Christina Yip Chung

Christina Yip Chung
Department of Computer Science
2063 Engineering II
University of California, Davis
One Shields Avenue
Davis, CA 95616-8562
http://seclab.cs.ucdavis.edu/~chungy
chungy@cs.ucdavis.edu

O B J E C T I V E

To obtain a challenging and creative position in an innovative company which utilizes my research skills and expertise in data mining, web technology and database technology, and which can make a difference in the Web community.

E X P E R I E N C E

Research Assistant (04/97-Present)
Database Laboratory, Security Laboratory, University of California at Davis

Performed in-depth research in data mining and computer security, and their applications to semistructured data, database systems and web-based information systems
Designed and implemented, DEMIDS, a profiling system tailored to anomaly detection in database systems and web-based information systems
Excellent background in data mining, semistructured data, database technology and intrusion detection

Intern (06/99-09/00)
Cyberspace Technology, IBM Almaden Research Center

Proposed novel data mining techniques to data extraction, schema discovery and data translation for XML documents
Designed and built Quixote, a Java-based HTML mining and integration tool, that integrates heterogeneous topic-specific HTML documents into a homogeneous XML repository conforming to a global schema discovered
Implemented a DAV Searching & Locating (DASL) search arbiter in Java with XML tools

Intern/Software Engineering (06/96-09/96)
Wah Yip Pallet Mfg. Ltd., Hongkong

Conducted system analysis and implemented an ordering and accounting system in MS Access Basic
Designed and conducted end-user training

Intern/Software Engineering (06/95-09/95)
Worldsec International Co. Ltd., Hongkong

Modeled and implemented a stock exchange database system using MS Access with a team

Teaching Assistant (09/96-04/97)
Department of Computer Science, University of California at Davis

Tutored computer science undergraduates in programming languages and algorithms

S K I L L S

Programming Languages: Java, XML, JDBC, PL/SQL, Access Basic, C/C++
DBMS: Familiar with MS Access, Oracle
Computer systems: Hands-on knowledge of MS Windows/DOS, UNIX and applications
Languages: Fluent in written and spoken English, Cantonese, Mandarin

E D U C A T I O N

Ph.D. Candidate (Expected 01/01)
Department of Computer Science, University of California at Davis
Dissertation: "Data Extraction from and Integration of Semistructured Data"
Advisors: Dr. Michael Gertz, Prof. Karl Levitt

M.Sci.(Comp.Sci.) (12/98)
Department of Computer Science, University of California at Davis
GPA: 3.9/4.0

B.Sci.(Comp.Sci.) (First Class Honor) (06/96)
Department of Computer Science, The University of Hong Kong
Thesis: "The Art Gallery Problem", Grade: A

P A T E N T S

Christina Yip Chung, Neel Sundaresan, "Method and System for Discovering a Majority Schema in Semi-Structured Data". IBM Patent Application ARC9-2000-0117-US1, Filed

Christina Yip Chung, Neel Sundaresan, "System and Method for Discovering Schematic Structure in Hypertext Documents". IBM Patent Application AM9-99-0173, Filed

P U B L I C A T I O N S

Christina Yip Chung, Michael Gertz, Karl Levitt, "Discovery of Multi-Level Security Policies". The Fourteenth Annual IFIP WG 11.3 Working Conference on Database Security, 2000

Christina Yip Chung, Michael Gertz, Karl Levitt, "DEMIDS: A Misuse Detection System for Database Systems". The Third Annual IFIP TC-11 WG 11.5 Working Conference on Integrity and Internal Control in Information Systems, 1999

Christina Yip Chung, Michael Gertz, Karl Levitt, "Misuse Detection in Database Systems Through User Profiling". The Second International Workshop on the Recent Advances in Intrusion Detection, 1999

A C T I V I T I E S

Student member of IEEE Computer Society, Association for Computing Machinery
Ceramics, crafts, reading

A D D I T I O N A L I N F O R M A T I O N

Citizen of Hongkong, holding F-1 visa from U.S.A.
References available upon request