Curriculum Vitae
Work Experience
| 2022–now | Professor, UC Santa Barbara Computer Science Dept. |
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| 2018–2022 | Associate Professor, UC Santa Barbara Computer Science Dept. |
| 2016–2017 | Visiting Researcher, Google Inc. |
| 2015–2016 | Associate Professor, UC Santa Barbara Computer Science Dept. |
| 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 – 2009
MS Computer Science, State University of New York at Utica/Rome – 2000
BS 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 | 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 | |
| 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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| Bryan Xu | |
| Jacqueline Mai | 2021 |
| Ryan Schroeder | 2021 |
| Ethan Kuefner | 2015 |
| Jared Roesch | 2015 |
| Kevin Frances | 2011 |
Undergraduate Research Students
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
Campus-Level Committees
| Dates | Activity |
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| 2021–now | Undergraduate Council |
Department-Level Individual Positions
| Dates | Position |
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| 2020–now | Undergraduate Vice Chair |
| 2022–now | 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 |
| 2011–2017 | Undergraduate Advisor |
| 2010–2016 | Faculty Liaison to the ACM Student Chapter |
Department-Level Committee Chair
| Dates | Committee |
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| 2020–now | 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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| 2021–2023 | LSOE Faculty Recruiting Committee |
| 2020–2023 | Undergraduate Affairs Committee |
| 2019–now | College of Creative Studies: Computing, Program Committee |
| 2021 | College of Creative Studies Merit/Promotion Personnel Committee |
| 2020–2022 | Phelps Covid-19 Building 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: September 2022
