Research Interests

Autonomic Computing

Service Level Agreements

Patterns

I am also interested in pursuing the nexus of law and computer science in areas such as:

The interrelationship between law, policy and new technologies. Should the state regulate online commerce?

How can consumer protection be addressed for security and privacy?

How can micro-transactions (such as Millicent) and electronic cash technologies be regulated?

Rights and obligations of those who create, gather and control information in the 21^st century.

Are intellectual property laws adequate to protect the new forms of publication?

Are databases within the scope of original works for the purposes of copyright?

How are the competing rights of the owner of a medium to be balanced with the owner of the intellectual property rights stored on that medium?

The use of the paradigm of 'cyberspace'.

Can there be a multi-jurisdictional court for the Internet to act as an alternative to resolving conflict of law jurisdiction problems for electronic communication based disputes (e.g. usenet defamation)?

Is the use of online arbitration an alternative to litigation?

Should disseminators of electronic information be treated as publishers?

What extent does the client browser determine web functionality?

Software Agent interactions and security. Cybercrimes 

Enforcement of information trespass to what extent should 'hacking' be criminalized? 

Regulation of transborder transgressions.......