Ram Alagappan
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Education
- Ph.D. in Computer Science, University of Wisconsin - Madison, 2019
- M.S. in Computer Science, University of Wisconsin - Madison, 2018
Academic Positions
- Assistant Professor, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Computer Science, 2022-Present
- Postdoctoral Researcher, VMware Research Group, 2020-2022
Research Interests
- Storage systems
- Distributed systems
- Operating systems
Research Areas
Teaching Honors
- Nominated for Wisconsin SACM CoW Teaching Award (2020)
- CS 739 (distributed systems) at Wisconsin ranked 1st among all Spring 2020 courses in student evaluations (2020)
Research Honors
- Best Paper Nominee FAST (2017)
- Best Paper FAST (2017)
- Best Paper FAST (2018)
- UW CS Graduate Student Research (Best Dissertation Research) Award - Honorable Mention (2019)
- Best Paper at FAST (2020)
Public Service Honors
- Best Shadow PC Reviewer at EuroSys (2019)
- Distinguished Reviewer HotStorage (2021)
Recent Courses Taught
- CS 423 (CSE 423) - Operating Systems Design
- CS 591 SN - Systems and Networking Seminar
- CS 598 CDS - Cloud Storage Systems
- CS 598 RAP - Cloud Stor Sys: Theory&Practic