Faculty

Abhishek Chandra
Abhishek Chandra is an Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science & Engineering. His research interests are in the areas of Operating Systems and Distributed Systems. He received his B.Tech. degree in Computer Science and Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, and his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Computer Science from the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
PhD Students

Rankyung Hong
Rankyung Hong is a PhD candidate in the Department of Computer Science & Engineering. Her research interests include distributed deep learning systems.


Yixuan Wang
Yixuan Wang is a PhD student in the Department of Computer Science & Engineering. Her research interests include distributed systems, especially in Machine learning, Internet of Things (IoT), and related securty.

Mitch Terrell
Mitch Terrell is a PhD student in the Department of Computer Science & Engineering. He is also a full time Firmware Design Engineer at Boston Scientific. His research interests include distributed systems and machine learning.
Undergraduate Students
Former Students
Dorota Kopczyk
Class of 2024
M.S. in Computer Science
Software Engineer @ Sandia Labs
Anirudh Achanta
Class of 2023
M.S. in Computer Science
Data Scientist @ ZScaler
Sumanth Kaushik Vishwanath
Class of 2023
M.S. in Computer Science
Software Engineer @ Whova
Mohamed Aboushanab
Class of 2023
B.S. in Computer Science
Firmware Engineer @ Boston Scientific
Minrui Tian
Class of 2023
B.S. in Computer Science
Ph.D. Student @ Rutgers University
Sponsors: NSF
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