Alexander L. Chobanyan

 


  Date of birth: February 17, 1977

  Languages: Russian (Native), English (fluent), Georgian (fluent), Armenian (understanding)

 

Education:

Currently - Seeking for Doctoral degree, Department of Computer Science & Engineering, Michigan State University
(Graduation date: not later than May 3, 2007)

  • 2004 - Master's degree in Statistics & Probability  -  Michigan State University, Lansing, MI.
  • 1999 - Master's degree with honors  - Tbilisi State University, Georgia. Major - Computer Technologies
  • 1997 - Bachelor's degree with honors in Physics - Tbilisi State University, Georgia 


 

 

Research interests & Professional skills:

Application of modern statistical techniques to modeling and predicting various computer network related events

Analysis of long-range dependent heavy-tailed random time-series (with application to Internet traffic related time-series)

Data mining for an efficient anomaly detection (features selection, extraction and analysis techniques for improving present network anomaly/intrusion detection systems)

Programming languages: Java, Matlab, SaS

 

Working experience:

08/2003 - present: Research Assistant, Exprerimental Laboratory for Advanced Networks and Systems (ELANS), Michigan State University

06/2001 - 08/2003: Research Assistant, Software Engineering and Network Systems Laboratory, Michigan State University

01/2001 - 12/2001: IT Assistant, Dept. of Probability & Statistics , Michigan State University

01/1996 - 12/2000: IT Assistant, United Nations Country office in Rep. of Georgia

01/1998 – 12/2000: Software Developer, Georgian Institute for Scientific and Technical Information

01/1996 - 12/1997: Research Assistant, Laboratory of Applied Electrodynamics, Tbilisi State University, Georgia (Rep. of)

 

Professional Certifications and Awards:

·        Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer, 2000

·        Microsoft Certified Professional + Internet, 2000

·        International Prospective Students Soros Scholarship, 1995-1999

·        Honor Scholarship of Tbilisi State University, 1996-1999

·        2-nd place award in Soros student conference, Tbilisi, Rep. of Georgia, 1997

·        2-nd place award in Soros student conference, Tbilisi, Rep. of Georgia, 1996

List of selected publications:

·         Behavior of Available End-to-end Bandwidth: Non-Parametric Approach
A. Chobanyan, M. Mutka, S. Levental, and N. Xi
3-rd International Conference on Quantitative Evaluation of Systems, QEST 2006, University of California at Riverside

·         One-way Delay Trend Detection for Available Bandwidth Measurement
A. Chobanyan, M. Mutka, Z. Cen, and N. Xi
IEEE GLOBECOM 2005, St. Louis, MO

·        Modeling Available Bandwidth for an Efficient QoS Characterization of a Network Path
A. Chobanyan, M. Mutka, V. Mandrekar, and N. Xi
Lecture Notes in Computer Science, NETWORKING 2005, Springer Berling / Heidelberg

·         Intrusion Detection Systems Decision Logic Extension to Detection of Sequential Anomalies
A. Chobanyan, M. Mutka, and P. McKinley
Michigan State University CyberSecurity Initiative Workshop 2003

 

Please see also attached Curriculum Vitae (Resume)

Contact information:
917, Cherry Lane, Apt K
East Lansing, MI, 48823, USA
Phone: (517) 355 7990
Cell: (517) 402 3371
E-mail: chobany1 @   msu.edu