The People at CAN

Dr. Nian-Feng Tzeng -- Director

Nian-Feng Tzeng is currently a professor with the Center for Advanced Computer Studies, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, where he joined in 1987. He spent Fall 2000 with the Department of Computer Science, Rice University. His current research interest is in the areas of computer communications and networks, parallel and distributed processing, fault-tolerant computing, and high-performance computer systems. He had been on the editorial board of the IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems, 1998 - 2001, and on the editorial board of the IEEE Transactions on Computers, 1994 - 1998. He served as Co-Guest Editor of a special issue of the Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing, September 1995, and as a Distinguished Visitor of the IEEE Computer Society, 1994 - 1997. He was the Chair of Technical Committee on Distributed Processing, the IEEE Computer Society, 1999 - 2001. He served as the Program Chair of 10th IEEE International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Systems (ICPADS), July 2004, and has been on the program committees of various conferences.

Dr. Tzeng is the recipient of the outstanding paper award at 10th International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems, May 1990. He received the University Foundation Distinguished Professor Award in 1997.

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Malcolm Mandviwalla -- Research Assistant

Malcolm's research interests include high performance Internet routers and switches, distributed systems, computer architecture and communications, power-aware systems, and fault tolerant systems.

Malcolm is currently a Ph.D. candidate at CACS. He received his B.E. degree in Electronics Engineering from the University of Mumbai, India, and his M.S. in Computer Engineering degree from UL Lafayette. He also serves as the teaching assistant for the Principles of Computer Architecture course offered at CACS. He is a member of the IEEE, the Computer Society, and the Communications Society. He is currently the Vice President of the Computer Society Student Chapter at UL Lafayette.

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Ian Chang-Yen -- Research Assistant

Ian's research interests include distributed computing, operating systems and network security. He is currently working in the area of grid computing.

Ian is currently a Ph.D. student at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, in CACS, where he works as a research assistant and systems administrator/computer security advisor. He received a B.S. degree in Computer Science from Louisiana Tech University in 2000, and an M.S. in Computer Science from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette in 2002. He has worked in the computer support field for 3 years, and is a member of the ACM.

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Denvil Smith -- Research Assistant

Denvil's research interests include communications, operating systems, and architecture. He is currently doing research in the area of grid computing.

Denvil is currently a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette in CACS where he is a research assistant and teaching assistant.  He received a B.S. degree in Mathematics from the University of Southern Mississippi in 1986 and a M.S. in Computer Science from Mississippi College in 1998.  He has worked in the telecommunications area for 13 years with BellSouth and various other companies as a programmer analyst, systems analyst, and project manager.  He has also taught high school mathematics.  He is a member of the ACM and the IEEE Computer Society.

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Paul J. Darby -- Research Assistant

Paul Darby is currently an instructor with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, at University of Louisiana at Lafayette, where he joined in 2002. He is also a PhD student with the Center for Advanced Computer Studies, University of Louisiana at Lafayette. He is a registered professional engineer in the State of Louisiana with more than 12 years industry experience in telecommunications engineering. His previous background includes telecommunications and control systems engineering for the oil, gas and manufacturing industries as well as federal and state governments. He also spent 8 years in electrical / electronics reliability and failure modes effects analysis in the aerospace industry with the space shuttle program. He holds a master of science in telecommunications (engineering option), and a BS in electrical engineering from the University of Southwestern Louisiana. He has a journal publication in the area of asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) in the journal "Computer Communications" along with several conference publications. His current research interest is in the areas of distributed and grid computing and sensor networks. He is a member of Phi Kappa Phi, IEEE, Tau Beta Pi, and Eta Kappa Nu. He has served on the University of Louisiana "Network Infrastructure Committee," and as technical advisor to the Cajun Advance Satellite Program (CAPE) within the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering.

In 1985, Mr. Darby was presented with NASA's Silver Snoopy award, for his efforts in support of the manned spaceflight program. The Silver Snoopy is the highest award given by NASA to civilian employees in the space program.

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Adam W. Lewis -- Fellowship & Research Assistant

Adam's research interests are in the areas of high-performance computer systems, low-power system design, and operating system and compiler support for development of embedded systems.

Adam is currently a Ph.D. student at CACS in University of Louisiana at Lafayette. He received a B.A. degree in Mathematics and a B.A. degree in Theatre from the The University of the South in 1986 and a M.S. degree in Computer Science from The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga in 1989. His background includes experience in the retail information technology and networking engineering fields as a software developer, business analyst, and project manager for NCR Corporation throughout the world. He is a member of the ACM and the IEEE Computer Society.

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Gesan Wang -- Research Assistant

Gesan's research interests are in the area of high-performance router design, fast IP address lookups, and routing incremental update.

Gesan is currently a Ph.D. candidate at CACS in UL Lafayette. He received his B.E. degree in Telecommunications Engineering from Xidian University, China, and his M.S. degree in Computer Science  from University of Louisiana at Lafayette. He also serves as the teaching assistant for the course Introduction to Computer Science offered by the Computer Science Department.

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Jaekyu Cho -- Research Assistant

Jaekyu's research interests include grid computing, distributed systems, computer architecture and operating systems.

Jaekyu is currently a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette in CACS. He received his B.A. degree in Economics from the Kyung Hee University, Korea and his M.S. in Computer Engineering from Iowa State University.

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Contact:

Address: 2 Rex Street, 454 Conference Center, Lafayette LA 70504

Phone: (337)482-6304
Fax: (337)482-5791
E-mail: tzeng@cacs.louisiana.edu

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