Date: Tue, 10 Dec 1996 15:07:59 GMT Server: NCSA/1.4.2 Content-type: text/html Last-modified: Fri, 29 Nov 1996 21:26:53 GMT Content-length: 12063 Ed Lazowska: Abbreviated CV

Edward D. Lazowska
January 1996

Personal

Born in Washington, D.C., August 3, 1950.
Married; 2 children.

Education

Ph.D. in Computer Science, University of Toronto, 1977.
M.Sc. in Computer Science, University of Toronto, 1974.
A.B. in Computer Science (independent concentration), Brown University, 1972.

Recent Employment

University of Washington, Department of Computer Science & Engineering
Chair, 1993-
Professor, 1986-
Associate Professor, 1982-86
Assistant Professor, 1977-82
Digital Equipment Corporation, Systems Research Center
Visiting Scientist, 1984-85

Research Interests

Computer systems: modelling and analysis, design and implementation, distributed and parallel systems.

Representative Recent Awards

  • University of Washington Annual Faculty Lecturer, 1996.
  • Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 1996.
  • Fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery, 1995.
  • Award paper, ACM SIGCOMM '93 Symposium.
  • Award paper, 1993 Machnix Workshop.
  • Award paper, 13th ACM Symposium on Operating Systems Principles (1991).
  • Award paper, 12th ACM Symposium on Operating Systems Principles (1989).
  • Award paper, 1989 ACM SIGMETRICS Conference on Measurement and Modeling of Computer Systems.
  • Award paper, 1985 ACM SIGMETRICS Conference on Measurement and Modeling of Computer Systems.

    Representative Recent Grants

    National Science Foundation, 1996-98. Co-Principal Investigator (with S. Corbato, T. Gray, and C. Stubbs), Grant No. NCR-9617039: vBNS Connectivity for the University of Washington, $904,000 (including 60% UW contribution).

    Intel Corporation, 1996. Co-Principal Investigator (with B. Bershad, M. Soma, and G. Zick), Enhancing the Engineering Curriculum on the PC Platform, $925,000 (100% allowance on equipment).

    Intel Corporation, 1995. Co-Principal Investigator (with B. Bershad), Research and Educational Computing Infrastructure, $200,000 (100% allowance on equipment).

    IBM Corporation, 1994-95. Co-Principal Investigator (with B. Bershad), System Structure for Advanced Processors, $650,000 (100% allowance on equipment).

    Intel Corporation, 1993-94. Co-Principal Investigator (with G. Zick), Collaborative Research in High Performance Computing, $761,000 (100% allowance on equipment).

    National Science Foundation, 1992-96. Co-Principal Investigator (with H. Levy and J. Zahorjan), Grant No. CCR-9200832: System Support for High Performance Computing, $1,984,000 (including 20% UW contribution).

    National Science Foundation, 1992-96. Co-Principal Investigator (with R. Anderson, A. Borning, T. DeRose, H. Levy, D. Notkin, L. Snyder, S. Tanimoto, and J. Zahorjan), Grant No. CDA-9123308: High Performance Parallel/Distributed Computing (II Program), $1,765,000 (including 25% UW contribution).

    National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1992-95. Investigator (with L. Adams, R. Anderson, J. Bardeen, R. Carlberg, C. Hogan, G. Lake (PI), W. Petersen, and L. Snyder), Large Scale Structure and Galaxy Formation, $1,549,000.

    Boeing Computer Services, 1992-93. Co-Principal Investigator (with H. Levy), Distributed and Parallel Operating System Support for Next-Generation Architectures, $100,000.

    Washington Technology Center, 1991-93. Co-Principal Investigator (with H. Levy and J. Zahorjan), High Performance Computing and Communication, $152,000.

    Digital Equipment Corporation, 1990-93. Co-Principal Investigator (with H. Levy), Research Agreement #1076: Operating System Support for Contemporary Multi-Computers, $960,000 (80% allowance on $1,200,000 in equipment).

    National Science Foundation, 1989-92. Co-Principal Investigator (with H. Levy), Grant No. CCR-8907666: Amber: Programming Support for Networks of Multiprocessors, $343,000.

    National Science Foundation, 1987-92. Project Director and Co-Principal Investigator (with J.-L. Baer, H. Levy, L. Snyder, W. Ruzzo, S Tanimoto, and J. Zahorjan), Grant No. CCR-8619663: Effective Use of Parallel Computing (CER Program), $4,808,000 (including 25% UW contribution).

    National Science Foundation, 1987-91. Co-Principal Investigator (with J. Zahorjan), Grant No. CCR-8703049: Performance of Parallel Systems, $320,000.

