allison-turner --education

University of California at San Diego

PhD in Computer Science

September 2021 to Present
Advised by Alex Snoeren and k claffy

Portfolio

Evaluating QUIC for Privacy Improvements Over Its Predecessors

April to June 2022

A multifaceted examination of the QUIC protocol, both as a standalone transport mechanism and in comparison with other transport mechanisms in a well-known privacy problem space: DNS privacy & integrity.

Operating System Benchmarking Project

January to March 2022

Implemented operating system benchmarking experiments on a 2009 ProLiant DL380 G6 server running CentOS Linux 8 on an Intel Xeon E5520. Examined overhead times in processor cycles for procedure calls, system calls, task creation, context switching, and more. Measurements written in C.

Deep-Dive into Security & Privacy Issues of Apple AirTags

January to March 2022

Investigated state-of-the-art research into the workings and vulnerabilities of Apple AirTags and the Apple Continuity Protocol.

Branch Prediction Algorithm Simulator

September to December 2021

Accuracy-focused simulator for the gshare, tournament, and perceptron branch prediction algorithms. Written in C.

Musikell

September to December 2021

A terminal-based music editor and player. Written in Haskell.

Wellesley College

Bachelor's in Computer Science

September 2017 to June 2021
Advised by Christine Bassem
Nominated to Sigma Xi

Portfolio

An Overview of More Efficient Register Allocation by Graph Coloring Applications

January to May 2019

Literature review discussing the history of graph-coloring algorithms when applied to correct and efficient usage of register storage in the late stages of program compilation.

Chord Implementation

January to May 2020

Implementation of the Chord algorithm for a peer-to-peer file storage system. Includes procedures for new hosts to join the distributed system, populate finger tables, and add files. Written in Java and intended for use with EC2 VMs over SSH.

Peer-to-Peer Assisted Livestreaming Proof of Concept

September to December 2019

Proof-of-concept application and network emulator, showing the performance enhancements that a livestreaming application could gain by distributing video from peer to peer in some cases of poorer internet service.

Augmented Reality: An Overview of Essential Algorithms

September to December 2018

Literature review of state-of-the-art augmented reality algorithms and mathematics.

Wikipedia Roamer

September to December 2017

Program to algorithmically generate solutions to the Wikipedia Game, in which the player must navigate between two seemingly unrelated topics only by clicking embedded links on their Wikipedia pages.