Greg Ganger
Professor – ECE, CS; Director – PDL
Carnegie Mellon, 1998 –
| Contact Information | |
|---|---|
| Department | Electrical and Computer Engineering |
| Office | 2208 Collaborative Innovation Center |
| Telephone | (412)-268-1297 |
| Fax | (412)-268-6779 |
| ganger@ece.cmu.edu | |
| Website | http://www.ece.cmu.edu/~ganger/ |
| Assistant | Helen Conti |
Research Interests
Professor Ganger has broad research interests in computer systems, including Operating systems, storage/file systems, security, networking, distributed systems. He is particularly interested in developing new ways of structuring computer systems to address technology changes and enable new applications. His group has many ongoing projects in such areas as self-* (managing, tuning, ...) systems, device-embedded functionality, and computer infrastructure security.
Self-* Storage
We are defining and exploring a new storage architecture that integrates automated management functions throughout its copmonents. Borrowing organizational ideas from corporate structure and technologies from AI and control systems, self-* storage should simplify storage administration, increase system robustness, and simplify system construction.
Device-Embedded Security
We are exploring a new approach to computer security in which each individual device erects its own security perimeter and defends its own critical resources. Together with conventional border defenses (e.g., firewalls and OS kernels), such self-securing devices could provide a flexible infrastructure for dynamic prevention, detection, diagnosis, isolation, and repair of successful breaches in borders and device security perimeters.
Parallel Data Lab (PDL)
As Director of the Parallel Data Lab, Ganger leads a number of storage-related projects in areas such as storage system architecture, storage security, file systems, disk characterization, and server implementation. As one example, we are exploring how new storage technologies like MEMS-based storage could best be incorporated into computer systems. As another, we are exploring the use of detailed disk knowledge in the design of file systems.
In the News
- ECE Faculty Win Accolades from IEEE and ACM
- PDL Researchers Awarded Best Paper at SIGMETRICS 2007
- Carnegie Mellon Researchers Attack Rising Costs of Data Center Operations
- ECE Faculty Instruct Information Assurance Capacity Building Program
- Grad Student Jiri Schindler Receives Best Paper Award in VLDB 2003 Ph.D. Workshop
- Ganger & the PDL Awarded IBM Equipment Grant for Self-* Storage Project
- Ganger Taps Medieval History For A New Approach to Computer Security; Displays Castle Model at Open House
- Khosla and Ganger Take a Byte out of Computer Crime
- Several Faculty in ECE and Computer Science Awarded DOD Grants
- ECE Students and Ganger Win Best Student Paper Award at Top Storage Systems Conference
Research Area
Computer Systems
Keywords
Operating systems, storage/file systems, security, networking, distributed systems
Education
PhD, 1995
Computer Science and Engineering
University of Michigan
MS, 1993
Computer Science and Engineering
University of Michigan
BS, 1991
Computer Science
University of Michigan