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1 Ranjan Pal Contact Information Research Interests Research Tools Employment Education Henry Salvatori Building Voice: +1 (213) (office) Room No , Bloom Walk Webpage: University of Southern California Los Angeles, California USA Modeling, Analysis, and Design of Cyber-Security, Privacy, and Communication Network Systems Economics, Game Theory, Algorithms, Applied Probability, Mathematical Optimization Research Scientist, Viterbi School of Engineering, USC, January Present University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA Ph.D. and Provost Ph.D. Fellow, Computer Science Thesis: Improving Network Security Through Insurance: A Tale of Cyber-Insurance Markets Thesis Desciption in Brief: Proposed an interdisciplinary solution to improve cyber-security by jointly aligning incentives of various important stakeholders that affect cyber-security, viz., regulatory agencies, insurance companies, network users, security product vendors, and network infrastructure. I applied tools from economics, game theory, social graph theory, algorithms, and mathematical optimization to solve my thesis problem. Thesis Advisors: Leana Golubchik and Konstantinos Psounis University of California, Davis, California, USA M.S., Computer Science Major: Computer Networks National University of Singapore and Massachusetts Institute of Technology M.S. and SMA Fellow, Computer Science Major: Computational Biology Birla Institute of Science and Technology, Ranchi, India B.E., Computer Science Honors: First Class with Distinction Rank: Amongst the top 2% in the university Specialty: Algorithms, Linear Programming, and Fuzzy Mathematical Programming Selected Graduate Courses Taken Courses at MIT and NUS - Analysis of Algorithms, Artificial Intelligence Courses at UC Davis - Computer Networks, Wireless Networks, Random Processes, Engineering Optimization, Engineering Management, Computational Geometry Courses at USC - Network Economics and Game Theory, Probability Theory and Its Applications, Performance Analysis, Machine Learning and Graphical Models, Randomized Algorithms, Computer Security, Cloud Computing, Database Systems, Mathematical Analysis, Theory of Optimization, Convex Optimization, Software-Defined Networking

2 PhD Internships Department of Electrical Engineering, Princeton University, USA Academic Honors During PhD Visiting Student Research Collaborator June, August 2010 Applied concepts from applied and experimental game theory to design and analyze a monetized file sharing system (Sharing-Mart) over social networks. Published a paper on the summer work. Deutsch-Telekom Research Laboratories (T-Labs), Berlin, Germany Research Intern April-June, 2011 Pursued research (and published papers) on (i) ways to achieving the state where network users optimally invest in security under network information uncertainty, (ii) analyzing competitive markets for cloud services w.r.t. prices and QoS parameters, and (iii) achieving optimal QoS compromising amongst users in opportunistic mobile networks via a strategic approach. Research Intern March, 2012 Pursued research (and published papers) on assessing the role of network topology in contract discriminating network users buying cyber-insurance, with the view to improving network security. Ciena Corporation - Cyan Blue Planet SDN Division., San Francisco, USA Research Intern in Ciena s Cyan Start Up Division June-August, 2013 Pursued research on improving security in resource constrained software defined networks by designing and analyzing optimal dynamic security monitoring strategies when exact time of attacks are unknown. The research is currently under industry test. Proposed economic solutions to the realization of an efficient SDN ecosytem comprising switch vendors, ISPs, and SDN software developers. Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Southern California, USA Research Assistant August-December, 2014 Pursued research (submitted and published papers) on (i) designing efficient real-time and online algorithms for demand response-driven consumer-segmentation in smart grids, (ii) smart grid security, and (iii) real-time power balance in the smart grid. My research was sponsored by the United States Department of Energy (DOE), and Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP). A 2013 paper in Elsevier Theoretical Computer Science (TCS) on economics of cloud service markets selected as one of the top 5 downloaded TCS journal papers from Contacted by MIT Technology Review regarding my PhD work. November, Interviewed by USC Graduate School on my PhD research, 2013 Article Name: Provost Fellow Ranjan Pal Takes an Interdisciplinary Approach to Investigating Cyber Insurance, (Posted: February 19th, 2013) Interviewed by USC News based on my PhD research s impact and importance, 2013 Article Name: Wanted: an eco-approach to cybersecurity, (Posted: June 10th, 2013) Invited to speak on my PhD research work in Symantec Research Labs, USA, and IBM Research Labs, India, USA, and New York University, USA. Appointed a Visiting Student Research Collaborator by the Electrical Engineering Department of Princeton University, USA, for the year Awarded the Provost Travel Award for the period Fall 2012 to Spring 2013 for traveling to conferences and research trips. Awarded travel grants by the following competitive conferences to present published papers on my

3 PhD work: IEEE ICDCS 2010, GameSec 2011, IFIP Networking 2013, and IEEE INFOCOM 2014 Exceptional Teaching Assistant citation by department of computer science, USC, Selected amongst a chosen few out of all students at the Viterbi school of Engineering to be representing Viterbi School brochures and webpages as a student example. Graduate Fellowship and Scholarship Awards Invited Talks Teaching Activities Provost Doctoral Fellowship, University of Southern California, USA, 2008 (the highest doctoral honor at USC) Doctoral Fellowship, Carnegie Mellon University, USA, 2008 Doctoral Fellowship, University of California Irvine, USA, 2008 SMA Fellowship, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and National University of Singapore, 2004 Doctoral Fellowship, Indian Institute of Management Calcutta, India, 2004 Doctoral Fellowship, Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, India, 2004 Received graduate scholarship for PhD studies, Department of Computer Science, Pennsylvania State University, USA, 2008 Received graduate scholarship for PhD studies, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Rutgers University, USA, 2008 Received graduate scholarship for pursuing Master of Science, Department of Computer Science, University of California, Davis, USA, 2005 Received graduate scholarship for pursuing PhD studies, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Maryland College Park, USA, 2004 New York University, New York, USA - Improving Network Security Through Insurance: A Tale of Insurance Markets, July, 2015 IBM Research Labs, India, USA - Improving Network Security Through Insurance: A Tale of Insurance Markets, March, 2014 Deutsch Telekom Innovation Labs (T-Labs), California, USA - On Security Monitoring in Software-Defined Networks: A Game-Theoretic Approach, March, 2013 Symantec Research Labs, California, USA - On Improving Cyber-Security Through Insurance; A Tale of Insurance Markets, December, 2012 Ecole Polytechnic Federal De Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland - Real-Time Pricing in Power Grids, March, 2011 Nokia-Siemens Networks, Lisbon, Portugal - An Insurance Approach to Internet Risk Management, December 2009 Instituto Superior Technico, Lisbon, Portugal - An Insurance Approach to Internet Risk Management, December 2009 Courses at UC