    Representative Recent Professional Activities

  • Computer Science and Telecommunications Board of the National Research Council, 1996-.
  • National Science Foundation Advisory Committee for Computer and Information Science and Engineering, 1995-.
  • Technical Advisory Board, Microsoft Research, 1991-.
  • Board of Directors, Computing Research Association, 1992-; Chair, Government Affairs Committee.
  • National Research Council Panel to Review the Multi-Agency HPCC Program ("Brooks/Sutherland Committee"), 1994-95.
  • Board of Directors, Data I/O Corporation, 1996-.
  • State of Washington Information Services Board, 1995-.
  • Board of Directors, Washington Software and Digital Media Alliance, 1996-.
  • Computer Science and Systems Academic Advisory Council, National Semiconductor Corporation, 1996-.
  • Scientific Advisory Board, Cascadia Fund, Cable & Howse Ventures, 1995-.
  • Standing advisory committees for UC Berkeley Dept. of EECS, Stanford Univ. Dept. of Computer Science, Univ. of Virginia Dept. of Computer Science, Hong Kong Univ. of Science & Technology Dept. of Computer Science, DoE Pacific Northwest National Laboratories Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory and Molecular Science Computing Facility.
  • National Research Council Panel to Review NASA's Earth Observing System Data and Information System, 1993.
  • Program Chair, 13th ACM Symposium on Operating Systems Principles, 1991.
  • Chair, ACM Software System Award Committee, 1991; Member, 1988-92.
  • Editor, IEEE Transactions on Computers, 1988-94.
  • Chair, Committee of Examiners, GRE Computer Science Test, 1986-90; Member, 1982-90.
  • Chair, ACM Special Interest Group on Measurement and Evaluation (SIGMETRICS), 1985-89.
  • IFIP Working Group 7.3 on Computer System Modelling, 1986-.

    Representative Recent Departmental and University Activities

  • Chair, Department of Computer Science & Engineering, 1993-.
  • Associate Chair, Department of Computer Science & Engineering, 1988-93.
  • Chair, University Advisory Committee for Academic Technology, 1990-.
  • Ad hoc Committee on Educational Technology & Distance Learning, 1995-.
  • Committee on the Future of the Graduate School of Library and Information Science, 1996.
  • Committee on the Deanship of the College of Arts and Sciences, 1994.
  • Chair, Committee to Review the Proposed Ph.D. Program in Molecular Biotechnology, 1994.
  • Committee to Review the Performance of the Dean of Engineering, 1992-93.

    Student Supervision

    17 Ph.D. completed, 21 M.S. completed. Recent Ph.D. students:

    Representative Publications

    E. Lazowska, J. Zahorjan, G. Graham, and K. Sevcik. Quantitative System Performance: Computer System Analysis Using Queueing Network Models. Prentice-Hall, 1984.

    D. Eager, E. Lazowska, and J. Zahorjan. Adaptive Load Sharing in Homogeneous Distributed Systems. IEEE Trans. on Software Engr. SE-12,4 (May 1986).

    D. Eager, J. Zahorjan, and E. Lazowska. Speedup Versus Efficiency in Parallel Systems. IEEE Trans. on Computers 38,3 (March 1989).

    T. Anderson, E. Lazowska, and H. Levy. The Performance Implications of Thread Management Alternatives for Shared-Memory Multiprocessors. IEEE Trans. on Computers 38,12 (Dec. 1989). (Award paper, 1989 ACM SIGMETRICS Conf.)

    J. Chase, F. Amador, E. Lazowska, H. Levy, and R. Littlefield. The Amber System: Parallel Programming on a Network of Multiprocessors. Proc. 12th ACM Symp. on Operating Systems Principles (Dec. 1989).

    B. Bershad, T. Anderson, E. Lazowska, and H. Levy. Lightweight Remote Procedure Call. ACM Trans. on Computer Systems 8,1 (Feb. 1990). (Award paper, 12th ACM Symp. on Operating Systems Principles.)

    T. Anderson and E. Lazowska. Quartz: A Tool for Tuning Parallel Program Performance. Proc. ACM SIGMETRICS Conf. on Measurement and Modeling of Computer Systems (May 1990).

    T. Anderson, H. Levy, B. Bershad, and E. Lazowska. The Interaction of Architecture and Operating System Design. Proc. 4th International Conf. on Architectural Support for Programming Languages and Operating Systems (April 1991).

    B. Bershad, T. Anderson, E. Lazowska, and H. Levy. User-Level Interprocess Communication for Shared Memory Multiprocessors. ACM Trans. on Computer Systems 9,2 (May 1991).

    T. Anderson, B. Bershad, E. Lazowska, and H. Levy. Scheduler Activations: Effective Kernel Support for the User-Level Management of Parallelism. ACM Trans. on Computer Systems 10,1 (Feb. 1992). (Award paper, 13th ACM Symp. on Operating Systems Principles.)

    C. Thekkath, T. Nguyen, E. Moy, and E. Lazowska. Implementing Network Protocols at User Level. IEEE/ACM Trans. on Networking 1,5 (Oct. 1993). (Award paper, ACM SIGCOMM '93 Symp.)

    M. Vernon, E. Lazowska, and S. Personick, eds. R&D for the NII: Technical Challenges. EDUCOM, May 1994.

    C. Thekkath, H. Levy, and E. Lazowska. Separating Data and Control Transfer in Distributed Operating Systems. Proc. 6th International Conf. on Architectural Support for Programming Languages and Operating Systems (Oct. 1994).

    J. Chase, H. Levy, M. Feeley, and E. Lazowska. Sharing and Protection in a Single Address Space Operating System. ACM Trans. on Computer Systems 12,4 (Nov. 1994).

    Recent Invited Presentations

    25 in the past five years, including 15 Distinguished Lecturer Series, Keynote Speaker, or other special event (Univ. of Toronto, Univ. of Colorado, Univ. of Wisconsin, NCR Corp., Univ. of Minnesota, U.C. San Diego, Univ. of Massachusetts at Amherst, 3rd Symposium on Experience with Distributed and Multiprocessor Systems, 11th Annual ACM Symposium on Principles of Distributed Computing, MIT, Georgia Institute of Technology, Fluke Corporation, Univ. of Washington Annual Faculty Lecture, Berwind Group, Univ. of Washington Alumni Association)


    lazowska@cs.washington.edu