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Welcome to the Penn State Computer Systems Lab.


We work at the intersection of cutting-edge technologies in hardware, networks, systems software and applications spanning a diverse spectrum of environments - from those in the high-end server space to those in the embedded domain. While evolving technologies can provide answers to traditional problems, they can introduce new Achilles' Heels to innovation, which our research intends to fix. In addition to enhancing performance which has been the norm, these new problems mandate reducing power consumption, improving reliability/availability, and making systems easier to use and manage. Our research uses a combination of experimentation on actual platforms, simulation and mathematical models in order to evaluate the pros and cons of ideas that we propose.

Our research areas include:

  • Architectures for High Performance, High Confidence, and Low Power
  • Resource Management and Systems Software for Enterprise Computing
  • Storage Sub-systems
  • Scalable Cluster Computing
  • Resource-Constrained and Mobile Computing