Davis - Unix and C Programming, Spring 2006 Courses at USC - Analysis of Algorithms (Graduate Level), Fall ( ), Spring ( 12, 13) Fundamentals of Database Systems (Undergraduate Level), Spring 2014 PhD Research Seminar, Spring 2014 Industry Consulting Professional Memberships and Activities Consulted for Accel Partners on the design of cyber-insurance policies Student Member, IEEE and the ACM Journal Reviewer for IEEE Transactions on Communications, IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems, IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, Theoretical Computer Science

4 Conference Reviewer for GameSec, ACM SIGMETRICS, IEEE INFOCOM, IEEE ICDCS, Performance, IEEE ICC, IEEE GLOBECOM, IEEE MASS, IEEE WCNC, IEEE PIMRC, WPMC, Wireless Vitae, ACM HotMetrics Publications R. Pal, L. Golubchik, K. Psounis, and P. Hui: Improving Network Security via Cyber-Insurance: A Market Analysis, Submitted to ACM Transactions on Performance Evaluation of Computer Systems. R. Pal, L. Golubchik, K. Psounis, and P. Hui: Will Cyber-Insurance Improve Network Security? A Market Analysis, To Appear In Proceedings of IEEE INFOCOM, 2014, Toronto, Canada. (Acceptance Rate: 19%) R. Pal, L. Golubchik, K. Psounis, and P. Hui: Realizing Efficient Cyber-Insurance Markets Through Price Discrimination of Security Products, Submitted to IEEE Transactions on Secure and Dependable Systems. R. Pal, L. Golubchik, K. Psounis, and P. Hui: On A Way to Improve Cyber-Insurer Profits: When A Security Vendor Becomes the Cyber-Insurer, In Proceedings of IFIP Networking, 2013, New York, USA. [Presenter] (Acceptance Rate: 26%) R. Pal and P. Hui: On Differentiating Cyber-Insurance Contracts: A Topological Perspective. In Proceedings of IEEE/IFIP Internet Management Conference, 2013, Ghent, Belgium. [Presenter] (Acceptance Rate: 23%) R.Pal and P. Hui: Cyber-Insurance for Cyber-Security: A Topological Take on Modulating Insurance Premiums. Appeared in Proceedings of ACM MAMA, in conjunction with ACM SIGMETRICS 2012, London, UK. A revised version appeared in ACM SIGMETRICS Performance Evaluation Review, 2012, Vol. 40(3). [Presenter] R. Pal: Cyber-Insurance for Cyber-Security: A Solution to The Information Asymmetry Problem. In Proceedings of SIAM Annual Meeting, 2012, Minnesota, USA. [Presenter] R. Pal, L. Golubchik, and K. Psounis: Aegis: A Novel Cyber-Insurance Model. In Proceedings of GameSec, 2011, Maryland, USA. [Presenter] (Acceptance Rate - 29%) R. Pal and P. Hui: Modeling Investments in Internet Security - Tackling Topological Information Uncertainty. In Proceedings of GameSec, 2011, Maryland, USA. [Presenter] (Acceptance Rate - 29%) R. Pal and L.Golubchik: Analyzing Self-Defense Investments in Internet Security Under Cyber- Insurance Coverage, In Proceedings of IEEE ICDCS 2010, Genoa, Italy. [Presenter] (ICDCS Acceptance Rate %) R. Pal and L.Golubchik: Optimal Cyber-Insurance Contracts in Internet Security, In Proceedings of ACM MAMA 2010, in conjunction with ACM SIGMETRICS 2010, New York, USA. A revised version appeared in ACM SIGMETRICS Performance Evaluation Review, 2010, Vol. 38(2). [Presenter] R. Pal, C. Chelmis, C. Tadepalli, M. Frincu, S. Aman, and V. Prasanna: On Online Time Series Clustering For Demand Response: OPTIC - A Theory to Break the Curse of Dimensionality, Accepted in ACM E-Energy, 2015, Bangalore, India. (Acceptance Rate: 20%) S-H. Lin, R. Pal, B. Wang, and L. Golubchik: Sustaining Ad-Driven P2P Streaming Ecosystems: A

