I am a Student Naval Aviator (SNA)! I graduated with my bachelors and masters degrees in Computer Science from George Washington University in May 2023.
Research
My research experience has primarily been in the systems and networking domains of computer science: distributed systems, network function virtualization, and microservice security. From January 2020 to May 2023, I was a part of Professor Timothy Wood's research group at GWU. I contributed to and served as a repository maintainer for the open source network function virtualization platform OpenNetVM.
Papers
- Catherine Meadows, Sena Hounsinou, Timothy Wood, and Gedare Bloom, Sidecar-based Path-aware Security for Microservices", ACM SACMAT 2023.
- Catherine Meadows, "FLEET: Fine-grained, Lightweight Energy Estimate Tracing for Microservice Architectures", GWU Masters Thesis.
I studied computer science because of its versatility and interdisciplinary potential. Some research areas that I'm keen to explore in the future:
- computational astrophysics
- space exploration
- energy-aware computing
Capstone
For my Senior Capstone Design course at GWU, my team and I wanted to design a system for efficiently resolving AMBER Alert cases. AMBER Alerts are used by the U.S. Department of Justice to broadcast emergency messages and request help from the public about child abduction cases. According to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children 2020 Report, approximately 82% of AMBER Alerts had vehicle involvement and 43% of AMBER Alert success stories resulted from recognizing a vehicle.
During the year-long course, we implemented Electri: an opt-in service for car dashboard camera users that would automatically upload images if an AMBER Alert were issued in the vehicle's area. These images would trigger a series of serverless functions for make/model and license plate detection. Law enforcement would then be notifed of positive matches.
Teaching
I love teaching! At GWU, I was a teaching assistant for for Database Systems, Computer Architecture, and Intro to Software Development. If you're one of my students, please feel free to leave feedback anonymously here.
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