Aldo Cassola, Ph.D.
Boston, MAUSA
Email: firstname¦lastname (at) gmail (dot) com [¦ = concat.]
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I was a professor of Computer Science and Department Chair at Universidad San Francisco de Quito in Ecuador. I studied at the College of Computer and Information Science (CCIS) at Northeastern University, and worked with Prof. Guevara Noubir. I earned my B.Sc. in Computer Science at the College of Science and Engineering at Universidad San Francisco de Quito in 2001. I also obtained a M.Sc. in networks and security from CCIS in 2008.
My research focuses on wireless, mobile, and residential network security and privacy. I enjoy both building systems that challenge the way systems and protocols handle people's information, and ones that not only bring theoretical results but also implement them in the real world.
Ph.D. Thesis Proposal
Projects
Open Infrastructure
Open Infrastructure is a wireless network research framework we have developed to aid us in deploying new solutions in a consistent environment on residential network devices. Through it we seek to leverage the large numbers of broadband subscribers to build ubiquitous, reliable and secure services that are low in cost, power, and administrative overhead. Some of our projects include secure WiFi access, Edge Cloud storage, and residential CDNs.
Open Infrastructure is built from off-the-shelf hardware and customized router firmware that inclues a management tool suite and several utilities for experimental data gathering.
Publications
Demos and Posters
Teaching
USFQ
Fall 2017: CMP0320, CMP0420: Computer Architecture, CMP0565
Spring 2017: CMP0215, CMP0320, CMP0335: Computer Organization
Fall 2016: CMP0320, CMP0565, CMP0575: Data Mining
Spring 2016: CMP0215: Office Application Development, CMP0320: Prog. Sc. & Eng. II, CMP0565: Network Security
Fall 2015: CMP0213: Programming for Science and Engineering I
Northeastern University
Spring 2008–Fall 2012: Teaching and Lab Assistant, CS6740/4740 Network Security under Prof. Guevara Noubir.
Fall 2008: Teaching Assistant, CSG250 Wireless Networks under Prof. Ravi Sundaram.
Service
Computer Science Department Chair 2016-2017
Committee member to Redesign USFQ Computer Science Program (2015)
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Reviewer for INFOCOM, SECON, IEEE TWireless, ACM TISSEC USFQ Avances en Ciencias e IngenierÃas, EPN Revista Politécnica
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Served on CCIS Ph.D. committee student representative (2008–2009).