Biography:Remzi Arpaci-Dusseau

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Remzi Arpaci-Dusseau
NationalityAmerican
Other namesRemzi Arpaci
EducationPh.D. computer science, University of California, Berkeley, 1999
B.S. computer engineering, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, 1993
Known fordata storage and computer systems
Spouse(s)Andrea Arpaci-Dusseau
AwardsSIGOPS Mark Weiser Award, ACM Fellow, AAAS Fellow
Scientific career
FieldsComputer science
InstitutionsUniversity of Wisconsin–Madison
ThesisPerformance Availability for Networks of Workstations (1999)
Doctoral advisorDavid Patterson
Websitehttp://www.cs.wisc.edu/~remzi

Remzi Arpaci-Dusseau is the Grace Wahba professor[1] of Computer Sciences at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and former chair of the Computer Sciences department.[2] He co-leads a research group with Professor Andrea Arpaci-Dusseau.[3] He and Andrea have co-written a textbook on operating systems, "Operating Systems: Three Easy Pieces" (OSTEP), that is downloaded millions of times yearly and used at hundreds of institutions worldwide.[4] His research been cited over 15,000 times and is one of the leading experts in the area of data storage.[5]

He currently serves as the Director of the School of Computer, Data & Information Sciences[6] and as Special Advisor to the Provost on Computing.[7]

Education

Arpaci-Dusseau received his Bachelor of Science at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor in 1993,[8] then proceeded to earn his Master's in 1996 at the University of California, Berkeley.[9] He later earned his Ph.D at the same institution, with a thesis titled Performance Availability for Networks of Workstations.[10]


Honors and awards

  • Mark Weiser Award (2018)[11]
  • ACM Fellow (2020)[12]
  • AAAS Fellow (2022)[13]
  • Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professor (2022) [14]
  • UW-Madison Chancellor's Distinguished Teaching Award (2016)[15]
  • UC Berkeley Computer Science Distinguished Alumni Award (2023)[16]
  • SACM Student's Choice Professor of the Year Award (the COW award) (2001, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2016, 2018)[17]
  • USENIX FAST Test of Time Award (2022)[18]
  • USENIX FAST Best Paper Award (2004, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2017, 2018, 2020)[19]
  • SOSP Best Paper Award (2011)[20]


References

  1. "CDIS Endowed Chairs and Professorships". https://cdis.wisc.edu/cdis-endowed-chairs-professorships/. 
  2. "UW-Madison answers demand for data science with new school, major and more faculty". https://madison.com/wsj/news/local/education/university/uw-madison-answers-demand-for-data-science-with-new-school-major-and-more-faculty/article_a6d7b647-ced0-50d5-9388-71065351c2b8.html. Retrieved 29 July 2020. 
  3. "The ADvanced Systems Laboratory". https://research.cs.wisc.edu/adsl/. Retrieved 29 July 2020. 
  4. Operating Systems: Three Easy Pieces. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform. September 2018. ISBN 978-1-9850-8659-3. https://dl.acm.org/doi/book/10.5555/3299537. 
  5. "Remzi Arpaci-Dusseau - Google Scholar". https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=C1skWKgAAAAJ&hl=en. 
  6. "Erickson steps down, Arpaci-Dusseau to lead School of Computer, Data & Information Sciences". 9 October 2024. https://news.wisc.edu/tom-erickson-school-of-computer-data-information-sciences-founding-director-to-step-down/. 
  7. "Gilman, Walker and Arpaci-Dusseau to assume new leadership roles". 5 September 2024. https://news.wisc.edu/gilman-walker-and-arpaci-dusseau-to-assume-new-leadership-roles/. 
  8. "Alumni in Academia". https://ece.engin.umich.edu/people/alumni/alumni-in-academia/. 
  9. "Communication Behavior of a Distributed Operating System". http://pages.cs.wisc.edu/~remzi/Postscript/masters.pdf. Retrieved 29 July 2020. 
  10. "Performance Availability for Networks of Workstations". http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~remzi/Postscript/phd.pdf. 
  11. "ACM SIGOPS Mark Weiser Award". http://www.sigops.org/award-weiser.html. 
  12. "ACM Fellow". https://awards.acm.org/award_winners/arpaci-dusseau_4247391. 
  13. "2022 AAAS Fellows". https://www.aaas.org/page/2022-fellows-0. 
  14. "Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professorships". 7 June 2022. https://news.wisc.edu/32-faculty-honored-with-vilas-professorships-and-awards/. 
  15. "Distinguished Teaching Awards 2016". 25 February 2016. https://news.wisc.edu/distinguished-teaching-awards-2016/. 
  16. "CS Distinguished Alumni Award Winners". https://eecs.berkeley.edu/people/alumni/cs-distinguished-alumni. 
  17. "The SACM Student COW (Choose Of Wisconsin) Award". https://sacm.cs.wisc.edu/resources. 
  18. "USENIX TEST OF TIME AWARDS". 4 September 2013. https://www.usenix.org/conferences/test-of-time-awards. 
  19. "USENIX Best Papers (FAST)". 15 September 2022. https://www.usenix.org/conferences/best-papers?taxonomy_vocabulary_1_tid=&title_1=FAST. 
  20. "Best Paper Awards". https://jeffhuang.com/best_paper_awards/#2011.