Dept. of Computer Science
Southern Illinois University

· Office: Fanner 2128

· Phone: 618-453-6046

· Fax: 618-453-6044

· A brief bio of me

· Call for papers for CAINE09

CS350: Web Application Development (may be offered in combination with CS491-2 – an advanced version on the same subject).
CS438: Bioinformatics Algorithms (may be offered in combination with CS591-2 – an advanced version on the same subject).

Interests: The main interest of my research is in the area of database technology. I am especially interested in XML data management in a database environment. XML has become the ubiquitous and “standard” language for web data/document publication; huge amount of data/documents formatted in XML has kept mounting up in a tremendous speed. Effective management and efficient querying of XML data are in great demand. My recent interest is focused on developing new storage models and novel query processing/optimization techniques suitable for XML. My other research interests include data mining, bioinformatics, and the persistence issue of intelligent agent systems.
Current focus: my current focus is on XML data management and XQuery optimization (access limited to team members only).
Publications: click here for a full listing of my publications (recent papers are available online in PDF)

Opportunities for thesis/dissertation study: plenty of research topics for graduate thesis/dissertation study are available in the context of my research. Please email me if you have any questions or would like to set an appointment with me for a discussion.
Subject for non-thesis master students available as well!!