Assistant Professor Computer Science
	Pearce Hall 417 989-774-4419 qi.liao@cmich.edu Personal Web Page

Education

Ph.D., Computer Science and Engineering, University of Notre Dame, 2011
M.S., Computer Science and Engineering, University of Notre Dame, 2008
B.S., Computer Science, Hartwick College, 2005

Research Areas

• Computer and network security
• Security visualization
• Anomaly detection and analysis
• Graph data mining
• Visual analytics
• Economics/game theory for cybersecurity

Selected Publications

• Qi Liao, Zhen Li, and Aaron Striegel. Could rewall rules be public -- a game theoretical perspective. Forthcoming in the Journal of Security and Communication Networks, 2011, doi: 10.1002/sec.307. [pdf]
• Qi Liao, Andrew Blaich, Dirk VanBruggen, and Aaron Striegel. "Managing networks through context: Graph visualization and exploration," forthcoming in the Computer Networks, 2010, doi: 10.1016/j.comnet.2010.07.015. [pdf]
• Zhen Li, Qi Liao, Andrew Blaich, and Aaron Striegel, "Fighting Botnets with Economic Uncertainty," forthcoming in the Journal of Security and Communication Networks, Wiley InterScience, 2010, doi: 10.1002/sec.235. [pdf]
• Qi Liao, David A. Cieslak, Aaron D. Striegel, Nitesh V. Chawla, "Using Selective, Short-Term Memory to Improve Resilience versus DDoS Exhaustion Attacks," the Journal of Security and Communication Networks, Volume 1, Issue 4, Wiley InterScience, page 287-299, July/August 2008, doi: 10.1002/sec.22. [pdf]
• C. Mano, A. Blaich, Q. Liao, Y. Jiang, D. Cieslak, D. Salyers, A. Striegel, "RIPPS: Rogue Identifying Packet Payload Slicer Detecting Unauthorized Wireless Hosts Through Network Traffic Conditioning," ACM Transactions on Information and System Security (TISSEC), Volume 11, Issue 2, page 1-23, May 2008, doi: 10.1145/1330332.1330334. [pdf]