About me
Research Staff Member
Research lab: Watson Research Center (Hawthorne)
I am a researcher currently focused on distributed system problems including performance management and scalability. I also have interests in ubiquitous computing, programming languages, and security. Recent activities include contributions to the performance management features of WebSphere Extended Deployment (part of the Application Server product line).
Prior to moving to IBM in 2000, I worked at the Xerox Palo Alto Research Center. There I worked on various projects in ubiquitous computing, distributed databases, programming languages, security, user interface technology, and VLSI design aids. One of the most prominent was the project named Bayou, which was about peer-to-peer distributed databases for weak connectivity settings. Another project was Inter-Language Unification (ILU), an open-source multi-language interconnection technology. I learned a lot working on various aspects of the Cedar environment developed in CSL at PARC.
I received a Ph.D. in Computer Science from Stanford in 1989. My dissertation topic was in VLSI design aids. I was privileged to work with a distinguished series of advisors, including Forest Baskett, Manolis Katevenis, John Hennessey, and Mark Horowitz.
I received a B.Sc. in Engineering and Applied Science from CalTech in 1980. I had the privilege to learn about graphics and VLSI design aids issues from Ivan Sutherland, Jim Kajiya, and Telle Whitney.
Last updated 5 Mar 2008