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Meet the Faculty: Peter Dinda

4:00 p.m.
March 6, 2008
Ford ITW Auditorium

Meet the Faculty: Peter Dinda, "The User in Experimental Computer Systems Research"
Experimental computer systems research typically ignores the end-user, modeling him, if at all, in overly simple ways. We argue that this (1) results in inadequate performance evaluation of the systems, and (2) ignores opportunities. we summarize our experiences with (a) directly evaluating user satisfaction and (b) incorporating user feedback in different areas of client/server computing, and use our experiences to motivate principles for that domain, and more generally in experimental computer systems research.

In addition to this core topic, which forms one current research project, I will also briefly describe other past and present projects in virtualization, sensor networks, and the modeling and prediction of distributed computer systems.
Northwestern University Robert R. McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department