Curriculum Vitae Shoukat Ali

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1 Curriculum Vitae Shoukat Ali Address IBM Dublin Research Laboratory Dublin 15, Ireland Phone: Education 8/99 8/03 Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN Thesis: Robust Resource Allocation in Dynamic Distributed Heterogeneous Computing Systems Co-advisors: Profs. Howard Jay Siegel and Anthony Maciejewski 1/98 8/99 M.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN Thesis: A Comparative Study of Dynamic Mapping Heuristics for a Class of Independent Tasks onto Heterogeneous Computing Systems Advisor: Prof. Howard Jay Siegel Work Experience 1/10 Present Research Staff Member, Exascale Stream Computing Collaboratory, IBM Dublin Research Laboratory, Dublin, Ireland 4/07 1/10 Senior Component Design Engineer, Platform Validation and Enabling, Intel Corporation, Folsom, CA 1/09 3/09 Lecturer, Engineering Computer Science Department, UC Davis, CA 4/08 6/08 Lecturer, Engineering Computer Science Department, UC Davis, CA 8/03 3/07 Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Missouri-Rolla, MO Last updated June 27, 2012.

2 2 Shoukat Ali Publications Summary of Publications 36 publications, divided into eleven journal papers, 22 conference papers, two book chapters, and one book. Journal Papers 1. S. Ali, B. Eslamnour and Z. Shah A case for on-machine load balancing, Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing, Vol. 71, No. 4, pp , April B. Eslamnour and S. Ali, Measuring robustness of computing systems, Simulation Modelling Practice and Theory, Vol. 17, No. 9, pp , Oct. 2009, available online at 3. S. Ali, J.-K. Kim, H. J. Siegel, and A. A. Maciejewski, Static heuristics for robust resource allocation of continuously executing applications, Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing, Vol. 68, No. 8, pp , Aug P. Sugavanam, H. J. Siegel, A. A. Maciejewski, M. Oltikar, A. Mehta, R. Pichel, A. Horiuchi, V. Shestak, M. Al-Otaibi, Y. Krishnamurthy, S. Ali, J. Zhang, M. Aydin, P. Lee, K. Guru, M. Raskey, and A. Pippin, Robust Static Allocation of Resources for Independent Tasks under Makespan and Dollar Cost Constraints, Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing, Vol. 67, No. 4, pp , Apr M. Maheswaran and S. Ali, A taxonomy of network computing systems, IEEE Computer, Oct S. Ali, A. A. Maciejewski, H. J. Siegel, and J.-K. Kim, Measuring the robustness of a resource allocation, IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems, Vol. 15, No. 7, July 2004, pp S. Ali, J.-K. Kim, Y. Yu, S. B. Gundala, S. Gertphol, H. J. Siegel, A. A. Maciejewski, and V. Prasanna, Utilization-based techniques for statically mapping heterogeneous applications onto the HiPer-D heterogeneous computing system, Parallel and Distributed Computing Practices, Vol. 5, No. 4, Dec M. D. Theys, S. Ali, H. J. Siegel, M. Chandy, K. Hwang, K. Kennedy, L. Sha, K. G. Shin, M. Snir, L. Snyder, and T. Sterling, What are the top ten most influential parallel and distributed processing concepts of the past millenium?, Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing, Vol. 61, No. 12, Dec. 2001, pp , invited. 9. S. Ali, H. J. Siegel, M. Maheswaran, D. Hensgen, and S. Sedigh-Ali, Representing task and machine heterogeneities for heterogeneous computing systems, Tamkang Journal of Science and Engineering, Vol. 3, No. 3, Nov. 2000, pp , invited.

3 Shoukat Ali H. J. Siegel and S. Ali, Techniques for mapping tasks to machines in heterogeneous computing systems, Journal of Systems Architecture, Vol. 46, No. 8, May 2000, pp , invited. 11. M. Maheswaran, S. Ali, H. J. Siegel, D. Hensgen, and R. F. Freund, Dynamic mapping of a class of independent tasks onto heterogeneous computing systems, Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing, Vol. 59, No. 2, Nov. 1999, pp Book 1. Emulation Methodology Handbook, Internal Intel document, edited by S. Ali, I. Baucom, J. Friedrichsmeyer, and J. Maneely, Book Chapters (Invited) 1. S. Ali, T. D. Braun, H. J. Siegel, N. Beck, L. Bölöni, M. Maheswaran, A. I. Reuther, J. P. Robertson, M. D. Theys, and B. Yao, Characterizing resource allocation heuristics for heterogeneous computing systems, Parallel, Distributed, and Pervasive Computing, A. R. Hurson, ed., Vol. 63 of Advances in Computers, Elsevier Academic Press, San Diego, CA, 2005, pp S. Ali, A. A. Maciejewski, and H. J. Siegel, Perspectives on robust resource allocation for heterogeneous parallel systems, Handbook of Parallel Computing: Models, Algorithms, and Applications, edited by Sanguthevar Rajasekaran and John Reif, Chapman & Hall/CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL, pp , Conference and Workshop Papers 1. D. Ajwani, S. Ali, and J. P. Morrison, Graph Partitioning For Reconfigurable Topology, accepted for the 26th IEEE International Parallel And Distributed Processing Symposium (IPDPS 2012), May D. Ajwani, S. Ali, K. Katrinis, C.-H. Li, A. J. Park, J. P. Morrison, and E. Schenfeld, A Flexible Workload Generator for Simulating Stream Computing Systems, The 19th Annual Meeting of the IEEE International Symposium on Modeling, Analysis and Simulation of Computer and Telecommunication Systems (MASCOTS 2011), July M. Ellebrecht, Z. Shah, M. Gann and S. Ali, Enhancing SDP-generated localization solutions by the removal of anchorless connected components, The 8th IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communications Workshops (PERCOM Workshops), Mar S. Ali, H. Pham, J. Fredine and Y. He, Emulating large Intel CPU designs, Intel Design and Test Technology Conference (DTTC 2008), Aug

