He received his Masters and Ph.D. in Computer Science from Purdue University and his Bachelors degree in Computer Engineering from the University of Mumbai. His research interests are in Privacy, Security, Data Mining, and Data Management. He has published over 60 papers in international conferences and archival journals, and has received three best paper awards from the premier conferences in data mining, databases, and digital government research. He is also the recipient of a NSF Career Award and a Rutgers Board of Trustees Research Fellowship for Scholarly Excellence.Hiroaki Kikuchi