Sujaya Maiyya, University of Waterloo

Research

Database privacy Oblivious datastores Oblivious RAM (ORAM)Scalability and fault tolerance Transactional systems

Latest funding

Designing feature-rich oblivious datastores
NSERC · 2023 · Principal investigator
$62,000
Designing feature-rich oblivious datastores
NSERC · 2023 · Principal investigator
$12,500

Designing feature-rich oblivious datastores

Principal investigatorNSERC2023Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Maiyya, Sujaya

Keywords: database privacy; oblivious ram (oram); oblivious datastores; scalability and fault tolerance; transactional systems

$62,000

Designing feature-rich oblivious datastores

Principal investigatorNSERC2023Discovery Launch Supplement

Principal investigators: Maiyya, Sujaya

$12,500

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Database privacy Dear Professor Maiyya, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. Your research on database privacy connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your NSERC-funded project "Designing feature-rich oblivious datastores" (2023), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]