Karin Strauss

Department of Computer Science
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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I have graduated with a PhD from the Department of Computer Science at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. I am now working as a researcher in the AMD Advanced Architecture and Technology Lab. I am also an affiliate faculty in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at University of Washington. Please visit my new home page.

At UIUC, I have worked as a computer architecture research assistant under the supervision of Prof. Josep Torrellas in the IACOMA group.

My main research interests are:

Cache coherence protocols
Chip-Multiprocessor (CMP) architectures
Virtualization and partitioning of multiprocessors
Transactional memory systems
System software for new architectures

Please feel free to take a look at my publications list.

You can also take a look at the archmap tool, developed by Luis Ceze and myself. The tool shows computer architecture and compiler conferences on a world map (based on Google Maps).

During the last few years, I have been involved in the development of Sesc, a cycle accurate simulator for uniprocessor and multiprocessor systems. My focus has been on the memory subsystem for multiprocessor simulation. You can check it out at sourceforge.net.

Here are some interesting classes I have taken:

Introduction to VLSI System Design
Computer Microarchitecture
Computer System Organization
Combinatorial Algorithms
Hot Topics in Operating Systems
Compiler Construction
Theory of High Speed Parallel Computation
Dynamic Translation and Optimization: Hardware/Software Systems

People usually say that this place is very cold during winter, and they are absolutely right. What they never say is that this place is also very hot during summer. Check it out!