Trevor Brown, University of Waterloo

Research

concurrency data structures distributed systems lock-freedom multicore non-uniform memory architectures non-volatile memory performance evaluation

Latest funding

Techniques for Coping with Increasingly Non-uniform Memory Architectures
NSERC · 2019 · Principal investigator
$234,000
Scalable infrastructure for next generation data management systems
NSERC · 2019 · Principal investigator
$247,600
Techniques for Coping with Increasingly Non-uniform Memory Architectures
NSERC · 2019 · Principal investigator
$12,500

All 3 grants and awards

Techniques for Coping with Increasingly Non-uniform Memory Architectures

Principal investigatorNSERC2019Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Brown, Trevor

Keywords: non-uniform memory architectures; multicore; concurrency; data structures; non-volatile memory; synchronization; distributed systems; remote direct memory access; lock-freedom; performance evaluation

$234,000

Scalable infrastructure for next generation data management systems

Principal investigatorNSERC2019Collaborative Research and Development Grants

Principal investigators: Brown, Trevor

$247,600

Techniques for Coping with Increasingly Non-uniform Memory Architectures

Principal investigatorNSERC2019Discovery Launch Supplement

Principal investigators: Brown, Trevor

$12,500

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: concurrency Dear Professor Brown, 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 concurrency 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 "Techniques for Coping with Increasingly Non-uniform Memory Architectures" (2019), 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]