Samer Al-kiswany
Assistant Professor
Cheriton School of Computer Science
University of Waterloo
Canada
Biography
Dr. Samer Al-Kiswany is an Assistant Professor in the Cheriton School of Computer Science, University of Waterloo, University Avenue West, Waterloo, ON, Canada.
Research Interest
Dr. Samer Al-Kiswany research interests are in the area of computing systems with a special focus on distributed and operating systems. I am interested in building highly efficient systems by leveraging recent advances in hardware technology and by exploiting domain specific optimizations. My current projects focus on building software-defined storage system for workflow applications, exploring fundamental reliability and scheduling problems in the Linux I/O stack, and exploiting recent advances in software-defined networks and multicore platforms to accelerate storage systems.
Publications
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A Cross-Layer Optimized Storage System for Workflow Applications, Samer Al-Kiswany, Lauro B. Costa, Hao Yang, Emalayan Vairavanathan, Matei Ripeanu. Journal on Future Generation Computer Systems. Feb 2017
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NICE: Network-Integrated Cluster-Efficient Storage, Samer Al-Kiswany, Suli Yang, Andrea C. Arpaci-Dusseau, Remzi H. Arpaci-Dusseau, ACM International Symposium on High Performance Parallel and Distributed Computing (HPDC '17), June 2017
