Parallel and Distributed Computing

Research Faculty

Dilma Da Silva

Professor, Computer Science & Engineering
Ford Motor Company Design Professor II
Interim Director, Texas A&M Cybersecurity Center

Office: HRBB 427C
Phone: 979-458-8008
Email: dilma@cse.tamu.edu

Tim Davis

Professor, Computer Science & Engineering

Office: HRBB 425E
Phone: 979-845-4094
Email: davis@tamu.edu

Jeff Huang

Associate Professor, Computer Science & Engineering
Lynn ’84 and Bill Crane ’83 Faculty Fellow

Office: HRBB 416
Phone: 979-845-5485
Email: jeff@cse.tamu.edu

Dmitri Loguinov

Professor, Computer Science & Engineering

Office: HRBB 515C
Phone: 979-845-0512
Email: dmitri@cse.tamu.edu

Abdullah Muzahid

Assistant Professor, Computer Science & Engineering

Office: HRBB 326
Phone: 979-458-1059
Email: abdullah.muzahid@cse.tamu.edu

Khanh Nguyen

Assistant Professor, Computer Science & Engineering

Office: HRBB 427B
Email: khanhtn@tamu.edu

Lawrence Rauchwerger

Emeritus Professor, Computer Science & Engineering

Office: HRBB 417A
Phone: 979-845-8872
Email: rwerger@cse.tamu.edu

Vivek Sarin

Associate Professor, Computer Science & Engineering
Undergraduate Advisor

Office: HRBB 309C | Advising: EABA 100C
Phone: 979-845-4087
Email: ugrad-advisor@cse.tamu.edu

Radu Stoleru

Professor, Computer Science & Engineering

Office: HRBB 311C
Phone: 979-862-8349
Email: stoleru@cse.tamu.edu

Shawna Thomas

Instructional Assistant Professor, Computer Science & Engineering

Office: HRBB 415
Phone: 979-862-8877
Email: sthomas@cse.tamu.edu

Jennifer Welch

Professor, Computer Science & Engineering
Chevron Professor II
Regents Professor

Office: HRBB 425G
Phone: 979-845-5076
Email: welch@cse.tamu.edu

Courses Offered

CSCE 662. Distributed Processing Systems. Credits 3. 3 Lecture Hours

Principles and practices of distributed processing; protocols, remote procedure calls; file sharing; reliable system design; load balancing; distributed database systems; protection and security; implementation.

Prerequisite: CSCE 313 and CSCE 463 or CSCE 612.

CSCE 664. Wireless and Mobile Systems. Credits 3. 3 Lecture Hours

Wireless and mobile systems; wireless communication fundamentals; wireless medium access control design; transmission scheduling; network and transport protocols over wireless design, simulation and evaluation; wireless capacity; telecommunication systems; vehicular, adhoc, and sensor network systems; wireless security; mobile applications.

Prerequisite: CSCE 463 or CSCE 464 or approval of instructor.

CSCE 668. Distributed Algorithms and Systems. Credits 3. 3 Lecture Hours

Introduction to fundamental algorithmic results in distributed computing systems; leader election, mutual exclusion, consensus, logical time and causality, distributed snapshots, algorithmic fault tolerance, shared memory, clock synchronization.

Prerequisite: CSCE 411 or equivalent or approval of instructor.