Bernard Wong, University of Waterloo

Research

Cloud computing Cloud infrastructure Predictable performance Resource scheduling Serverless computing Service level agreements Virtual network embedding

Latest funding

Building Low-Latency Serverless Platforms with Predictable Performance
NSERC · 2023 · Principal investigator
$72,000
Towards a High-velocity Permissioned Blockchain_x000d_
NSERC · 2018 · Principal investigator
$208,400
Providing Low-Latency Geo-Distributed Transaction Processing for High-Contention Workloads_x000d_
NSERC · 2018 · Principal investigator
$113,400

All 6 grants and awards

Building Low-Latency Serverless Platforms with Predictable Performance

Principal investigatorNSERC2023Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Wong, Bernard

Keywords: serverless computing; resource scheduling; cloud computing; predictable performance; virtual network embedding; cloud infrastructure; service level agreements

$72,000

Towards a High-velocity Permissioned Blockchain_x000d_

Principal investigatorNSERC2018Collaborative Research and Development Grants

Principal investigators: Wong, Bernard

$208,400

Providing Low-Latency Geo-Distributed Transaction Processing for High-Contention Workloads_x000d_

Principal investigatorNSERC2018Collaborative Research and Development Grants

Principal investigators: Wong, Bernard

$113,400

Co-Designing Distributed Applications with Datacenter Networks

Principal investigatorNSERC2017Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Wong, Bernard

$252,000

An RDMA-based memory management architecture for large-scale distributed computation frameworks

Principal investigatorNSERC2014Engage Grants Program

Principal investigators: Wong, Bernard

$21,223

Performance Isolation in Shared Cloud-based Storage Systems

Principal investigatorNSERC2012Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Wong, Bernard

$95,000

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: Cloud computing Dear Professor Wong, 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 cloud computing 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 "Building Low-Latency Serverless Platforms with Predictable Performance" (2023), 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]