Ding Yuan, University of Toronto

Research

Systems Software System Logs Failure Diagnosis Log compression Observability System Reliability Operating systems Software reliability

Latest funding

Practical, Efficient, and Intelligent Log Compression and Search
NSERC · 2024 · Principal investigator
$55,000
Systems Software
NSERC · 2023 · Principal investigator
$50,000
Efficient log data compression and analytics system
NSERC · 2021 · Principal investigator
$477,546

All 8 grants and awards

Practical, Efficient, and Intelligent Log Compression and Search

Principal investigatorNSERC2024Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Yuan, Ding

Keywords: systems software; big data; log compression; log analytics; system management; observability

$55,000

Systems Software

Principal investigatorNSERC2023Canada Research Chairs

Principal investigators: Yuan, Ding

Keywords: Systems software; Operating systems; Software reliability; Failure diagnosis; Log compression; Log search; Software logging; Observability

$50,000

Efficient log data compression and analytics system

Principal investigatorNSERC2021Alliance Grants

Principal investigators: Yuan, Ding D

$477,546

Systems Software

Principal investigatorNSERC2018Canada Research Chairs

Principal investigators: Yuan, Ding

$70,000

Systems Software

Principal investigatorNSERC2018Canada Research Chairs

Principal investigators: Yuan, Ding

Keywords: Systems Software; Failure Diagnosis; System Reliability; ; System Logs

$410,000

Systems Software

Principal investigatorNSERC2018Canada Research Chairs

Principal investigators: Yuan, Ding

$120,000

Fully Automated Software Logging

Principal investigatorNSERC2018Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Yuan, Ding

$204,000

Toward Automatic Failure Diagnosis in the Cloud

Principal investigatorNSERC2013Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Yuan, Ding

$100,000

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Systems Software Dear Professor Yuan, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. Your research on systems software connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your NSERC-funded project "Practical, Efficient, and Intelligent Log Compression and Search" (2024), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]