Mahadev Satyanarayanan

Mahadev Satyanarayanan (Satya)
Born1953
Alma materCarnegie Mellon University (Ph.D.), IIT Madras (M.Tech., B.Tech.)
Known forAndrew File System
Coda File System
Mobile Computing
Edge Computing
AwardsACM Software System Award
ACM SIGOPS Hall of Fame Award
ACM SIGMOBILE Test-of-Time Award
ACM Fellow
IEEE Fellow
Scientific career
FieldsEdge Computing, Mobile Computing, Internet of Things, Distributed File Systems
InstitutionsCarnegie Mellon University
ThesisA methodology for modeling storage systems and its application to a network file system (1983)
Doctoral advisorWilliam Wulf, George G. Robertson
Websitehttps://www.cs.cmu.edu/~satya/

Mahadev "Satya" Satyanarayanan is an Indian experimental computer scientist, an ACM[1] and IEEE[2] fellow, and the Carnegie Group Professor of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU).[3]

He is credited with many advances in edge computing, distributed systems, mobile computing, pervasive computing, and the Internet of Things. His research focus is on performance, scalability, availability, and trust challenges in computing systems from the cloud to the mobile edge.

His work on the Andrew File System (AFS) was recognized with the ACM Software System Award in 2016 and the ACM SIGOPS Hall of Fame Award in 2008 for its influence and impact. His work on disconnected operation in the Coda File System received the ACM SIGOPS Hall of Fame Award in 2015 and the inaugural ACM SIGMOBILE Test-of-Time Award in 2016.[citation needed]

Education

He has a bachelor's and master's degree from the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, in 1975 and 1977, and his Ph.D. in computer science from CMU in 1983.[citation needed]

Andrew File System

Satya was a project lead for Coda.[4] It also inspired the creation of Maginatics, a startup company advised by Satya that provides cloud-sourced network-attached storage for distributed environments. The NFS v4 network file system protocol standard has been extensively informed by the lessons of AFS. In 2016, AFS was honored with the prestigious ACM Software System Award.[5]

Coda File System

In 1987, Satya began work on the Coda File System to address a fundamental shortcoming of AFS-like systems.[citation needed]

Odyssey: Application-aware Adaptation for Mobile Applications

In the mid-1990s, Satya initiated the Odyssey project to explore how operating systems should be extended to support future mobile applications.[citation needed]

Aura: Cloud Offload for IoT

In the late 1990s, Satya initiated the Aura Project in collaboration with CMU faculty colleagues David Garlan, Raj Reddy, Peter Steenkiste, Dan Siewiorek and Asim Smailagic.[citation needed]

References

  1. ^ "Mahadev Satyanarayanan". awards.acm.org. Retrieved 2018-03-18.
  2. ^ "IEEE Fellows Directory - Chronological Listing". IEEE. Retrieved 2018-03-18.
  3. ^ "Mahadev Satyanarayanan | Carnegie Mellon School of Computer Science". www.cs.cmu.edu. 2015-10-15. Retrieved 2018-03-18.
  4. ^ "With Sync Solved, Dropbox Squares Off With Apple's iCloud". WIRED. Retrieved 2018-03-18.
  5. ^ "Mahadev Satyanarayanan". awards.acm.org. Retrieved 2018-03-18.