Cristian Borcea
Professor, Computer Science
5713 Guttenberg Information Technologies Center (GITC)
About Me
Cristian is a Professor in the CS Department at NJIT, where he has been since receiving his Ph.D. from Rutgers University in 2004. He has a visiting professor appointment at National Institute of Informatics, Tokyo, Japan.
Education
Ph.D.; Rutgers University-New Brunswick; Computer Science; 2004
M.S.; Rutgers University-New Brunswick; Computer Science; 2002
M.S.; Politehnica University of Bucharest; Computer Science; 1997
B.S.; Politehnica University of Bucharest; Computer Science; 1996
M.S.; Rutgers University-New Brunswick; Computer Science; 2002
M.S.; Politehnica University of Bucharest; Computer Science; 1997
B.S.; Politehnica University of Bucharest; Computer Science; 1996
Website
2026 Fall Courses
CS 643 - CLOUD COMPUTING
CS 700B - MASTER'S PROJECT
IS 491 - SENIOR PROJECT - IS
IS 700B - MASTER'S PROJECT
IT 488 - INDEPENDENT STUDY
CS 488 - INDEPENDENT STUDY IN CS
CS 701B - MASTER'S THESIS
IS 489 - INFO UNDERGRAD THESIS RESEARCH
IS 726 - INDEPENDENT STUDY II
IS 792 - PRE-DOCTORAL RESEARCH
CS 489 - COMPUTER SCIENCE RESEARCH PROJ
CS 726 - INDEPENDENT STUDY II
IS 488 - INDEPENDENT STUDY IN INFO
IS 701B - MASTER'S THESIS
IS 725 - INDEPENDENT STUDY I
IS 776 - IS RESEARCH STUDY
IS 790A - DOCT DISSERTATION & RES
CS 790A - DOCT DISSERTATION & RES
CS 725 - INDEPENDENT STUDY I
CS 792 - PRE-DOCTORAL RESEARCH
CS 700B - MASTER'S PROJECT
IS 491 - SENIOR PROJECT - IS
IS 700B - MASTER'S PROJECT
IT 488 - INDEPENDENT STUDY
CS 488 - INDEPENDENT STUDY IN CS
CS 701B - MASTER'S THESIS
IS 489 - INFO UNDERGRAD THESIS RESEARCH
IS 726 - INDEPENDENT STUDY II
IS 792 - PRE-DOCTORAL RESEARCH
CS 489 - COMPUTER SCIENCE RESEARCH PROJ
CS 726 - INDEPENDENT STUDY II
IS 488 - INDEPENDENT STUDY IN INFO
IS 701B - MASTER'S THESIS
IS 725 - INDEPENDENT STUDY I
IS 776 - IS RESEARCH STUDY
IS 790A - DOCT DISSERTATION & RES
CS 790A - DOCT DISSERTATION & RES
CS 725 - INDEPENDENT STUDY I
CS 792 - PRE-DOCTORAL RESEARCH
Teaching Interests
Cristian teaches classes on cloud computing, networking, and mobile computing.
Past Courses
CS 643: CLOUD COMPUTING
CS 656: INTRNET&HIGHER LAYER PRO
CS 698: ST:
CS 698: ST:ADV WEB/DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMS
CS 756: MOBILE COMPTNG & SENSOR NTWRK
CS 756: MOBILE COMPUTING & SENSOR NETWR
CS 786: SEL TOP IN COM INF SCI II
CS 656: INTRNET&HIGHER LAYER PRO
CS 698: ST:
CS 698: ST:ADV WEB/DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMS
CS 756: MOBILE COMPTNG & SENSOR NTWRK
CS 756: MOBILE COMPUTING & SENSOR NETWR
CS 786: SEL TOP IN COM INF SCI II
Research Interests
Cristian research interests include: mobile computing & sensing; ad hoc & vehicular networks; distributed systems & cloud computing; and computational advertising.
Conference Proceeding
"A Longitudinal Study of Extended User IDs in the Online Advertising Ecosystem"
ACM Internet Measurement Conference 2026, October (4th Quarter/Autumn), 2026.
"How Generative AI Disrupts Search: An Empirical Study of Google Search, Gemini, and AI Overviews"
ACM SIGIR Conference on Research and Development in Information Retrieval., July (3rd Quarter/Summer), 2026.
