Curriculum Vitae
Work Experience
| 2022–now | Professor, UC Santa Barbara Computer Science Dept. |
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| 2016–2022 | Associate Professor, UC Santa Barbara Computer Science Dept. |
| 2016–2017 | Visiting Researcher, Google Inc. |
| 2009–2015 | Assistant Professor, UC Santa Barbara Computer Science Dept. |
| 2001–2009 | Graduate RA/TA, University of Texas at Austin Computer Science Dept. |
| 1997–2001 | Lieutenant, United States Air Force |
Education
PhD Computer Science, University of Texas at Austin – 2009MS Computer Science, State University of New York at Utica/Rome – 2000BS Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, Duke University – 1997
Professional Activities
Conference Chair
| Dates | Activity |
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| 2023 | Code Generation and Optimization (CGO) Program Committee Chair |
| 2016 | Programming Language Design and Implementation (PLDI) Student Research Competition Chair and Student Volunteers Chair |
Conference Program Committee Member
| Dates | Venue |
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| 2013, 2016, 2019, 2022 | Code Generation and Optimization (CGO) |
| 2015, 2021, 2024 | Programming Language Design and Implementation (PLDI) |
| 2021 | International Conference on Code Quality (ICCQ) |
| 2019 | Static Analysis Symposium (SAS) |
| 2018 | LLVM Student Research Competition |
| 2015, 2016 | SoCal Programming Languages and Systems Workshop |
| 2014 | Working Conference on Source Code Analysis and Manipulation (SCAM) |
| 2014 | Programming Language Design and Implementation (PLDI) Student Research Competition |
| 2013 | Workshop on Tools for Automatic Program Analysis (TAPAS) |
| 2013 | Compiler Construction (CC) |
| 2013 | Foundations of Software Engineering (FSE) |
Conference External Review Committee Member
| Dates | Venue |
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| 2023 | Architectural Support for Programming Languages and Operating Systems (ASPLOS) |
| 2020 | Object-Oriented Programming, Systems, Languages, and Applications (OOPSLA) |
| 2016 | European Conference on Object-Oriented Programming (ECOOP) |
| 2010, 2012, 2014 | Programming Language Design and Implementation (PLDI) |
Teaching and Advising
PhD Advisees
| Student | Graduated |
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| Peter Boyland | |
| Zach Sisco | |
| Harlan Kringen | |
| Hitomi Nakayama | |
| Jingtao Xia | |
| Mehmet Emre | 2022 |
| Michael Christensen | 2021 |
| Lawton Nichols | 2019 |
| Kyle Dewey | 2017 |
| Madhukar Kedlaya | 2015 |
| Vineeth Kashyap | 2014 |
MS Advisees
| Student | Graduated |
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| Henry Zhang | 2023 |
| Bryan Xu | 2023 |
| Jacqueline Mai | 2021 |
| Ryan Schroeder | 2021 |
| Ethan Kuefner | 2015 |
| Jared Roesch | 2015 |
| Kevin Frances | 2011 |
Undergraduate Research Students
- Mike Wang
- Ethan Mader
- Aesha Parekh
- Rory Zahedi
- Ben Darnell
- Sitao Chen
- Chandler Forrest
- Wesley Polleck
- Davina Zamanzadeh
- Henry Yu
- Sarah Darwiche
- Bingbin Liu
- Connor Mulcahey
- Elena Morozova
- Lucas Tong
- Cole Margerum
- William Bennett
- Ben Campbell
- Ben Spitz
- Jack Gallagher
- Akhilesh Srikanth (NIT Karnataka, India)
- Tommy Ashmore (Harvey Mudd)
- Jane Hoffman (Harvey Mudd)
- John Sarracino (Harvey Mudd)
- Kevin Gibbons
- Dianne Wagner
- Jared Roesch
- Ethan Kuefner
- Berkeley Churchill
University Service
System-Level Committees
| Dates | Activity |
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| 2023–2024 | University Committee on Educational Policy (member) |
Campus-Level Committees
| Dates | Activity |
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| 2023–2024 | Undergraduate Council (chair) |
| 2023–2024 | Executive Council (member) |
| 2023–2024 | Faculty Legislature (member) |
| 2023–2023 | Contingency Planning Group (member) |
| 2023–2023 | Task Force on Disabled Students Program (member) |
| 2021–2023 | Undergraduate Council (member) |
Department-Level Individual Positions
| Dates | Position |
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| 2020–2023 | Undergraduate Vice Chair |
| 2022–2023 | Computer Engineering Program Coordinator |
| 2020–2021 | Undergraduate Advisor |
| 2019 | Undergraduate Vice Chair |
| 2015–2016 | Computer Engineering Program Associate Director |
| 2015–2016 | Lead for Undergraduate Advising Restructuring Effort |
| 2011–2016 | Undergraduate Advisor |
| 2010–2016 | Faculty Liaison to the ACM Student Chapter |
Department-Level Committee Chair
| Dates | Committee |
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| 2020–2023 | Undergraduate Curriculum Committee |
| 2019 | Undergraduate Curriculum Committee |
| 2018–2019 | CS Summit Committee |
| 2011–2012 | Colloquium Committee |
Department-Level Committee Member
| Dates | Committee |
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| 2023–now | Undergraduate Curriculum Committee |
| 2019–now | College of Creative Studies: Computing, Program Committee |
| 2020–2023 | Undergraduate Affairs Committee |
| 2021–2023 | LSOE Faculty Recruiting Committee |
| 2021 | College of Creative Studies Merit/Promotion Personnel Committee |
| 2020–2022 | Phelps Covid-19 Building Committee |
| 2020–2021 | Academic Program Review (PRP) Committee |
| 2020 | College of Creative Studies Merit/Promotion Personnel Committee |
| 2020 | Undergraduate Curriculum Committee |
| 2020 | Curriculum Assessment Task Force |
| 2019 | Undergraduate Affairs Committee |
| 2019 | LSOE Faculty Recruiting Committee |
| 2018–2019 | Undergraduate Affairs Committee |
| 2015–2016 | Computer Engineering Recruiting Committee |
| 2015–2016 | Computer Engineering Seminar Committee |
| 2015–2016 | Computer Engineering Undergraduate Curriculum Committee |
| 2014 | ABET Self-Assessment Committee |
| 2009–2011 | Undergraduate Curriculum Committee |
Last Updated: February 2024
