Mishari I. Almishari
Ph.D Student
Donald Bren School of Information & Computer Sciences
University of California, Irvine
Education
- Sep,2006 (pursuing): Ph.D in Computer Science, University of California, Irvine
- Aug, 2004 - May, 2006: M.S. in Computer Science, University of Southern California, USA
- Sep, 1996 - June, 2001: B.S. in Computer Science , King Saud University, Saudi Arabia
Research
My research interests falls into the area of Networks and Distributed
Systems. More specifically, I am really interested in the application
of datamining and machine learning algorithms in the area of
Networking (MineNet). Currently, I am working with Prof. Xiawei Yang
on a research that is related to Typo-Squatting detection.
Typo-squatting refers to the process of registering domain names that
are similar to other domain names (target domain names) that are
usually popular and experience a huge traffic. Typo-squatting highly
depends on the user typos while typing the web addresses to get the
user into other web sites registered by the typo-squatters. This sort
of practice may be harmful/disturbing to users and the target domain
name owners. For example, the typo domains could have inappropriate
contents for users, copy right violations, or spy wares and viruses.
The goal of the project is to develop an automatic typo-squatting
detection, measures the amount of hijacked traffic, and develop a system that would reduce the access to typo-squatting domains.
Awards
- Academic Achievement from USC Office of International Services, Spring, 2006
- First Class Honor Award from King Saud University, June, 2001
- 2nd Best Graduation Project in a competition organized by Advanced Electronic Company, Riyadh, 2001
Contact
458A, ICS Building,
University of California at Irvine
Irvine, CA, 92697
Email: malmisha at ics dot uci dot edu