(G. Manimaran)

 

  Software

Manimaran Govindarasu   (G. Manimaran)

Associate Professor
(Director, Student Professional Development)

Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering  
Iowa State University
2210 Coover Hall, Ames, IA 50011,USA
Tel: (515) 294-9175   Fax: (515) 294-8432
Email: gmani@iastate.edu

Research Interests/Expertise:

•      Real-Time Embedded Systems: Design and analysis of novel resource management algorithms for real-time embedded systems.

•      QoS and Overlay Networks: Design, analysis, and implementation of QoS/overlay routing, multicasting, transport algorithms.

•      Cyber Security:  Design and analysis of novel algorithms for mitigation and traceback of large-scale DoS attacks.

•      Cyber Security of Critical Infrastructure Systems:  Risk modeling and mitigation of cyber attacks on electric power systems.

•      Monitoring Critical Infrastructure Systems: Design of embedded sensor networks and decision algorithms for power systems.

     Curriculum Development & Outreach:

• Design and implementation of curriculum on real-time embedded systems, dependable systems, and software engineering.

• Short courses and tutorials presentation on Internet Infrastructure Security and Cyber Security for SCADA Control Systems.

Short Bio: Dr. Manimaran Govindarasu is currently an Associate Professor and Director of Student Professional Development in the Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Iowa State University (ISU). He received his Ph.D in Computer Science and Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras, India in 1998, and Masters in Computer Technology from IIT Delhi in 1994. He received Young Engineering Research Faculty Award at ISU in 2003. His research expertise is in the areas of resource management in real-time systems, QoS/overlay networks, network security, and their applications to critical infrastructures, in particular to Electric power grid. He has published over 100 research publications in international journals and conferences. Two of his conference/workshop papers received best paper awards. He is co-author of the text “Resource Management in Real-Time Systems and Networks”, MIT Press, 2001. He has given tutorials in reputed conferences, including IEEE Infocom 2004 and IEEE ComSoc TutorialsNow (2004). He serves in the editorial board of the Intl. Journal of Embedded Systems, served as guest co-editor for several journal special issues (IEEE Network, Journal Systems and Software, Journal of High Speed Networks), and served as workshops/symposium chair, technical program vice-chair, and session chair for several IEEE conferences.