Sunil K. Prabhakar

Sunil K. Prabhakar is a Professor of Computer Science at Purdue University, currently serving as the Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs and former Department Head. He holds a PhD from the University of California, Santa Barbara, and a BTech from the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi.

Education:

• PhD, Computer Science, University of California, Santa Barbara, 1998
• MS, Computer Science, University of California, Santa Barbara, 1998
• BTech, Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, 1990

Research Interests: Focuses on database systems, uncertain data management, cloud database integrity, sensor databases, and digital rights management. His work emphasizes developing systems for probabilistic data, ensuring authenticity in outsourced databases, and scalable solutions for multimedia and sensor applications.

Grants & Projects:

• NSF Grant IIS-1017990: Ensuring Integrity of Outsourced Databases
• NSF Grant IIS-09168724: Uncertain Data Management

Students & Advising: Advised over 15 PhD and MS students, including Ryan Rossi (Palo Alto Research Center), Rohit Jain (Google), and Reynold Cheng (University of Hong Kong).

Labs & Teams: Involved in projects like the ORION uncertain data management system, the C4E4 environmental cyberinfrastructure initiative, and collaborations with industry (e.g., Naval Surface Warfare Center).