Faculty
David Malcolm Nicol
Research ProfessorCoordinated Science Laboratory
Professor
457 Coordinated Science Lab, MC-228
1308 W. Main St.
Urbana, Illinois 61801
(217) 244-1925
Ph.D. Computer Science University of Virginia 1985
Research Statement:
The study of large-scale systems encounters problems in representation,
scalability, and behavior. Project MOSES investigates such issues, particularly in the context of networking security.
Teaching Statement:
I aim to convey difficult material clearly, and challenge students to integrate concepts to solve new types of problems that follow immediately from the material covered.
Research Interests:
- public-key infrastructure
- security
- mathematical modeling and analysis
- fluid based modeling
- parallel discrete-event simulation
- security policy and its analysis
Undergraduate Research Opportunities:
I have almost always had undergraduates working on my research team. I support undergraduate summer interns.
For more information:
Professor Nicol's Homepage
Honors, Recognition, and Outstanding Achievements for Teaching
- Alumni Fellowship Award, given by the William and Mary Society of the Alumni for excellence in teaching, 1992.
Honors, Recognition, and Outstanding Achievements for Research
- ACM SIGSIM Distinguished Contributions Award, 2007
- ACM Distinguished Lecturer, 2008
- ACM Distinguished Lecturer, 2007
- Fellow of the ACM, for contributions to discrete event simulation
- Best Paper Award, Conference on Principles of Advanced and Distributed Simulation, June 2005.
- Best Paper Award, IPSI 2004-Studenica Conference on Internet Technologies
- IEEE Fellow, 2003.
- Marion and Jason Whiting Fellowship for study at Oxford University, 2000.
- Best Paper Award, 9th Annual Conference on Parallel and Distributed Simulation, 1995.
- Employee Excellence Award, Control Data Corporation, 1982.
- Great Performer's Award, Control Data Corporation, 1980.