Alvin R. Lebeck

Professor 
Department of Computer Science
Electrical & Computer Engineering
D308 Levine Science Research Center
Duke University
Durham, NC 27708-0129

Phone: (919) 660-6551
Fax: (919) 660-6519

Image of Patterned DNA Lattice from Troika Project


My name with 20nm pitch.

Teaching

Spring 2010:

Other Courses:

  • Compsci 104: Computer Organization
  • Compsci 220 / ECE 252: Advanced Computer Architecture I
  • Compsci 221 / ECE 259: Advanced Computer Architecture II
  • Compsci 296.3: Parallel Programming
  • Compsci 296.3: Topics in NanoComputers

 

Research

Current Projects:

  • Architectures for Emerging Nanotechnologies
  • Manycore memory systems

Past Projects:

Software:

  • Fast-Cache: A Memory System Simulation Framework (no longer supported)
  • CProf: A Cache Profiling System (no longer supported)
  • ECOSystem: An Energy Conscious Operating System
  • Pulse: Dynamic deadlock detection
  • Design Tools for DNA self-assembly
  • DNA-CNT manual layout tool- tar.gz archive
  • DNA-CNT cell library- tar.gz archive


Duke Links

Other Useful Architecture Links.

World wide computer architecture page.

Mark Hill and Dave Patterson on giving a talk.

 

Professional Activities

 

Associate Editor:
Guest Editor Special Issue ACM Journal on Emerging Technologies in Computing Systems (JETC) 2007,
Journal of Instruction-Level Parallelism (2003-2009)

Technical Program Co-Chair
1st International Conference on Nano-Networks 2006

Program Committee:
International Conference on Nano-Networks 2009 (Nanonets '09),
International Conference on Architectural Support for Programming Languages and Operating Systems 2009 (ASPLOS '09)
1st Data Prefetching Championship (DPC) 2009,
IEEE MICRO Top Picks 2007,
IEEE/ACM International Conference on Nanoscale Architectures 2007 (Nanoarch '07),
International Conference on Nano-Networks 2007 (Nanonets '07),
IEEE/ACM International Symposium on Microarchitecture 2006 (MICRO 39),
Foundations of Nanoscience: Self-Assembled Architectures and Devices 2006 (FNANO ‘06),
International Symposium on Performance Analysis of Systems and Software 2006 (ISPASS ‘06),
Computing Frontiers 2005 (Track Chair on Architectures and Devices for Emerging Nanotechnolgies),
Foundations of Nanoscience: Self-Assembled Architectures and Devices 2005 (FNANO ‘05),
International Symposium on Performance Analysis of Systems and Software 2005 (ISPASS ‘05),
Workshop on Duplicating, Deconstructing and Debunking 2003 (with ISCA),
International Symposium on Low Power Electronics and Design 2002 (ISLPED ’02),
Workshop on Duplicating, Deconstructing and Debunking 2002 (with ISCA),
Power Aware Computing Systems 2002 (PACS ’02),
International Performance and Dependability Symposium 1998.

Invited Panels:
Fourth International Conference on Formal Methods and Programming Models for Codesign 2006 (MEMOCODE ’06),
Panel Organizer/Moderator IEEE/ACM International Symposium on Microarchitecture 2006 (MICRO 39)

Students

Current Students:

  • Yang Liu
  • Jie Xiao
  • Jun Pang
  • Valentin Pistol

Former Students:

  • Constantin Pistol (co-advised with C. Dwyer, Ph.D. 2009 First Employment Apple)
  • Jaidev Patwardhan (Ph.D. 2006 First Employment MIPS, thesis)
  • Tong Li (co-advised with D. Sorin, Ph.D. 2005 First Employment: Intel Research, thesis)
  • Xiaob Fan (co-advised with C. Ellis, Ph.D. 2004 First Employment: Google, thesis)
  • Heng Zeng (co-advised with C. Ellis, Ph.D. 2004 First Employment: Cisco, thesis)
  • Mithuna Thottethodi (co-advised with S. Mukherjee, Ph.D. 2002 First Employment: Purdue University)
  • Srikanth Srinivasan (Ph.D. 2001 First Employment: Intel Microcomputer Research Laboratory, thesis)
  • Chia-Lin Yang (Ph.D. 2001 First Employment: National Taiwan University, thesis)
  • Vijeta Johri (M.S.)
  • Ravin DeSouza (M.S.)
  • Joe Fitzgerald (M.S.)
  • Brian Hanczyark (M.S.)
  • David Raymond (M.S.)
  • Scot Ransbottom (M.S.)
  • Kurt Van Delden (M.S.)
About Me

Education:

  • Ph.D. Computer Sciences, UW--Madison, Nov 1995
  • M.S. Computer Sciences, UW--Madison, Dec 1991
  • B.S. Electrical Engineering, UW--Madison, May 1989
Misc Links

Directions to my office.
Directions to my house.