Baris Kasikci
(~Buh-rish) How to pronounce my name?I am interested in making computer systems more reliable, secure, and efficient
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I am an Associate Professor in the Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering at the University of Washington and the co-director of SyFI, the Systems for Future Intelligence Lab. Previously (2017-2023), I was a Morris Wellman Assistant Professor in the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department at the University of Michigan. My research pursues a long-running goal: building computer systems that remain efficient, secure, and reliable as computing becomes more complex and heterogeneous. At UW, my group focuses on efficient, flexible, and resilient infrastructure for future AI: systems that can keep pace with rapidly changing models, hardware, and applications while being trustworthy enough for production.
I am the recipient of an NSF CAREER award, a Microsoft Research Faculty Fellowship, an Intel Rising Star Award, a VMware Early Career Faculty Grant, Google Faculty Award, and Google, Intel, AMD, and OCP Awards. I received the 2016 Roger Needham PhD Award for the best PhD thesis in computer systems in Europe and the 2016 Patrick Denantes Memorial Prize for best PhD thesis in the Department of Information and Communication Sciences at EPFL. Previously, I was a researcher in the Systems and Networking Group at Microsoft Research Cambridge. I have also held roles at Google, Intel, and VMware. More details can be found in my CV.
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