David R. Kaeli, Professor

318 Dana Research Center
Phone: (617) 373-5413
Fax: (617) 373-8970
kaeli@ece.neu.edu


Dr. Kaeli received his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Rutgers University in 1992. He received his M.S. in Computer Engineering from Syracuse University in 1985 and a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Rutgers University in 1981.

For the 2001-2002 academic year he spent a year as a Visiting Professor at the Departament of d'Arquitectura de Computadors at the Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya.

Research:

Dr. Kaeli is the Director of the Northeastern University Computer Architecture Research Laboratory (NUCAR). He is the co-leader of the Northeastern University Institute for Information Assurance (IIA) . He is a Research Thrust Leader for the NSF Center for Subsurface Sensing and Imaging Systems (CenSSIS) . He is also a member of the Northeastern University Institute for Complex Scientific Software (ICSS).

His research looks at the performance and design of high-performance computer systems and software. Current research topics include: profile-guided compilation, high-ILP microarchitectures, GPGPUs, architectural features for security, IO performance and modeling, power modeling, database systems, branch prediction studies, workload characterization, memory hierarchy design, embedded systems design, digital signal processors and software testing. He frequently provides tutorials on the subjects of Profiling and Instrumentation and Trace-Driven Simulation .

Prof. Kaeli is a member of both IEEE and ACM, is presently the chair of the IEEE Technical Committee on Microprogramming and Microarchitecture, the vice-chair of IEEE Technical Committee on Computer Architecture, is ACM SIGMICRO Treasurer, has served as Associate Editor for IEEE Transactions on Computers, and and presently serves as an Associate Editor of IEEE Computer Architecture Letters, and the Journal of Instruction Level Parallelism. He is a member of Eta Kappa Nu and Sigma Xi honor societies.

Teaching:

In addition to his research activities, he teaches courses in Computer Architecture and Peformance Analysis.

Selected Publications:

Personal:

In addition to his love for teaching and research, Prof. Kaeli also enjoys trout fishing and soccer.