Overview
My interests span atoms to applications, with a foundation centered in computer architecture and systems. I enjoy a combination of interdisciplinary and conventional research.
Current Appointments & Affiliations
Professor Emeritus of Computer Science
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2024 - Present
Computer Science,
Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Core Faculty in Innovation & Entrepreneurship
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2019 - Present
Duke Innovation & Entrepreneurship,
University Initiatives & Academic Support Units
Recent Publications
Dense Server Design for Immersion Cooling
Journal Article ACM Transactions on Graphics · December 19, 2024 The growing demands for computational power in cloud computing have led to a significant increase in the deployment of high-performance servers. The growing power consumption of servers and the heat they produce is on track to outpace the capacity of conve ... Full text CiteRDMA Congestion Control: It Is Only for the Compliant
Journal Article IEEE Micro · January 1, 2023 Remote direct memory access (RDMA) networks enable low latency and low central processing unit utilization, and their widespread adoption in datacenters enables improved application performance. However, there are performance isolation concerns for RDMA de ... Full text CiteUnderstanding RDMA Microarchitecture Resources for Performance Isolation
Conference Proceedings of the 20th USENIX Symposium on Networked Systems Design and Implementation, NSDI 2023 · January 1, 2023 Recent years have witnessed the wide adoption of RDMA in the cloud to accelerate first-party workloads and achieve cost savings by freeing up CPU cycles. Now cloud providers are working towards supporting RDMA in general-purpose guest VMs to benefit third- ... CiteRecent Grants
CSR: Small: Improving Cloud Services by Exploiting Synchronized Clocks and Software Defined Flash
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2016 - 2021Accelerating Markov Chain Monte Carlo Inference
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Intel Corporation · 2018 - 2021XPS: CLCCA: Collaborative Research: Harnessing Highly Threaded Hardware for Server Workloads
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2013 - 2019View All Grants
Education, Training & Certifications
University of Wisconsin, Madison ·
1995
Ph.D.
University of Wisconsin, Madison ·
1991
M.S.
University of Wisconsin, Madison ·
1989
B.S.