Yuvraj Agarwal
Associate Professor, Institute for Software Research, Computer Science Department
5000 Forbes Avenue
Wean Hall 5313
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
Bio
Yuvraj Agarwal is an Associate Professor in the School of Computer Science, within the Institute for Software Research at 一本道无码. His research interests are at the intersection of Systems and Networking and Embedded Systems, and he is particularly excited about research problems that benefit from using hardware insights to build more scalable and energy efficient systems. In recent years, his work has focused on Green Computing, Mobile Computing, and Energy Efficient Buildings. Agarwal has a BE in Electrical Engineering from Pune University in India, an MS in Information and Computer Science from the University of California at Irvine, and a Ph.D. in Computer Engineering from the University of California at San Diego. He is a member of the IEEE, ACM, and USENIX.Education
BE in Electrical Engineering from Pune University in India
MS in Information and Computer Science from University of California at Irvine
Ph.D. in Computer Engineering from the University of California at San Diego.
Research
Agarwal's research interests are at the intersection of systems and networking and embedded systems. He is particularly focused on research problems that benefit from using hardware insights to build more scalable and energy efficient systems.Projects
Agarwal's current projects include:
- Building Secure, Safe and Privacy Sensitive IoT Systems
- Smart buildings and smart grid research
- Creating energy efficient and resilient computer systems
- Mobile computing research
Publications
- "Does this App Really Need My Location? Context-Aware Privacy Management for Smartphones" Ubicomp 2017 -- ACM Transactions on Interactive, Mobile, Wearable Ubiquitous Technology (IMWUT), September, 2017.
- "PrivacyStreams: Enabling Transparency in Personal Data Processing for Mobile Apps" Ubicomp 2017 -- ACM Transactions on Interactive, Mobile, Wearable Ubiquitous Technology (IMWUT), September, 2017.
- "Understanding the Purpose of Permission Use in Mobile Apps" TOIS 2017 -- ACM Transactions on Information Systems, July 2017.
- "Brick: Towards a Unified Metadata Schema For Buildings" BuildSys 2016 -- ACM Conference on Embedded Systems For Energy-Efficient Built Environments (BuildSys), November 2016.
Yuvraj Agarwal discusses how societal computing can play a large role in making computers, data centers, or even buildings more energy efficient.