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About Me

I am graduate student in Computer Science at the University of Virginia, working under Dr. Gabriel Robins, Dr. Abhi Shelat and Dr. Westley Weimer in the field of RFID and Security.

Office Address:

Kirti Chawla
228-006, Olsson Hall
Department of Computer Science
School of Engineering and Applied Science
151 Engineer's Way, PO BOX 400 0740
University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, 22904-4740
Email: not(lastname) AT cs DOT virginia DOT edu


Research

Research Interest

Computer Security, RFID and Sensors

Refereed Publications

[Conference]

1. K. Chawla, S. K. Vuppala, P. Gupta, "Towards Quasi-Realtime Theft-evident Mechanism for Portable Artifacts using Near-Field RFID", 3rd International Conference on Wireless Communication and Sensor Networks [IEEE-WCSN], 2007, PDF (New)

2. K. Chawla, "SIGNIFY - Design and Framework for Distributed Signal Processing System", 13th International Conference on Advanced Computing and Communications [ADCOM], 2005, PDF

Un-refereed Publications

1. K. Chawla, "Attacks on Random Number Generators", Journal at Samsung Electronics Limited, 2005, PDF

2. K. Chawla, "A 3D RGB Axis-based Color-oriented Cryptography", E-Print Archive on Computing Research Repository, 2005, PDF

3. K. Chawla, "ZEUS: A Domain-Oriented Fact-Comparison based Authentication Protocol", E-Print Archive on Computing Research Repository, 2005, PDF

Patents

1. K. Chawla, S. K. Vuppala, P. Gupta, "System and Method for Real-time Theft Detection", Jointly with Infosys Technologies Limited, 2008, (New)

2. K. Chawla, S. K. Mishra, S. Joshi, "A Biometric Security Framework for Group Access to Applications in Digitally Enabled Systems", Jointly with Samsung Electronics Limited, 2007, URL


Projects and Colloquiums

Selected Projects

1. K. Chawla, T. Siddiqua, "Mutation Resistant Runtime Code using Kernel Attestation", Department of Computer Science, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, 2009, PDF | Source (New)

2. K. Chawla, T. Siddiqua, "Linux Vs FreeBSD: Comparing Kernel Performance", Department of Computer Science, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, 2009, PDF | Source

3. K. Chawla, "KClient/KServer: Client/Server Clipboard Reader and Writer", Department of Computer Science, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, 2008, PDF | Source

4. K. Chawla, T. Siddiqua, "SimHAT: Simulated Hardware-based Attestation evaluation Tool", Department of Computer Science, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, 2007, PDF | Source

5. K. Chawla, "Towards Inclusion of Custom Ciphers into Windows Vista OS", Prabhu Goel Center for Computer and Internet Security, IIT Kanpur, 2007, PDF

6. K. Chawla, "A Few Lessons learnt from Shared Memory Test between ARM 926EJS based Core Module and StarCore based DB1400 Development Board", System Software Lab, Samsung Semiconductor, 2006, PDF

7. K. Chawla, "Sharing Task Switch Information between ARM 1136JFS Processor and StarCore SC 1200 Processor on SMA Board", System Software Lab, Samsung Semiconductor, 2006, PDF

Selected Colloquiums

1. K. Chawla, "Biometrics", Tech-Talk, Samsung Electronics Limited, 2005, PPT

2. K. Chawla, "Cryptographic Protocols", Tech-Talk, Samsung Electronics Limited, 2005, PPT

3. K. Chawla, "Cryptographic Algorithms", Tech-Talk, Samsung Electronics Limited, 2004, PPT

4. K. Chawla, S. K. Mishra, "RTOS - Design and Implementation", Tech-Talk, Samsung Electronics Limited, 2004, PPT

5. K. Chawla, "Distributed Signal Processing", Tech-Talk, Department of Electronics and Computer Engineering, IIT Roorkee, 2003, PPT


Courses and TA

Courses Taken

(CS 6501) Security Seminar | Fall 2009
(CS 656) Operating Systems | Spring 2009
(CS 615) Programming Languages | Fall 2008
(APMA 643) Statistics for Engineers and Scientists | Spring 2008
(CS 661) Design and Analysis of Algorithms | Spring 2008
(CS 793) Independent Study (with Dr. Shelat) | Spring 2008
(CS 654) Computer Architecture | Fall 2007
(CS 651) Principles of Cryptography | Fall 2007
(CS 660) Theory of Computation | Fall 2007
(CS 696) Computer Science Perspectives | Fall 2007

TA

(CS 101) Introduction to Computing | Spring 2008
(CS 150) Computing: From Ada to Web | Spring 2008
(CS 462) Database Systems | Fall 2007