Lawrence (Larry) W. Dowdy
Professor of Computer Science and
Computer Engineering
Department of Electrical Engineering
and Computer Science
School of Engineering
Vanderbilt University
From 1978-81, Dr. Dowdy was an Assistant Professor of Computer Science at
the University of Maryland at College Park.
Since 1981, he has been a faculty member at Vanderbilt
University in the Department of
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. In 1987-88, he spent a
sabbatical year at the Institut
für Informatik at the University of Erlangen-Nürnberg,
Professor Dowdy is a member of the IFIP Working Group
7.3, an international group of researchers in the area of performance
measurement and modeling of computer systems. Within the past, Dr. Dowdy
has served as the Chair of SIGMETRICS and has served as the senior editor of
the "Performance Supplement" project, a joint project sponsored by ACM SIGMETRICS and the Computer Measurement Group
(CMG). He has co-authored three books, P.S. to Operating Systems,
Capacity Planning and
Performance Modeling, and Performance by Design
published by Prentice Hall, and has received research, teaching, and
administrative awards. Professor Dowdy regularly teaches courses in the
areas of operating systems and performance analysis. During the Fall'09
semester, he is teaching CS 231 (Computer Organization) and CS 381 (Advanced Operating
Systems Principles). He is also
involved in the One Laptop Per Child
initiative and with Engineers Without
Borders.
Larry and his wife, Sharon, are proud of their children David and Erin, of David's wife, Michelle, of their granddaughter, Chessie, of Erin’s husband, Matt, and of their grandson, Ethan.
Contact:
- Email: larry.dowdy@vanderbilt.edu
- Office Phone: 615-322-3031
- Home Phone: 615-352-5920
- Fax: 615-343-5459
- Mail:
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Station B,
Topics
of research:
- Performance prediction models
- Workload characterization
- Multiprocessor scheduling
- Modeling of real time systems
- Experimental studies of parallel systems
- Performance models of grid computing