About Me
I am a computer systems researcher. My research interests are in the areas of computer architecture and systems software, focusing on designing efficient hyperscale web systems. My work bridges computer architecture and software systems, demonstrating the importance of that bridge in realizing efficient web services via solutions that span the system stack.
Modern web systems introduce trade-offs between performance and numerous features essential for cost- and energy-efficient operation of data centers (e.g., high server utilization, continuous power management, and use of commodity hardware and software). This efficiency trade-off is particularly exacerbated at hyperscale, across hundreds of thousands of servers in a data center. My work identifies that the main challenge in narrowing the efficiency gap at hyperscale is a large and complex software and hardware design space that makes it intractable to identify optimal software/hardware designs manually. Specifically, my work provides a systematic understanding of hardware and software design space implications that has helped me develop practical, scalable, and real full-stack solutions that intelligently self-navigate the design space at run time to improve web service efficiency at hyperscale. Some of my solutions have been deployed at hyperscale and are currently serving billions of users.
I am a recipient of the Facebook Fellowship (Distributed Systems), a Rising Stars in EECS Workshop participant, and a recipient of the Rackham Graduate Fellowship. My work has resulted in multiple research papers at top-tier computer architecture and systems venues like OSDI, ISCA, and ASPLOS.
My Ph.D. thesis is advised by Prof. Thomas F. Wenisch. Due to some interesting circumstances this past year, I had the incredible opportunity of working with Prof. David Brooks, Prof. Margo Seltzer, Prof. Peter M. Chen, and Prof. Baris Kasikci.
I am currently applying for tenure-track faculty positions. I expect to graduate in Spring 2021. I am interested in positions both in the US and abroad. Please reach out to me if you are hiring!
Education
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PhD in Computer Science, 2021 (expected)
University of Michigan
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M.S. in Embedded Systems, 2015
University of Pennsylvania