4 4 Shoukat Ali 5. B. Eslamnour and S. Ali, A Probabilistic Approach to Measuring Robustness in Computing Systems, 6th International Workshop on Performance Modeling, Evaluation, and Optimization of Parallel and Distributed Systems in the proceedings of 21st International Parallel and Distributed Processing Symposium (IPDPS-W 2007), Mar V. Shestak, H. J. Siegel, A. A. Maciejewski, and S. Ali, The robustness of resource allocations in parallel and distributed computing systems, 19th IEEE International Conference on Architecture of Computing Systems: System Aspects in Organic Computing (ARCS 2006), Mar V. Shestak, H. J. Siegel, A. A. Maciejewski, and S. Ali, Robust resource allocations in parallel computing systems: Model and heuristics, The 2005 IEEE International Symposium on Parallel Architectures, Algorithms, and Networks, Dec B. Eslamnour and S. Ali, A measure of robustness against multiple kinds of perturbations, 14th IEEE Heterogeneous Computing Workshop (HCW 2005) in the proceedings of the 19th International Parallel and Distributed Processing Symposium (IPDPS 2005), Apr A. Mitra, M. Maheswaran, and S. Ali, Measuring scalability of resource management systems, 14th IEEE Heterogeneous Computing Workshop (HCW 2005) in the proceedings of the 19th International Parallel and Distributed Processing Symposium (IPDPS 2005), Apr P. Sugavanam, H. Siegel, A. Maciejewski, S. Ali, M. Al-Otaibi, M. A. K. Guru, A. Horiuchi, Y. Krishnamurthy, P. Lee, A. Mehta, M. O. R. Pichel, A. Pippin, M. Raskey, V. Shestak, and J. Zhang, Processor allocation for tasks that is robust against errors in computation time estimates, 14th IEEE Heterogeneous Computing Workshop (HCW 2005) in the proceedings of the 19th International Parallel and Distributed Processing Symposium (IPDPS 2005), Apr S. Ali, A. A. Maciejewski, and H. J. Siegel, A measure of robustness for distributed computing systems, International National Science Foundation Workshop on Frontiers of Information Technology, Dec. 2004, invited. 12. S. Ali, A. A. Maciejewski, H. J. Siegel, and J.-K. Kim, Robust resource allocation for distributed computing systems, 2004 International Conference on Parallel Processing (ICPP 2004), Aug S. Ali, H. J. Siegel, and A. A. Maciejewski, Robustness measure for a resource allocation, The 3rd International Symposium on Parallel and Distributed Computing (ISPDC 2004), July 2004, invited keynote (Siegel). 14. S. Ali, A. A. Maciejewski, and H. J. Siegel, Measuring robustness for distributed computing systems, International National Science Foundation Workshop on Frontiers of Information Technology, Dec. 2003, invited.

