Yasin N. Silva is an Assistant Professor of Applied Computing in
the Division of Mathematical & Natural Sciences at Arizona State
University. He received his Ph.D. (2010) and M.S. (2006) in Computer
Science from Purdue University and his
B.S. in Computer Science from the Pontificia Universidad Catolica, Peru
(2000). Yasin also completed the Applied Management Principles program
at the Krannert School of Management (2008). Yasin’s research areas deal
with data management systems and privacy preservation in general. More
specifically, he has been working on the areas of query processing and
optimization, privacy assurance in database systems, web-scale data
management systems – cloud computing, and scientific database systems.
Yasin’s previous work experience includes internships at IBM Research
and Microsoft Research. Yasin served as a student representative of
AMIGOS, a Purdue University association that supports Latinos and other
under-represented minorities in computer science. He served as the
Purdue University coordinator of the Latinos in Academic Advancement
Program and co-owns a company that offers several cultural programs
aimed to create awareness and acceptance of the Hispanic com
munity. Yasin received the Graduate Student Award for Outstanding
Teaching at Purdue University, the Siemens Corporation Scholarship, and
the Motorola Scholarship for Entrepreneurship. He was also inducted into
Upsilon Pi Epsilon, the International Honor Society for the Computer
Sciences.