Remzi Arpaci-Dusseau is the Grace Wahba professor of Computer Sciences at the

University of Wisconsin-Madison A university () is an institution of tertiary education and research which awards academic degrees in several academic disciplines. ''University'' is derived from the Latin phrase , which roughly means "community of teachers and scholars". Uni ...

and former chair of the

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department. He co-leads a research group with Professor Andrea Arpaci-Dusseau. He and Andrea have co-written a textbook on

operating system An operating system (OS) is system software that manages computer hardware and software resources, and provides common daemon (computing), services for computer programs. Time-sharing operating systems scheduler (computing), schedule tasks for ...

s, "Operating Systems: Three Easy Pieces" (OSTEP), that is downloaded millions of times yearly and used at hundreds of institutions worldwide. His research been cited over 15,000 times and is one of the leading experts in the area of data storage. He currently serves as the Director of the School of Computer, Data & Information Sciences and as Special Advisor to the Provost on Computing.

Education

Arpaci-Dusseau received his

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at the

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in 1993, then proceeded to earn his

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in 1996 at the

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. He later earned his Ph.D at the same institution, with a thesis titled ''Performance Availability for Networks of Workstations''.

Honors and awards

* Mark Weiser Award (2018) *

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(2020) * AAAS Fellow (2022) * Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professor (2022) * UW-Madison Chancellor's Distinguished Teaching Award (2016) * UC Berkeley Computer Science Distinguished Alumni Award (2023) * SACM Student's Choice Professor of the Year Award (the COW award) (2001, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2016, 2018) *

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FAST Test of Time Award (2022) *

FAST Best Paper Award (2004, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2017, 2018, 2020) * SOSP Best Paper Award (2011)

References

External links

Remzi Arpaci-Dusseau's Professional Website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Arpaci-Dusseau, Remzi Living people University of Wisconsin–Madison faculty American computer scientists UC Berkeley College of Engineering alumni Year of birth missing (living people) University of Michigan College of Engineering alumni 2020 fellows of the Association for Computing Machinery