Alexander A. Shvartsman

Professor
Computer Science and Engineering

Research interests:
- theory and practice of robust distributed and parallel computing
- fault-tolerant distributed algorithms
- distributed system architecture
- voting technology; security
Technical Publications
Research Acitivity
- UCONN Voting Technology Research Center -- VoTeR Center [pps] [jpg]
- Alex Shvartsman is Research Affiliate at the MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL). He is a member of the Theory of Distributed Systems Group (TDS) at CSAIL.
- Dependable Distributed Systems Group
Courses
- CSE 461, Fault-Tolerant Parallel Computing, Spring 2008
- CSE 237, Theory of Computing, Spring 2008
Conference Committee Activities
- SIROCCO'2008, PC Chair
- ICDCS'2008, PC
- IEEE NCA'2008, PC
- DISC, Chair, Steering Committee, 2004-2007: DISC'2007, DISC'2006, DISC'2005
- IEEE NCA'2007, PC
- OPODIS'2006, PC Chair
- IEEE NCA'2006, PC Co-Chair
- 2001-2005: ICDCS'2005, PC, OPODIS'2005, PC, DPDNS'2005, PC, IEEE NCA'2005, PC, OPODIS'2004, PC , DISC, Vice-Chair, SC, 2002-2004 (DISC'2004, DISC'2003) , PODC'2004, PC , IEEE FTPDS'2004, PC , OPODIS'2003, PC , ACM PCK50, Org. Chair, 2003 , NCA'2003, PC , DISC, SC, 2001-2002 , OPODIS'2002, PC , PODC'2002, PC , NCA'2001, PC , OPODIS'2001, PC , PODC'2001, CC , ICDCS'2001, PC
- Second Millenium Activities: OPODIS'2000, PODC'2000, SIROCCO'2000, OPODIS'99, DISC'98, PC Member
Societies and Memberships
- Vigneron d'Honneur, Jurade de Saint-Emilion
- ACM
- IEEE
- Sigma Xi
- Upsilon Pi Epsilon, Faculty Advisor
- Cornell Society of Engineers
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In the news
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NSF Research Support
My research is supported in part by the following National Science Foundation grants:
- NSF TOC: Collaborative Research: Distributed Collaborative Computing and Adversity, CCR-0311368
- NSF ITR: Communication and Data Sharing Services for Dynamic Distributed Systems, CCR-0121277.
- NSF-NATO Grant: Principles of Robust Cooperative Computing,
- NSF Career Award: Principles and Practices of Dependable Distributed Computing,
- NSF TOC: Robust Algorithmic Building Blocks for Parallel Computing,
Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.

Alexander A. Shvartsman
Computer Science and Engineering 371 Fairfield Way, Unit 2155 University of Connecticut Storrs, Connecticut 06269	Tel: (860) 486-2672 {If you call and I am not in, please send email.} Fax: (860) 486-4817 [GPG key] [What is GPG?]

Alexander A. Shvartsman

Professor Computer Science and Engineering

Professor
Computer Science and Engineering