Research Areas

Computer Systems Organization

Computer systems are the hardware and software of electronic devices that can be programmed to complete tasks, from phones to supercomputers. Work in this field includes examining how processors work in computer systems, how different parts of a system communicate with one another, how system components are organized, and more.

Researchers in this field study how computer systems can be built, as well as how they can be improved, including making them more efficient, secure, and sustainable.

Research Highlights

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Assistant Professor Stephen Lee Receives NSF Grant for Designing Sustainable Distributed Infrastructures

Dr. Stephen Lee received a National Science Foundation (NSF) grant for his project, “Data-Driven System-Design for Sustainable Long-Lasting Distributed Infrastructures,” which aims to develop sustainable computing systems by minimizing carbon emissions.

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SCI Students, Alumni, & Professor Receive Awards at SRDS 2024 for Paper on Compound Threats

Amy Babay, an assistant professor in the departments of Informatics & Networked Systems and Computer Science, along with PhD student Huzaifah Nadeem, Maher Khan (SCI ’24G), and Benjamin Gilby (SCI ’23), received the Best Paper Award at the 43rd International Symposium on Reliable Distributed Systems (SRDS).

Affiliated Faculty

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Wonsun Ahn, Teaching Associate Professor

Dr. Ahn's main area of research is Parallel Computer Architecture and its interface with Compilers and Parallel Programming.

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Amy Babay, Assistant Professor

Dr. Babay's general research interests are in distributed systems and networking, with particular interests in building dependable critical infrastructure systems and enabling new internet services with demanding performance requirements.

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Jacob Biehl, Associate Professor

Dr. Biehl’s research interests are at the intersection of systems and human computer interaction (HCI). Most recently, his work has centered on designing, deploying, and evaluating IoT technologies that address important issues in workflow and work practice.

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Bruce Childers, Dean

Dr. Childers does research on software-hardware boundary for improved energy, performance, reliability, and robustness, with an emphasis on embedded systems, including the Internet of Things.

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Panos Chrysanthis, Professor

Dr. Chrysanthis' research interests lie within the areas of data management (Big Data, Databases, Data Streams & Sensor networks), distributed & mobile computing, workflow management, operating systems and real-time systems.

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Prashant Krishnamurthy, Professor

Dr. Krishnamurthy's research interests include information and network security, wireless security, wireless data networks.

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Stephen Lee, Assistant Professor

Dr. Lee's research interests lie broadly in the area of distributed systems and cyber-physical systems (CPS), with an emphasis on sustainability.

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Longfei Shangguan, Assistant Professor

Dr. Shangguan’s research interests are in all aspects of IoT systems: from building novel IoT applications, solving security issues, all the way down to optimizing the network stack and designing low-power IoT hardware.

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Xulong Tang, Associate Professor

Dr. Tang's research interests lie in the fields of high-performance computing and parallel computer architectures and systems.

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Vladimir Zadorozhny, Professor

Dr. Zadorozhny's research interests include information integration and data fusion for notable event detection, complex adaptive systems, wireless and sensor data management, query optimization in distributed environments.

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Youtao Zhang, Professor

Dr. Zhang's research interests are in the areas of the computer security, program analysis and compiler optimization, and computer architecture.

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Pengfei Zhou, Assistant Professor

Dr. Zhou's research interests include the Artificial Intelligence of Things, mobile and networked sensing, and mobile networks.

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