Primal Pappachan
About me
I’m currently a Postdoctoral Scholar at Penn State University, working with Prof. Anna Squicciarini. My research interests are Data Management, Access Control, Privacy Mechanisms, and Internet Of Things.
I completeted my PhD in Computer Science at University of California, Irvine advised by Prof. Sharad Mehrotra. I received a M.S. in Computer Science from University of Maryland, Baltimore County advised by Prof. Anupam Joshi.
Recent News
[Jan 2023] 📝 New full research paper on User Customizable and Robust Geo-Indistinguishability for Location Privacy accepted at EDBT 2023.
[Dec 2022] 💵 Awarded a seed grant ($25,000) by the Center for Socially Responsible Artificial Intellgience (CSRAI) at Penn State.
[Dec 2022] 💻 Preventing Leakages through Data Dependencies on Access Control marked as reproducible after peer review of artifacts by pVLDB Reproducibility Committee and to be highlighted at VLDB 2023.
[Dec 2022] 📝 New Demo Paper: CORGI: An interactive framework for Customizable and Robust Location Obfuscation accepted at ICDE 2023.
Featured Publications
Projects
CORGI
User Customizable and Robust Geo-Indistinguishability for Location Privacy
Cloud 9
Resolving Multi-user Conflicts in Cloud Systems
Holisitic Deletion
Eternal Sunshine of a Spotless Database: Holistic deletion when data dependencies are present
Tattle Tale
Preventing Inferences through Data Dependencies on Sensitive Data
PE-IoT
Privacy Enhanced Internet of Things
Sieve
Scaling Policy Enforcement for DBMS
Zotbins
A Smart Space Initiative for Zero Waste
TIPPERS
Testbed for IoT-based Privacy-Preserving PERvasive Spaces
Faceblock
Protecting individuals privacy using wearable technology