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Shivnath Babu

Adjunct Associate Professor of Computer Science
Computer Science
Box 90129, Durham, NC 27708-0129
D338 LSRC, Durham, NC 27708

Overview


Database systems, Architectures and algorithms for self-managing database systems, Autonomic computing. Data management for new application domains

Current Appointments & Affiliations


Adjunct Associate Professor of Computer Science · 2022 - Present Computer Science, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences

Recent Publications


Black or White? How to Develop an AutoTuner for Memory-based Analytics

Conference Proceedings of the ACM SIGMOD International Conference on Management of Data · June 14, 2020 There is a lot of interest today in building autonomous (or, self-driving) data processing systems. An emerging school of thought is to leverage AI-driven "black box" algorithms for this purpose. In this paper, we present a contrarian view. We study the pr ... Full text Cite

Reflective control for an elastic cloud application: An automated experiment workbench

Conference Workshop on Hot Topics in Cloud Computing, HotCloud 2009 · January 1, 2020 © Workshop on Hot Topics in Cloud Computing, HotCloud 2009.All right reserved. This paper addresses “reflective” control for applications that use server resources from a shared cloud infrastructure opportunistically. In this approach, an external reflecti ... Cite

Reflective control for an elastic cloud application: An automated experiment workbench

Conference Workshop on Hot Topics in Cloud Computing, HotCloud 2009 · January 1, 2020 © Workshop on Hot Topics in Cloud Computing, HotCloud 2009.All right reserved. This paper addresses “reflective” control for applications that use server resources from a shared cloud infrastructure opportunistically. In this approach, an external reflecti ... Cite
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Recent Grants


CSR: Small: BaaS: Benchmarking-as-a-Service for Improved Visibility, Diagnosis, and Control of Modern Data Analytics Platforms

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2014 - 2017

III: Small: Cumulon: Easy and Efficient Statistical Big-Data Analysis in the Cloud

ResearchCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2013 - 2017

III: Small: MapReduce Workload Management

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2012 - 2016

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Education, Training & Certifications


Stanford University · 2005 Ph.D.