Picture of Chris Stewart
homepage [http://www.cs.rochester.edu/~stewart/]
area Systems
advisor Kai Shen
citizenship US
What are your research interests?
From a broad perspective, I investigate infrastructures for building and connecting large computer systems which generally involves research in operating or distributed systems or middleware. The practical problems that I solve don't normally appear in small systems, so I target large enterprise systems (e.g., Google, Ebay, Stock Trading systems).

Where are you from originally?
I was raised in California. I did my undergrad at Morehouse College in Atlanta, GA.

What do you do on a typical day?
Ummm... I reboot my modified Linux kernel about 5 times, bang my head and fingers on the keyboard until things work, investigate hot systems researchers with Arrvindh Shriraman, and GIVE IT TO ANYONE THAT WANTS IT ON THE BASKETBALL COURT.

What are your goals for this year?
I get to focus on my research! I have two ongoing projects. My advisor, Kai Shen, and I are looking for performance bugs in distributed server systems (e.g., JBoss and WebSphere). I am also collaborating with Terence Kelly and Alex Zhang of HP labs on cross-platform models of server system performance.

What do you plan to do after you graduate?
I would like to teach in California.

How do you like to spend your time?
I like to play basketball, watch movies, and listen to rhythm and blues music.

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