Mehmud Abliz is a PhD student in Computer Science at the University of Pittsburgh with a 3.6 GPA. He received BS degrees in Computer Science and Applied Geophysics from Jilin University in China, graduating with 3.7 and 3.6 GPAs respectively. His experience includes teaching positions at the University of Pittsburgh and an English course in China. His research focuses on distributed architectures for mitigating DDoS attacks.

1. 331 Devonshire St. Apt 5
MEHMUD ABLIZ Pittsburgh, PA 15213
(412) 216-3705
mehmud@cs.pitt.edu
www.cs.pitt.edu/~mehmud
EDUCATION
University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA GPA
Ph.D. Student in Computer Science 3.6 2005-Present
Jilin University, Changchun, China
B.S. in Computer Science 3.7 2004
Jilin University, Changchun, China
B.E. in Applied Geophysics 3.6 2004
AWARDS
• Runner-up, “People’s Choice” Poster Award, U. of Pittsburgh Feb 23, 2007
• “Core Value Award”, Accenture, China 2004 - 2005
• “Excellent Graduation Thesis”, Jilin University, China 2003 - 2004
• “University Scholarship”, Jilin University, China 2002 - 2003
• “Excellence in Foreign Language”, Jilin University, China 2002 - 2003
• “Excellent Student Leader”, Jilin University, China 2001 - 2002
• “Art Activity Scholarship”, Jilin University, China 2000 - 2001
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
Teaching Fellow – for “Web Site Design & Development” 2007.8 – 2008.5
http://www.cs.pitt.edu/~mehmud/cs134-2084/
http://www.cs.pitt.edu/~mehmud/cs134/
University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
Teaching Assistant - for “Introduction to C & UNIX”, 2005.8 – 2007.4
“Introduction to Personal Computers and The Internet”, “Palm
OS Programming”, “Programming in Java”, and “Data
Structure”.
Aksu, China
Teacher – Organizer & Teacher of an English course for 2000.6 – 2000.8
middle school student and elementary school students.
WORKING EXPERIENCE
University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
Graduate Student Researcher 2008.4 - Now
Robert Bosch Research Center, Pittsburgh, PA
Software Research Intern 2007.5 – 2007.8
Accenture Technology Solutions, Dalian, China
Software Engineer 2004.7 – 2005.6

2. PUBLICATION
OPTWALL: A Traffic-Aware Hierarchical Firewall Optimization, accepted to Network
and Distributed Systems Security Symposium, 2007
A Visual Application Generator for the Chronobot, submitted to the 13th International
Conference on Distributed Multimedia Systems, 2007
PROJECT & RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
Research: Distributed Architecture for Mitigating DDOS Attacks
Duration : Nov 2006 – Mar 2007
Description : In this paper, we take a clean-slate approach and argue for a separate
security plane to detect and mitigate DDoS attacks. The decision logic
of security mechanisms is distributed in a small set of active security
guards (sentinels) each responsible for a set of routers. The active
sentinels collaborate (proactively and reactively) to mitigate attacks.
Project: SecDB Decommissioning
Duration : Apr 2005 – Jun 2005
Description : In order to the SecDB (a financial database) to be replaced by new
database smoothly, the existing applications (around 700 applications)
which use SecDB must be redirected to use new database through API
(originally the applications use SQL to query data).
Role : Requirement Analyzing; Performing detailed design; Coding; Unit
Testing & Assembly Testing; Software Configuration Management.
Project : Develop COM wrapper for G API
Duration : Jul 2004 – Mar 2004
Description : In order to let existing VBA applications, which originally make direct
calls to Database, communicate with G service (a huge financial service
system which provides services through a set of APIs written in C++),
a Component Object Model (COM) layer needs to be created.
Role : Find ways of implementing overloading and multiple inheritances in
COM; Participating in Design; Coding; Developing test drivers; Software
Configuration Management; Writing technical documents.
Research : Geophysics 2D Data Processing Software
Duration : May 2003 - Jun 2004
Description : Software research project funded by Jilin University. Through
combining the knowledge of geophysics with computer scientific
visualization and software engineering techniques, conduct research on
how to develop the data processing software which utilizes a new data
processing technique, Depth Curves Method, in applied geophysics.
Role : In charge of the whole project
Project : Uyghur Script Input System for Windows
Duration : Dec 1999 - Feb 2000
Description : Design a Uyghur (Uyghur is a Turkic language of Uyghur people who
live in Xinjiang in northwestern China) script input system on Windows
98 platform, since Windows 98 does not support a Uyghur script IME.
Role : Designing the structure of the Uyghur script font; designing the True
Type fonts for Uyghur script.
COMPUTER SKILLS

3. • Programming: C, C++, JAVA, VB, VC, Perl, JavaScript, PhP, Palm OS Programming
• Operating System: WINDOWS, LINUX/UNIX, MAC OS
• Computer Network: TCP/IP, Internet routing, Firewall Optimization, Wireless &
Sensor networks, NS2
• Software Process: CMM, Rational ClearCase & ClearQuest, Software Testing
• Other: MS COM, MS Office & VBA, HTML/CSS, SQL, DB Application, CAD, CppUnit
LANGUAGES
• Uyghur – native language
• Chinese – speak, read/write as native Chinese speaker
• English – speak fluently, read, and write with high proficiency.
EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
• Member of Students Government of Geoexploration College, Jilin University
• Founder and Leader of Guitar Fans Association of Chaoyang Campus, Jilin
University
• Member of Martial Art Association, Jilin University
References are available on request.