5 Shoukat Ali S. Ali, A. A. Maciejewski, H. J. Siegel, and J.-K. Kim, On the robustness of resource allocation for parallel and distributed computing and communications, The 2003 International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Processing Techniques and Applications (PDPTA 2003), Vol. I, June 2003, pp. 1 14, invited keynote (Siegel). 16. S. Ali, A. A. Maciejewski, H. J. Siegel, and J.-K. Kim, Definition of a robustness metric for resource allocation, 17th International Parallel and Distributed Processing Symposium (IPDPS 2003), Apr S. Ali, J.-K. Kim, Y. Yu, S. B. Gundala, S. Gertphol, H. J. Siegel, A. A. Maciejewski, and V. Prasanna, Greedy heuristics for resource allocation in dynamic distributed real-time heterogeneous computing systems, 2002 International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Processing Techniques and Applications, Vol. II, June 2002, pp S. Ali, J.-K. Kim, Y. Yu, S. B. Gundala, S. Gertphol, H. J. Siegel, A. A. Maciejewski, and V. Prasanna, Utilization-based heuristics for statically mapping real-time applications onto the HiPer-D heterogeneous computing system, 11th IEEE Heterogeneous Computing Workshop (HCW 2002) in the proceedings of the 16th International Parallel and Distributed Processing Symposium (IPDPS 2002), Apr S. Gertphol, Y. Yu, S. B. Gundala, V. K. Prasanna, S. Ali, J.-K. Kim, A. A. Maciejewski, and H. J. Siegel, A metric and mixed-integer-programming-based approach for resource allocation in dynamic real-time systems, 16th International Parallel and Distributed Processing Symposium (IPDPS 2002), Apr S. Ali, H. J. Siegel, M. Maheswaran, D. Hensgen, and S. Ali, Task execution time modeling for heterogeneous computing systems, 9th IEEE Heterogeneous Computing Workshop (HCW 2000), May 2000, pp M. Maheswaran, S. Ali, H. J. Siegel, D. Hensgen, and R. F. Freund, Dynamic matching and scheduling of a class of independent tasks onto heterogeneous computing systems, 8th IEEE Heterogeneous Computing Workshop (HCW 99), Apr. 1999, pp D. A. Hensgen, T. Kidd, D. S. John, M. C. Schnaidt, H. J. Siegel, T. D. Braun, M. Maheswaran, S. Ali, J.-K. Kim, C. Irvine, T. Levin, R. F. Freund, M. Kussow, M. Godfrey, A. Duman, P. Carff, S. Kidd, V. Prasanna, P. Bhat, and A. Alhusaini, An overview of MSHN: The Management System for Heterogeneous Networks, 8th IEEE Heterogeneous Computing Workshop (HCW 99), Apr. 1999, pp M.S. Theses Supervised 1. A simulation environment modeling the use of wireless sensor networks for the detection and mapping of wildfires, Matt Gann, Master s Thesis, Computer Engineering, University of Missouri-Rolla, 2007.

6 6 Shoukat Ali 2. Constraint based node localization for ad-hoc wireless networks and a simulation environment for wildfire detection and mapping using wireless sensor networks, M. Ellebrecht, Master s Thesis, Computer Engineering, University of Missouri-Rolla, A probabilistic approach to measuring robustness in distributed computing systems, B. Eslamnour, Master s Thesis, Computer Engineering, University of Missouri-Rolla, Awards 2005 School of Engineering Teaching Excellence Award, University of Missouri-Rolla. Professional Service 1. Guest co-editor: Future Generation Computer Systems, Special Issue on Extreme Scale Parallel Architectures and Systems, tentative publication date, January General co-chair of the 11th IEEE International Conference on Ubiquitous Computing and Communications, (IUCC 2012). 3. Program co-chair of the 10th IEEE International Conference on Computer and Information Technology, (CIT 2010). 4. Program co-chair of the 6th Workshop on Frontiers in Information Technology, (FIT 2008). 5. Program co-chair of the 5th Workshop on Frontiers in Information Technology, (FIT 2007). 6. Proceedings chair for the 21st IEEE International Parallel and Distributed Processing Symposium (IPDPS 2007). 7. Proceedings chair for the 20th IEEE International Parallel and Distributed Processing Symposium (IPDPS 2006). 8. Proceedings chair for the 19th IEEE International Parallel and Distributed Processing Symposium (IPDPS 2005). 9. On the program committee for peer review of the following conferences and workshops. (a) The 21st IEEE Heterogeneity in Computing Workshop (HCW 2012). (b) The 9th ACS/IEEE International Conference on Computing Systems and Applications (AICCSA 2011) (c) 2007 IFIP International Conference on Network and Parallel Computing (NPC 2007)

7 Shoukat Ali 7 (d) The 20th IEEE International Parallel and Distributed Processing Symposiums (IPDPS 2006). (e) The 19th IEEE International Parallel and Distributed Processing Symposiums (IPDPS 2005). (f) The 14th IEEE Heterogeneous Computing Workshop (HCW 2005). (g) The 13th IEEE Heterogeneous Computing Workshop (HCW 2004). (h) 2004 IFIP International Conference on Network and Parallel Computing (NPC 2004). 10. Peer reviewer for: (a) Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing. (b) IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology. (c) IEEE Communication Letters. (d) IEEE Transactions on Computers. 11. Publicity co-chair of the 11th IEEE Heterogeneous Computing Workshop (HCW 2002). Invited Lectures 1. Partitioning Graphs For a Reconfigurable Topology, HPCC 2012, June A Measure of Robustness for Resource Allocations, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, May A Metric for Robust Resource Allocation, Florida State University, May Robust Resource Allocation, University of Missouri, Rolla, April Robustness of Resource Allocation for Parallel and Distributed Computing and Communications, University of Victoria, BC, Canada, April A Metric for Robust Resource Allocation, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI), April Robustness of Resource Allocation for Parallel and Distributed Computing and Communications, University of Notre Dame, March 2003.