• Instructional Associate Professor, Computer Science & Engineering
Marian Zaki

Educational Background

  • Ph.D., Computer Science, University of Pittsburgh — 2019
  • M.Sc., Computer Science and Information Systems, Ain Shams University, Egypt — 2007
  • B.S., Computer Science and Information Systems, Ain Shams University, Egypt — 2002

Research Interests

    • Distributed systems
    • Design of privacy preserving protocols
    • Cryptography
    • Computer science teaching pedagogies 

Certifications & Memberships

  • Information Systems Security Association (ISSA)
  • Information Systems Audit and Control Association (ISACA)
  • Women in Cybersecurity (WiCyS)
  • Professional Association of Resume Writers and Career Coaches (PARWCC)

Awards & Honors

  • Provost's Award, Houston Christian University - 2023
  • B.E.S.T Award for the College of Science and Engineering, Houston Christian University - 2021
  • Mellon Fellowship Award, University of Pittsburgh - 2013
  • Orrin E. & Margaret M. Taulbee runner-up Award, Department of Computer Science, University of Pittsburgh - 2011
  • Teaching Assistants Mentors Award, Department of Computer Science, University of Pittsburgh - 2012

Selected Publications

  • Zaki, M. 2023. “Engagement in Practice: Computer Science Combating Crime in Houston (Collaboration between Houston Christian University and Crime Stoppers of Houston).” ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition. Baltimore, Maryland.
  • Zaki, M., Lee, A. J., Chrysanthis, P. K. 2020. “Effective Access Control in Shared-Operator Multi-Tenant Data Stream Management Systems.” Data and Applications Security and Privacy XXXIV, DBSec 2020, Lecture Notes in Computer Science. Vol 12122. Springer, Cham.
  • Iskander, M. K., Wilkinson, D., Trainor, T., Lee, A. J., Chrysanthis, P. 2014. “Balancing Performance, Accuracy, and Precision for Secure Cloud Transactions." IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems (TPDS).
  • Iskander, M. K., Wilkinson, D. W., Lee, A. J., Chrysanthis, P. K. 2011. “Enforcing Policy and Data Consistency of Cloud Transactions." Proceedings of the Second International Workshop on Security and Privacy in Cloud Computing (ICDCS-SPCC).
  • Wongchaowart, B., Iskander, M. K., Cho, S. 2010. “A Content-Aware Block Placement Algorithm for Reducing PRAM Storage Bit Writes." 26th IEEE Symposium on Massive Storage Systems and Technologies.