Andrew Douglas Hilton | Scholars@Duke

Andrew Douglas Hilton
Professor of the Practice in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Drew Hilton is an Associate Professor of the Practice in Electrical and Computer Engineering, as well as Pratt’s Director of Innovation in Computing Education.

His main focus is on teaching professional-level programming skills to ECE’s master's students to prepare them for software engineering careers.

Professor Hilton also teaches a 3-week introduction to Programming Python for Duke's Master in Interdisciplinary Data Science, and Duke's Center for Computational Thinking.

He has two Coursera specializations, one in Java, and another in C.

Current Research Interests

Computer architecture, specifically architectural support for security and energy-efficient performance

Current Appointments & Affiliations

Professor of the Practice in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Pratt School of Engineering 2021
Director of Innovation in Computing Education in the Pratt School of Engineering, Pratt School of Engineering, Duke University 2021
Associate Professor of the Practice of Computer Science, Computer Science, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 2021

Contact Information

90291, Durham, NC 27708
PO Box 90291, Wilkinson 105, Durham, NC 27708
adhilton@ee.duke.edu (919) 660-5177
http://adhilton.pratt.duke.edu

Background
Education, Training, & Certifications
- Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania 2010
Previous Appointments & Affiliations
- Associate Professor of the Practice in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Pratt School of Engineering 2018 - 2021
- Associate Director of Graduate Studies, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Pratt School of Engineering 2013 - 2020
- Associate Professor of the Practice of Computer Science, Computer Science, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 2018 - 2019
- Assistant Professor of the Practice in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Pratt School of Engineering 2012 - 2017
- Assistant Professor of the Practice in the Department of Computer Science, Computer Science, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 2012 - 2017
- Adjunct Instructor in the Department of Computer Science, Computer Science, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 2011 - 2012
Recognition
In the News
- OCT 26, 2020
  
  Everything You'd Want to Know About Algorithms, Explained with Legos
- OCT 15, 2015
  
  Pratt-Honored Professor on Teaching Programming Before Coding in the Classroom
Awards & Honors
- Klein Family Distinguished Teaching Award. Pratt School of Engineering. 2015
Research
Selected Grants
- SHF: Small: Game-Theoretic Foundations for Task Co-Location awarded by National Science Foundation 2015 - 2020
External Relationships
- AML Group
- Bracy and Hilton: partnership for textbook royalties
- Duke Kunshan University
- Stock ownership >$5K: JNJ, NVDA, VST, V, APPL
Publications & Artistic Works
Selected Publications
- Academic Articles
  - Hilton, A., S. Nagarakatte, and A. Roth. “ICFP: Tolerating all-level cache misses in in-order processors.” Ieee Micro 30, no. 1 (January 1, 2010): 12–19. https://doi.org/10.1109/MM.2010.20.
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  - Hilton, A., and A. Roth. “SMT-directory: Efficient load-load ordering for SMT.” Ieee Computer Architecture Letters 9, no. 1 (January 1, 2010): 25–28. https://doi.org/10.1109/L-CA.2010.8.
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  - Battle, S., A. D. Hilton, M. Hempstead, and A. Roth. “"Flexible register management using reference counting.",” n.d., 273–84.
- Other Articles
  - Hilton, A. D., B. C. Lee, and T. S. Lehman. “PoisonIvy: Safe speculation for secure memory.” Proceedings of the 49th International Symposium on Microarchitecture, n.d.
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  - Hilton, A. D., B. C. Lee, and Z. Huang. “Decoupling loads for nano-instruction set computers.” Proceedings of the 43rd International Symposium on Computer Architecture, n.d.
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- Conference Papers
  - Huang, Z., J. A. Joao, A. Rico, A. D. Hilton, and B. C. Lee. “DynaSprint: Microarchitectural sprints with dynamic utility and thermal management.” In Proceedings of the Annual International Symposium on Microarchitecture, Micro, 426–39, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1145/3352460.3358301.
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  - Hilton, A. D., G. M. Lipp, and S. H. Rodger. “Translation from Problem to Code in Seven Steps.” In Comped 2019 Proceedings of the Acm Conference on Global Computing Education, 78–84, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1145/3300115.3309508.
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  - Hilton, A. D., G. M. Lipp, and S. H. Rodger. “A technique for translation from problem to code.” In Annual Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education, Iticse, 375, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1145/3197091.3205807.
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  - Lehman, T. S., A. D. Hilton, and B. C. Lee. “MAPS: Understanding Metadata Access Patterns in Secure Memory.” In Proceedings 2018 Ieee International Symposium on Performance Analysis of Systems and Software, Ispass 2018, 33–43, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1109/ISPASS.2018.00012.
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  - Jacobvitz, A. N., A. D. Hilton, and D. J. Sorin. “Multi-program benchmark definition.” In Ispass 2015 Ieee International Symposium on Performance Analysis of Systems and Software, 72–82, 2015. https://doi.org/10.1109/ISPASS.2015.7095786.
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  - Battle, S., A. D. Hilton, M. Hempstead, and A. Roth. “Flexible register management using reference counting.” In Proceedings International Symposium on High Performance Computer Architecture, 273–84, 2012. https://doi.org/10.1109/HPCA.2012.6169033.
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  - Hilton, A., and A. Roth. “BOLT: Energy-efficient out-of-order latency-tolerant execution.” In Proceedings International Symposium on High Performance Computer Architecture, 2010. https://doi.org/10.1109/hpca.2010.5416634.
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  - Hilton, A., and A. Roth. “Decoupled store completion/silent deterministic replay: Enabling scalable data memory for CPR/CFP processors.” In Proceedings International Symposium on Computer Architecture, 245–54, 2009. https://doi.org/10.1145/1555754.1555786.
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  - Hilton, A., N. Eswaran, and A. Roth. “CPROB: Checkpoint processing with opportunistic minimal recovery.” In Parallel Architectures and Compilation Techniques Conference Proceedings, Pact, 159–68, 2009. https://doi.org/10.1109/PACT.2009.42.
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  - Hilton, A., S. Nagarakatte, and A. Roth. “Icfp: tolerating all-level cache misses in in-order processors.” In Proceedings International Symposium on High Performance Computer Architecture, 431–42, 2009. https://doi.org/10.1109/HPCA.2009.4798281.
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  - Hilton, A. D., and A. Roth. “Ginger: Control independence using tag rewriting.” In Proceedings International Symposium on Computer Architecture, 436–47, 2007. https://doi.org/10.1145/1250662.1250716.
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  - Abbasi, H., M. Wolf, K. Schwan, G. Eisenhauer, and A. Hilton. “XChange: Coupling parallel applications in a dynamic environment.” In Proceedings Ieee International Conference on Cluster Computing, Iccc, 471–80, 2004. https://doi.org/10.1109/CLUSTR.2004.1392646.
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Teaching & Mentoring
Recent Courses

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Education, Training, & Certifications

Previous Appointments & Affiliations

In the News

Awards & Honors

Selected Grants

External Relationships

Selected Publications

Academic Articles

Other Articles

Conference Papers

Recent Courses