5 Market-Based Approach, Accepted in IEEE/ACM IWQoS, 2015, Portland, USA, with ACM FCRC (Acceptance Rate: 22%) R. Pal, C. Chelmis, M. Frincu, and V. Prasanna: MATCH for the Prosumer Smart Grid: The Algorithmics of Real-Time Power Balance. Conditionally accepted to IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems R. Pal and V. Prasanna: Improving CPS Security Through STREAM: The Case of the Smart Grid. Conditionally accepted to IEEE Transactions on Computer Aided Design A. J. Nachiketas, R. Pal, K. Naditikuti, Y. Huang, E. Shi, and M. Yu: A Secure Computation Framework for SDNs. Appeared in Proceedings of HotSDN, in conjunction with ACM SIGCOMM 2014, Chicago, USA. R. Pal, P. Hui, and A. Kailas: On Social Community Networks: The Problem of Cost Sharing. In Proceedings of SIMPLEX, colocated with WWW, 2012, Lyon, France. [Presenter] R. Pal: A Real-Time Pricing Model for Electricity Consumption. In Proceedings of SIAM Conference on Financial Mathematics and Engineering 2012, Minnesota, USA. [Presenter] R. Pal and P. Hui: Economic Models for Cloud Service Markets: Pricing and Capacity Planning Published in Elsevier Theoretical Computer Science, 2013, Vol 496. Amongst top 5 downloaded TCS journal papers from R. Pal and P. Hui: Economic Models for Cloud Service Markets, In Proceedings of ICDCN 2012, Hong Kong. (Acceptance rate: 28%) R. Pal and P. Hui: On The Economics of Cloud Service Markets, In INFORMS Annual Meeting, 2011, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA. [Presenter] R. Pal, S. Kosta, and P. Hui: Settling for Less - A QoS Compromise Mechanism for Mobile Social Networks In Proceedings of ACM MAMA, in conjunction with ACM SIGMETRICS 2011, San Jose, USA. A revised version appeared in ACM SIGMETRICS Performance Evaluation Review., 2011, Vol. 39(3)[Presenter] C. Leberknight, R. Pal, M. Chiang, and H. V. Poor: The Sharing-Mart System: Online Digital Content Trading, Online Auctions,and Incentives In Proceedings of GameNets, 2011, Shanghai, China. (A flagship conference on the applications of game theory in communication networks) R. Pal: On Wireless Social Community Network Routers: The Design and Cost-Sharing Problem for Better Deployment, In proceedings of IEEE GLOBECOM 2010, Miami, USA. (Acceptance Rate: 32%) R. Pal, B. Gupta, E. Cianca, A. Gogar, S. A. Wardana, A. Patel, L-V. The, S. Kaligotla, and B. Ganguly: Playing Games with Human Health: The Role of Game Theory in Optimizing Reliability in Wireless Health Networks, In Proceedings of ISABEL 2010, Rome, Italy. R. Pal: Alluvion and Cascade: Fast Data Dissemination Schemes in Multi-Hop Wireless Networks. In Proceedings of ACM Mobishare, 2006, Los Angeles, USA (In Conjunction with ACM MobiCom) R. Pal: On the Reliability of Multi-Hop Dynamic Spectrum Access Networks Supporting QoS- Driven Applications. In the Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Communications) 2007, Glasgow, Scotland

6 R. Pal: Efficient Routing Algorithms for Multi-Channel Dynamic Spectrum Access Networks. In the Proceedings of IEEE Dynamic Spectrum Access Networks (DySPAN) 2007, Dublin, Ireland R. Pal and R. Prasad: Characterizing Link Importance in Multi-Rate Cognitive Radio Networks. In the Proceedings of Wireless Personal and Multimedia Communications (WPMC) 2007, Jaipur India R. Pal and C.-N. Chuah: Characterizing Link Importance in Multi-Channel, Multi-Radio, Multi- Rate Wireless Mesh Networks. In the Proceedings of IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC) 2008, Las Vegas, USA R. Pal: A Lexicographic Load-Balanced Routing Scheme for Wireless Mesh Networks. In the Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC) 2008, Beijing, China R. Pal, A. Sengupta, D. Idris, and R. Prasad: A Mathematical Framework for Routing and Scheduling Flows in Cognitive Radio Networks. In the Proceedings of Wireless Personal and Multimedia Communications (WPMC) 2008, Saariselka, Finland R. Pal, D. Idris, and R. Prasad: Characterizing Reliability in Wireless Body Area Networks. In the Proceedings of International Workshop on Future Wellness and Medical ICT Systems, 2008, Saariselka, Finland. (In conjunction with WPMC 2008) R. Pal, D. Idris, K. Pasari, N. Prasad: Characterizing Reliability in Multi-Channel, Multi-Radio, Multi-Rate Dynamic Spectrum Access Networks. In