A note for prospective graduate students...
I'm always looking for outstanding graduate students (and undergrads, too) to work with in the areas of compilers, computer architecture, and embedded systems. If you're currently attending or have been admitted to Georgia Tech., and are interested in working with me, send me email with your resume and a short description of your background and interests (M.S. students, I do not currently have any money to fund you). If you're not a student at Georgia Tech., then I highly suggest you apply, but realize I am not on the admissions committeee and I can not admit you.
FYI, I get tons of form letters from students (i.e., identical emails that start with "Dear sir" that are sent to hundreds of professors). These are considered spam and I will not read them. Please add the word "potato" to the subject of your email to show me that you've read this webpage and have at least done some homework. Your odds of a response drastically improve if you've read at least one of my research papers and propose some way to extend the ideas in an interesting direction.
What I'm looking for (in order of importance):
- Motivation
- Good communication skills
- Experience with large software systems
- Strong programming and debugging skills in C/C++/assembly
- Background in computer architecture
- Basic knowledge of compilers (any prior experience related to the compiler backend, analysis and optimization, is great, but not required)
