Zaki, Marian

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

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

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

Zaki, M., et al. 2023. “Engagement in practice: Computer science combating crime in Houston.” ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition. Baltimore, Maryland.
Zaki, M., et al. 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., et al. 2014. “Balancing performance, accuracy, and precision for secure cloud transactions." IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems (TPDS).
Iskander, M. K., et al. 2011. “Enforcing policy and data consistency of cloud transactions." Proceedings of the Second International Workshop on Security and Privacy in Cloud Computing (ICDCS-SPCC).
Iskander, M. K., et al. 2010. “A content-aware block placement algorithm for reducing PRAM storage bit writes." 26th IEEE Symposium on Massive Storage Systems and Technologies.