Sunil Prabhakar

Sunil Prabhakar is a Professor of Computer Science and former Department Head at Purdue University, currently serving as Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs. After receiving his B.Tech from the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi and Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of California at Santa Barbara in 1998, he joined Purdue University where he has established himself as a leading authority in database systems. His research primarily focuses on developing innovative solutions for managing uncertain data and ensuring authenticity, integrity, and privacy in outsourced and cloud databases. His earlier work includes significant contributions to moving objects and sensor databases, digital rights management through watermarking, and private database correctness. Before his academic career, he worked at Tata Unisys Ltd. from 1990 to 1994, bringing valuable industry experience to his research and teaching