CS 2003-2004 Faculty Information - Department of Computer ...

Bio-sketch:
Dr. Clifton works on challenges posed by novel uses of data mining technology, including privacy-preserving data mining,
data mining of text, and data mining techniques applied to interoperation of heterogeneous information sources.
Fundamental data mining challenges posed by these applications include extracting knowledge from noisy data, identifying
knowledge in highly skewed data (few examples of “interesting’’ behavior), and limits on learning. He also
works on database support for widely distributed and autonomously controlled information, particularly information
administration issues such as supporting fine-grained access control.
Prior to joining Purdue, Dr. Clifton was a principal scientist in the Information Technology Division at the MITRE
Corporation.Before joining MITRE in 1995,he was an assistant professor of computer science at Northwestern University.
Selected Publications:
Christopher W. Clifton, “Using Sample Size to Limit Exposure to Data Mining,” Journal of Computer Security, Volume
8, No. 4, IOS Press, November 2000.
Christopher W. Clifton and Wen-Syan Li, “SEMINT: A Tool for Identifying Attribute Correspondences in
Heterogeneous Databases Using Neural Networks,” Data and Knowledge Engineering, Volume 33, No. 1, Elsevier
Science, Amsterdam, April 2000.
Murat Kantarcioglu and Chris Clifton, “Privacy Preserving Data Mining of Association Rules on Horizontally
Partitioned Data,” Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering, Volume 16, No. 9, pp. 1026-1037, IEEE
Computer Society Press, Los Alamitos, CA, September 2004.
Douglas E. Comer
Education:
BS, Mathematics and Physics, Houghton College, 1971
PhD, Computer Science, The Pennsylvania State University, 1976
Positions:
Distinguished Professor of Computer Science
Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering (Courtesy)
Bio-sketch:
Professor Comer is an internationally recognized expert on computer networking and the TCP/IP protocols. He has
been working with TCP/IP and the Internet since the late 1970s. Comer established his reputation as a principal investigator
on several early Internet research projects. He served as chairman of the CSNET technical committee, chairman
of the DARPA Distributed Systems Architecture Board, and was a member of the Internet Activities Board (the group
of researchers who built the Internet).
Comer has created courses on TCP/IP and networking technologies for a variety of audiences, including in-depth
courses for engineers and less technical courses for others; he continues to teach at various industries and networking
conferences around the world. In addition, Comer consults for private industry on the design of corporate networks.
Professor Comer is well-known for his series of ground breaking textbooks on computer networks, the Internet, and
computer operating systems. His books have been translated into sixteen languages, and are widely used in both industry
and academia. Comer’s three-volume series Internetworking With TCP/IP is often cited as an authoritative reference
for the Internet protocols. More significantly, Comer’s texts have been used by fifteen of the top sixteen Computer
Science Departments listed in the U.S. News and World Report ranking.
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