses introducing students to academic research and Computer Networks, and also she mentors graduate students on multi-semester research projects. Prior to this role, she held a Research Scientist position, at the School of Computer Science, and the School of Cybersecurity and Privacy at the College of Computing. And before that, she held research scientist positions in the cybersecurity groups of different industry labs (Verisign Cybersecurity Labs, Damballa Cybersecurity Research Labs).
Through these roles, Maria has had the opportunity to lead research projects funded by industry and government agencies, submit research proposals, teach multiple courses both on campus and online, for undergraduate and graduate level, and also mentor graduate students. In her research role, Maria has been leading research projects that intersect empirical measurements, and applied data mining techniques to identify early signs of Internet abuse. She takes a driven approach to network security to study diverse problems such as detecting Distributed Denial of Service Attacks over IXP interconnection infrastructures (funded by NSF SaTC and NSF Innovation Corps program), studying routing patterns of malicious infrastructures (funding internally by Georgia Tech), and studying cybercrime communities on social platforms (received funding by a government agency).
She received the Ph.D. degree in Computer Science, from Georgia Tech in 2015. Her thesis work on Autonomous System reputation appeared at ACM SIGCOMM15, and NANOG62 Research Track. She received the Passive and Active Measurement Conference Best Paper Award 2009 for her work on hosting infrastructure for malicious domains. She holds an M.S. degree in Systems Engineering from Boston University, and a Diploma in Engineering from the Industrial Engineering and Management Department at Technical University of Crete, Greece. In her free time, Maria is involved with mentoring high school students to introduce them to computer science topics and research.
Email: mkonte@cc.gatech.edu
