Andrew Douglas Hilton | Scholars@Duke

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

Current Research Interests

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

Current Appointments & Affiliations

Associate Professor of the Practice in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Pratt School of Engineering 2018

Contact Information

90291, Durham, NC 27708
PO Box 90291, Hudson 211, Durham, NC 27708
adhilton@ee.duke.edu (660) 517-7
http://adhilton.pratt.duke.edu

Background
Education, Training, & Certifications
- Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania 2010
Duke Appointment History
- 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 15, 2015
  
  Pratt-Honored Professor on Teaching Programming Before Coding in the Classroom
Research
Selected Grants
- SHF: Small: Game-Theoretic Foundations for Task Co-Location awarded by National Science Foundation 2015 - 2020
External Relationships
- Duke Kunshan University
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
  - Lehman, T. S., A. D. Hilton, and B. C. Lee. “PoisonIvy: Safe speculation for secure memory.” Proceedings of the Annual International Symposium on Microarchitecture, Micro, December 14, 2016. https://doi.org/10.1109/MICRO.2016.7783741.
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  - Huang, Z., A. D. Hilton, and B. C. Lee. “Decoupling Loads for Nano-Instruction Set Computers.” Proceedings 2016 43rd International Symposium on Computer Architecture, Isca 2016, August 24, 2016. https://doi.org/10.1109/ISCA.2016.43.
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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, 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
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Education, Training, & Certifications

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In the News

Selected Grants

External Relationships

Selected Publications

Academic Articles

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