"Multilingual Disparities in LLM-Based Safety Judgments: Evidence from Brand Safety Applications"
The 1st Workshop on Multilinguality in the Era of Large Language Models, associated with ACL, July (3rd Quarter/Summer), 2026.
"Inconsistencies in Classification of Online News Articles: A Call for Common Standards in Brand Safety Services"
Proceedings of the Twentieth International AAAI Conference on Web and Social Media (ICWSM), May, 2026.
"Using Salient Object Detection to Identify Manipulative Cookie Banners that Circumvent GDPR"
Proceedings of the International AAAI Conference on Web and Social Media (ICWSM), May, 2026.
ACM Internet Measurement Conference 2026, October (4th Quarter/Autumn), 2026.
"How Generative AI Disrupts Search: An Empirical Study of Google Search, Gemini, and AI Overviews"
ACM SIGIR Conference on Research and Development in Information Retrieval., July (3rd Quarter/Summer), 2026.
"Multilingual Disparities in LLM-Based Safety Judgments: Evidence from Brand Safety Applications"
The 1st Workshop on Multilinguality in the Era of Large Language Models, associated with ACL, July (3rd Quarter/Summer), 2026.
"Inconsistencies in Classification of Online News Articles: A Call for Common Standards in Brand Safety Services"
Proceedings of the Twentieth International AAAI Conference on Web and Social Media (ICWSM), May, 2026.
"Using Salient Object Detection to Identify Manipulative Cookie Banners that Circumvent GDPR"
Proceedings of the International AAAI Conference on Web and Social Media (ICWSM), May, 2026.
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Journal Article
Michael K. Chen, Shuai Zhao, Cristian M. Borcea, Yi Chen.
2025. "A field study on the impact of the counter ad-blocking wall strategy on user engagement."
Decision Support Systems , vol. 198 .
Xiaopeng Jiang, Han Hu, Thinh On, Phung Lai, Vijaya Mayyuri, An Chen, Devu Shila, Adriaan Larmuseau, Ruoming Jin, Cristian M. Borcea, Hai Nhat Phan. 2024. "FLSys: Toward an Open Ecosystem for Federated Learning Mobile Apps." IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing (IEEE TMC) .
Shuai Zhao, Michael Chen, Cristian M. Borcea, Yi Chen. 2023. "Personalized Dynamic Counter Ad-Blocking Using Deep Learning." IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering , vol. 35 , no. 8 , pp. 14.
Abeer Hakeem, Reza Curtmola, Xiaoning Ding, Borcea. 2021. "DFPS: A Distributed Mobile System for Free Parking Assignment." IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing .
Dai Hai Ton That, Iulian Sandu Popa, Karine Zeitouni, Cristian M. Borcea. 2021. "Mobile Participatory Sensing with Strong Privacy Guarantees Using Secure Probes." Springer GeoInformatica , vol. 25 , pp. pages 533–580.
Xiaopeng Jiang, Han Hu, Thinh On, Phung Lai, Vijaya Mayyuri, An Chen, Devu Shila, Adriaan Larmuseau, Ruoming Jin, Cristian M. Borcea, Hai Nhat Phan. 2024. "FLSys: Toward an Open Ecosystem for Federated Learning Mobile Apps." IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing (IEEE TMC) .
Shuai Zhao, Michael Chen, Cristian M. Borcea, Yi Chen. 2023. "Personalized Dynamic Counter Ad-Blocking Using Deep Learning." IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering , vol. 35 , no. 8 , pp. 14.
Abeer Hakeem, Reza Curtmola, Xiaoning Ding, Borcea. 2021. "DFPS: A Distributed Mobile System for Free Parking Assignment." IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing .
Dai Hai Ton That, Iulian Sandu Popa, Karine Zeitouni, Cristian M. Borcea. 2021. "Mobile Participatory Sensing with Strong Privacy Guarantees Using Secure Probes." Springer GeoInformatica , vol. 25 , pp. pages 533–580.
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Book
Cristian M. Borcea, Manoop Talasila, Reza Curtmola.
"Mobile Crowdsensing."
183 pages pp. Chapman and Hall/CRC, 2016. ISBN 1498738443.