Michael Swift -- University of Wisconsin Madison Michael Swift -- University of Wisconsin Madison

About

Professor
Computer Sciences Department
College of Letters and Sciences
University of Wisconsin, Madison

My research covers interaction of operating systems and hardware, including devices and new processor/memory technologies. I lead the Sonar research group and participate in the Multifacet group. I'm also part of the Wisconsin Institute on Software-defined Datacenters in Madison (WISDoM).

2018-19 committee assignments

Instructional Program Director
Curriculum and eduction committee member
Space committee chair
Diversity, equity, and inclusion committee chair

Teaching

All classes


CS 739 - Distributed Systems
Office Hours: Monday 11-12 am, Thursday 1:30-2:30 pm

Research

All research

My research covers interaction of operating systems and hardware, including devices and new processor/memory technologies.

  • I lead the Sonar research group on system support for novel technologies.
  • I co-lead the Multifacet group on computer architecture with Mark Hill.
  • I'm also part of the Wisconsin Institute on Software-defined Datacenters in Madison (WISDoM)
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    Projects

    • New memory technology. New uses and interfaces to flash and storage class memory.
    • Cloud computing. Investigating security issues in cloud computing
    • Heterogeneous and accelerated processors. System and scheduling support for accelerators and dynamically heterogeneous processors.
    • Transactional memory. Making transactions and the operating system work together.
    • Device drivers. Improving driver code and design through new architectures, better understanding, and bug finding.

    Recent publications

    Contact Information

    608-890-0131
    swift at cs dot wisc dot edu

    7369 Computer Sciences
    Computer Sciences Department
    University of Wisconsin-Madison
    1210 West Dayton Street
    Madison, WI 53706-1685 USA