Kang Geun Shin (born 1946) is a South Korean-born computer scientist and the Kevin and Nancy O'Connor Professor of Computer Science in the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department at the

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. He is also the founding director of the Real-Time Computing Laboratory (RTCL). He is known for his contributions to the field of real-time fault-tolerant systems. Shin is a recipient of the Korean Ho-Am Prize in Engineering. This prize is awarded for the "outstanding contributions to the development of science and culture and enhancement of the welfare of mankind". In 1992, Kang G. Shin was elevated to the grade of

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fellow for his contributions to the theory of dynamic failure in real-time computing systems.

Education

Shin received a BS (1970) in electronic engineering from

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and an MS (1976) and a PhD (1978) in electrical engineering from

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Research interests

*Wireless real-time networking *Computation and network security *Cyber-physical systems *Virtualization-based server consolidation and resource management

Real-Time Computing Laboratory (RTCL)

RTCL is a research group in the EECS dept. at University of Michigan. The research topics at RTCL include: *Quality-of-Service (QoS) sensitive computation and networking, especially focusing on Internet services and applications *Real-time operating systems and middleware services *Distributed system architectures for timeliness and dependability QoS *Fault-tolerant system design, analysis, and validation *Open controller software architectures and

real time database Real-time database has two meanings. The most common use of the term refers to a database system which uses streaming technologies to handle workloads whose state is constantly changing. This differs from traditional databases containing persistent ...

s for embedded systems like automobiles, automated homes and factories
RTCL Alumni Tree

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Shin, Kang G. University of Michigan faculty Living people 1946 births Cornell University alumni Seoul National University alumni South Korean computer scientists Recipients of the Ho-Am Prize in Engineering South Korean electrical engineers