Team

We are always looking for talented people to join our lab. If you enjoy working on exciting problems at the cross-roads of architecture, systems, and big data, please read this!

Director

Boris Grot

Reader (Associate Professor)
Email: boris.grot@ed.ac.uk
Homepage: http://homepages.inf.ed.ac.uk/bgrot/

Current Students

Amna Shahab

Ph.D. from 2015
Email: <amna.shahab [at] ed.ac.uk>
Homepage: http://homepages.inf.ed.ac.uk/s1521171
Research: Amna’s research interests lie in the domain of computer architecture and memory subsystems in particular. Currently, she is investigating memory subsystem design for emerging data-center applications.

M.R. Siavash Katebzadeh

Ph.D. from 2017
Email: <m.r.katebzadeh [at] ed.ac.uk>
Homepage: http://mr.katebzadeh.xyz
Research: Siavash’s main research interests include computer networks and computer systems. Currently, he is working on optimizing Datacenter Networks (DCNs) with a focus on gaining high latency predictability.

David Schall

Ph.D. from 2020
Email: <D.H.Schall [at] sms.ed.ac.uk>
Homepage: https://dhschall.github.io/
Research: David’s research interests span across Computer Architecture and Systems with a particular interest in CPU microarchitecture. His current focus in on microarchitecture specialization for cloud computing.

Dilina Dehigama

Ph.D. from 2021
Email: <dilina.dehigama [at] ed.ac.uk>
Homepage:
Research: Dilina’s research centers on cloud computing and computer systems, with a particular focus on hybrid systems that integrate serverless computing with traditional cloud computing systems.

Esra Nur Ayaz

Ph.D. from 2021
Email: <esra.ayaz [at] sms.ed.ac.uk>
Homepage:
Research:

Shyam Jesalpura

Ph.D. from 2022
Email: <firstname [dot] lastname [at] ed.ac.uk>
Homepage:
Research: Shyam’s main research interests lie in Cloud based Computing systems. Currently, he is working on hybrid systems that combine the best of both serverless and traditional cloud computing.

Shengda Zhu

Ph.D. from 2022
Email: <shengda.zhu [at] ed.ac.uk>
Homepage:
Research: Shengda’s main research interests lie in Computer Systems and Cloud Computing. Currently, he is working on data analytics in the context of Serverless Computing.


Former Members

Dmitrii Ustiugov. PhD 2022 (thesis). First employment: Assistant Professor at Nanyang Technological University (NTU) Singapore

Antonis Katsarakis. PhD 2021 (thesis). First employment: Huawei Research

Artemiy Margaritov. PhD 2021 (thesis). First employment: Huawei Research

Priyank Faldu. PhD: 2020 (thesis). First employment: ARM

Rakesh Kumar. Postdoc: Jan 2015 – Jun 2017 (co-supervised with Dr. Vijay Nagarajan).

Kuntai Du, Intern (Peking University)

Pramod Chunduri, Intern (IIT-Kanpur)

Siddharth Gupta, Intern (BITS-Pilani)