David Taylor, University of Waterloo

Research

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Software fault tolerance, especially robust implementations of data structures

Latest funding

Debugging and managing distributed systems
NSERC · 2004 · Principal investigator
$158,500
Debugging and managing distributed systems
NSERC · 2000 · Principal investigator
$122,000
Distributed systems laboratory upgrade
NSERC · 1999 · Co-investigator
$45,848

All 10 grants and awards

No publications available.

Debugging and managing distributed systems

Principal investigatorNSERC2004Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Taylor, David

$158,500

Debugging and managing distributed systems

Principal investigatorNSERC2000Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Taylor, David

$122,000

Distributed systems laboratory upgrade

Co-investigatorNSERC1999Research Tools and Instruments - Category 1 (<$150,000)

Principal investigators: Brecht, Timothy

$45,848

Bell Emergis University Labs at the University of Waterloo: A Research Partnership with Bell Emergis

Co-investigatorCFI1999Innovation Fund: Institutional Innovation Fund over $350,000

Principal investigators: Mark, John

Keywords: Information technology, communications, networking, next-generation multimedia, internet, computer research infrastructure.

$1,400,000

Techniques and tools for debugging distributed applications

Principal investigatorNSERC1996Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Taylor, David

$108,503

Infrastructure support for the Insitute for Computer Research

Co-investigatorNSERC1995Infrastructure Grants (H)

Principal investigators: Forsyth, Peter

$528,000

Shoshin distributed-systems testbed

Principal investigatorNSERC1994Research Tools and Instruments - Category 1 (<$150,000)

Principal investigators: Taylor, David

$36,918

Managing distributed applications

Principal investigatorNSERC1994Cooperative Activities

Principal investigators: Taylor, David

$321,875

Fault tolerance: distributed systems and data structures

Principal investigatorNSERC1992Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Taylor, David

$80,000

Fault tolerance: data structures and distributed systems

Principal investigatorNSERC1989Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Taylor, David

$22,000

From public funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998 with their latest competition results, the Canada Foundation for Innovation, Genome Canada, the Canadian Space Agency, Canada Research Chairs, the Fonds de recherche du Québec, Ontario research funding, Michael Smith Health Research BC, the Canadian Cancer Society, Heart & Stroke and Brain Canada.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Software fault tolerance, especially robust implementations of data structures Dear Professor Taylor, 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 software fault tolerance, especially robust implementations of data structures connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] 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]