Professor
Department of Computer Science140 Governors Drive
University of Massachusetts
Amherst, MA 01003
Contact Info
Office: 336 CS BuildingEmail: shenoy @ cs.umass.edu
Phone: (413) 577 0850
Fax: (413) 545 1249
Admin: Karren Sacco
Room 300, (413) 577 0292
Email: ksacco @cs.umass.edu
I am a Professor of Computer Science at UMass Amherst. My research interests lie in operating and distributed systems, sensor networks, Internet systems, and multimedia. I head the Laboratory for Advanced Systems Software here at UMass where we build systems and understand them through analysis and experimentation.
Recent News: • 10/09: Distinguished member of the ACM • 10/09: GENI grant on cloud control • 6/09: Promoted to Full Professor • 1/09: Papers accepted at INFOCOM, VEE, ICDE, and EWSN. • 10/15/08: GENI grant for Sensor Virtualization awarded.
Education
Ph.D. (1998), M.S. (1994), Computer Sciences, The University of Texas at Austin
B.Tech (1993), Computer Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay.
Research
My current research projects focus on server and desktop virtualization, RFID networks, sensor data management, and pervasive multimedia systems.
Laboratory for Advanced Systems Software
I maintain the UMass Trace Repository and the UMass CS Weather Station and am part of the UMass Center for Advanced RFID Research.
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Teaching
I am teaching Distributed Operating Systems and a seminar on Green Computing this Fall.
I also maintain a page for the OS kernel Lab.
Professional activities
Over the next few months, I will serve on the Program Committees of the following conferences and workshops
- ACM Sigcomm 2010
- USENIX 2010
- HotCloud 2009 (PC Chair)
My personal page is here.