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Building innovative systems of sufficient realism, scale, performance and usability to directly impact the practice of computing is a hallmark of Carnegie Mellon.

We often use the statement “System building is a first-class activity” to signify our belief that this activity is worthy of the finest minds and deserves the highest respect. We also believe that the effort involved in building realistic systems is amply rewarded by the insights gained and the impact achieved.

A rich tradition of systems such as Mach, Warp, Camelot, AFS, Spice, Hydra, Cm* and C.mmp stretching over twenty-five years forms the backdrop for our current research.

 

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CSD Alumnus Receives ACM SIGOPS Dissertation Award

Monday, November 3, 2025
Juncheng Yang, a recent Computer Science Department Ph.D. graduate, received the 2025 ACM SIGOPS Dennis M. Ritchie Doctoral Dissertation Award, which recognizes the contributions and impact a doctoral thesis has on software systems research. Yang's dissertation, "Designing Efficient and Scalable Key-Value Cache Management Systems," uncovered insights into caching, leading to three advancements in this area.
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Ware Receives 2025 SIGCOMM Doctoral Dissertation Award

Monday, September 15, 2025
Ranysha (Ray) Ware, who earned her Ph.D. from Carnegie Mellon University's Computer Science Department (CSD) in 2024 and is a first-year assistant professor at Swarthmore College, received the 2025 SIGCOMM Doctoral Dissertation Award at the ACM SIGCOMM conference in Coimbra, Portugal. The award is the highest honor given to a dissertation in the field of computer networking worldwide. Ware’s dissertation focused on how fairly internet services share bandwidth.
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Last First Professional Title
Agarwal Anup Doctoral Research Assistant
Amvrosiadis George Associate Research Professor, Affiliated Faculty
Andersen David Professor
Arch Samuel Doctoral Research Assistant
Athlur Sanjith Doctoral Research Assistant
Atre Nirav Doctoral Research Assistant
Bala Mihir Post Doctoral Fellow
Beckmann Nathan Associate Professor
Benson Theophilus Professor
Brana Jennifer Doctoral Research Assistant
Brown Fraser Assistant Professor
Brumley David Professor of ECE, Affiliated Faculty
Chanana Aditya Doctoral Research Assistant
Chen Beidi Assistant Professor, Affiliated Faculty
Chen Edward Doctoral Research Assistant
Chen Shuoshuo Doctoral Research Assistant
Chen Siyuan Doctoral Research Assistant
Chen Xiangliang Doctoral Research Assistant
Chen Zhuoming Doctoral Research Assistant
Cheng Xinhao Doctoral Research Assistant
Chopra Saransh Doctoral Research Assistant
Choung Valerie Doctoral Research Assistant
Coppock Patrick Doctoral Research Assistant
Crane Keenan Associate Professor
Dong Qifei Doctoral Research Assistant
Faloutsos Christos Fredkin University Professor of Computer Science
Fanti Giulia Associate Professor, Affiliated Faculty
Ferreira Farina Margarida Doctoral Research Assistant
Freitas Siqueira S M Barreto Hugo Doctoral Research Assistant
Ganger Gregory Professor, Affiliated Faculty
Garlan David Professor
Gibbons Phillip Professor
Gibson Garth Consulting Professor
Goldstein Seth Associate Professor
Gregersen Theo Doctoral Research Assistant
Harchol-Balter Mor Dr. Bruce J. Nelson Professor of Computer Science
Harper Robert Professor
Hou Bohan Doctoral Research Assistant
Jayashankar Siddharth Doctoral Research Assistant
Jia Limin Research Professor, Affiliated Faculty
Jia Zhihao Assistant Professor
Jin Hongyi Doctoral Research Assistant
Kalasibail Seetharam Sagar Bharadwaj Doctoral Research Assistant
Kim Hyoungjoo Doctoral Research Assistant
Kim Timothy Doctoral Research Assistant
Kumar Swarun Professor, Affiliated Faculty
Kuo Kevin Doctoral Research Assistant
Kypriotis Vasileios Doctoral Research Assistant
Lai Ruihang Doctoral Research Assistant
Laspias Christos Doctoral Research Assistant
Lee Seunghyun Doctoral Research Assistant
Lei Yiran Doctoral Research Assistant
Li Minchen Assistant Professor
Li Zikun Doctoral Research Assistant
Lim Sherman Doctoral Research Assistant
Lim Wan Shen Doctoral Research Assistant
Lin Zhengyao Doctoral Research Assistant
Lucia Brandon Professor, Affiliated Faculty
Martins Ruben Assistant Research Professor, Master’s Program Director
Miller Heather Assistant Professor
Mowry Todd Professor
Mukherjee Nirjhar Doctoral Research Assistant
Neamtu Natalie Doctoral Research Assistant
O'Hallaron David Professor Emeritus
Oliaro Gabriele Doctoral Research Assistant
Pang Qi Doctoral Research Assistant
Park Hojin Doctoral Research Assistant
Parno Bryan Professor
Patel Jignesh Professor; Interim Department Head, Computer Science Department
Pavlo Andrew Associate Professor
Qiu Ziyue Doctoral Research Assistant
Ripberger Andrew Doctoral Research Assistant
Rowe Anthony Professor
Saad Feras Assistant Professor
Sabino Nuno Doctoral Research Assistant
Satyanarayanan Mahadev Jaime Carbonell University Professor of Computer Science
Sekar Vyas Tan Family Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Affiliated Faculty
Seshan Srinivasan Joseph Traub Professor of Computer Science
Shafqat Hamna Doctoral Research Assistant
Shaw Mary A. J. Perlis University Professor, Affiliated Faculty
Sherry Justine Associate Professor
Shtepel Matan Doctoral Research Assistant
Singh Pratap Doctoral Research Assistant
Skarlatos Dimitrios Assistant Professor
Smith Virginia Assistant Professor
Solomon Eliot Doctoral Research Assistant
Steenkiste Peter Professor of Computer Science and Electrical and Computer Engineering
Suizo Isabel Doctoral Research Assistant
Tang Elanor Doctoral Research Assistant
Vijayakumar Saranya Doctoral Research Assistant
Vinayak Rashmi Korlakai Associate Professor
Wilks Guy Doctoral Research Assistant
Wing Jeannette Adjunct Faculty
Wu Mengdi Doctoral Research Assistant
Xu Mingkuan Doctoral Research Assistant
Zhang William Doctoral Research Assistant
Zhang Zhihao Doctoral Research Assistant
Zhao Kaiyang Doctoral Research Assistant
Zheng Wenting Assistant Professor
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