Alex Shye

		Alex Shye Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Technological Institute, L458 2145 Sheridan Road Evanston, IL 60208 Email: `(my last name)` AT `northwestern` DOT `edu` Phone: `(847) 467-4610`

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I am a Ph.D. student in the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department at Northwestern University. I am advised by Professor Gokhan Memik.

Research

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I am a computer architect and my research spans the broad area of computer architecture and systems. I work on improving the performance, power consumption, and reliability of computer systems with a holistic approach that involves understanding the interactions between the microarchitecture, compilers, systems software, applications, and the end user. My goal is to develop novel technologies and contribute to the computing revolution that is improving lives around the globe (it sure has improved mine :).

My current and past research projects (with selected publications) include:

Empathic Architectures and Systems: [ASPLOS-WACI 2008] [ISCA 2008] [MICRO 2008]
Run-time Profiling and Optimization: [INTERACT 2005] [CGO 2007]
Software-Implemented Transient Fault Tolerance: [DSN 2007](extended in TDSC 2009)

Take a look at the Research and Publication pages for more details.

Research-related Press

2009.05.14 - Digi.no :: La brukertilfredsheten styre klokkehastigheten
2009.05.13 - Slashdot :: Measuring the User For CPU Frequency Scaling
2009.05.13 - McCormick News :: Group Optimizes Computers Based on User Satisfaction, Looks for Android Users

About Me

I grew up in the small town of Los Altos in northern California. I went to Los Altos High School where I ran cross-country and track & field. I received a B.S. degree in Computer Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. I continued my education at the University of Colorado at Boulder where I enjoyed the beautiful Rocky Mountains, and began my academic research career with the DRACO architecture research group studying dynamic optimization systems and software-implemented fault tolerance. I completed my M.S. degree in Computer Engineering at Colorado advised by Professor Daniel A. Connors. I have worked on various program profiling and dynamic optimization projects while interning at IBM Watson, Intel, Google and AMD. Currently, I am pursuing a Ph.D. at Northwestern University, exporing the fun area of user-aware computer architectures, and living it up in Chicago-land!

Wordle created from the text of all my papers