the Proceedings of IEEE International Symposium on Applied Sciences in Biomedical and Communication Technologies (ISABEL) 2008, Aalborg, Denmark R. Pal, N. Prasad, and R. Prasad: A Reliability Constrained Model for Maximizing the Capacity of Opportunistic Mesh Networks. In the Proceedings of Wireless Vitae, 2009, Aalborg, Denmark R. Pal, N. Prasad, and R. Prasad: Characterizing Delay Bounds for Broadcasting Applications in Opportunistic Wireless Networks. In the Proceedings of Wireless Vitae, 2009, Aalborg, Denmark R. Pal, A. Pal, N. Prasad, and R. Prasad: A Lexicographic Bandwidth Allocation Scheme for Broadcasting in WiMAX Mesh Networks. In the Proceedings of Wireless Vitae, 2009, Aalborg, Denmark R. Pal, S. A. Wardana, N. Prasad, and R. Prasad: Reliable Broadcasting in Opportunistic Wireless Networks. In the Proceedings of Wireless Personal Multimedia Communications (WPMC), 2009, Sendai, Japan S. A. Wardana and R. Pal: Fast and Secure Authentication in Heterogenous Wireless Networks. In the Proceedings of Wireless Personal Multimedia Communications (WPMC), 2009, Sendai, Japan R. Pal, B. Gupta, and R. Prasad: Efficient Information Processing in Ultra-Low Power Wireless Networks: Ideas from Compressed Sensing. In the Proceedings of IEEE International Symposium on Applied Sciences in Biomedical and Communication Technologies (ISABEL) 2009, Bratislava, Slovakia T.Bhasker, R. Pal, and M. N. Pal: Resource Time Exponent Technique (RETIREXT): A Non- Recursive Heuristic for Project Scheduling under Multiple Resource Constraints. In Proceedings of the Ninth International Workshop on Project Management and Scheduling 2004, Nancy, France T.Bhasker, R. Pal, and M. N. Pal: A Time-Efficient Non-Recursive Heuristic for Resource Con-

7 strained Project Scheduling Problems. In Proceedings of the Second World Conference on Productions and Operations Management Society (POMS) 2004, Cancun, Mexico S. Bandyopadhyay, K.Hasuike, R. Pal, and M. N. Pal: System Performance Analysis of Wireless Ad-Hoc Networks with Directional Antennas. In Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC) 2003, Anchorage, Alaska R. Pal and M. N. Pal: Analyzing System Performance in Wireless Ad-Hoc Networks Using Directional Antennas. In Proceedings of IASTED International Conference on Computer and Communication Networks (CCN) 2002, MIT, Cambridge, USA R. Pal, J. Mitra, and M. N. Pal: A Fuzzy DEA Approach on Quality Function Deployment for Evaluation of Relative Performance of Product Designs. In Proceedings of 11th Latin-Iberian American Congress of Operations Research (CLAIO) 2002, Concepcion, Chile Zoramthanga, R. Pal, and R. Mall: An Adaptive Connection Management Scheme for ATM with Explicit Support for Real-Time and Mission Critical Applications. In Proceedings of the Ninth International Conference on Advanced Computing and Communications (ADCOM) 2001, Bhubaneswar, India R. Pal, J. Mitra, and M. N. Pal: Efficiency of Software Development Projects: A Fuzzy DEA Approach. In Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of Institute for Operations Research and Management Sciences (INFORMS), 2001, Miami, USA R. Pal, J. Mitra, and M. N. Pal: Relative Performance Evaluation of Engineering Designs: A Fuzzy DEA Approach. In Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of Institute for Operations Research and Management Sciences (INFORMS), 2001, Miami, USA R.Pal, J. Mitra, and M. N. Pal: Evaluation of Relative Performance of Product Designs: A Fuzzy DEA Approach to Quality Function Deployment Opsearch, Journal of the Operations Research Society of India, December 2007, Vol 44, No.4. R. Pal, J. Mitra, and M. N. Pal: A Fuzzy DEA Approach on Quality Function Deployment for Evaluation of Relative Performance of Product Designs. Book Chapter in Theory of Productivity and Efficiency: Econometric and DEA Approach, Macmillan, 2005, Ed. R.Ghosh and C.Neogi.