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John Carter

Assistant Professor of Computer Science
Ph.D. , Rice University, 1992

Professor Carter joined the Department of Computer Science in January 1993. His research interests include multiprocessor computer architecture, operating systems, parallel and distributed computing, and computer networks. Of particular interest are scalable shared memory architecture designs, both hardware and software. Dr. Carter is co-leading two ARPA-sponsored research projects: the Avalanche scalable multiprocessor architecture design effort and the Mach-4 (FLEX) operating system project. The goal of the Avalanche project is to develop an integrated cache, memory, and communication architecture that significantly reduces the latency of both distributed shared memory and message passing multiprocessor communication. The goal of the Mach-4 project is to develop an operating system that provides a much higher degree of flexibility than traditional operating systems, and to use that added flexibility to circumvent the performance/functionality tradeoffs that thwart traditional highly-decomposed, microkernel-based operating systems.

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