Profile of Felix Lin

Thrust Lead - Internet-of-Things: Felix Xiaozhu Lin

Assistant Professor, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Purdue University

Professional Preparation:

• Tsinghua University, Automation, B.S. 2006
• Tsinghua University, Computer Science, M.S. 2008
• Rice University, Computer Science, Ph.D. 2014

Appointments:

August 2014 - Current
Assistant Professor, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE), Purdue University

 
Expertise:

Prof. Lin research expertise is in computer systems software, as exemplified by operating systems and runtime. He investigates the question of how to build energy-efficient, heterogeneous, and low-latency systems. One of his ongoing effort is re-examining the principle of operating systems design for Internet-of-Things (IoT). As IoT becomes a key part of the everyday infrastructure, the traditional methods of managing resources, handling user inputs, and detecting failures are not long applicable. A recent research project of Prof. Lin's group shows that, systems software has become a major obstacle in modern wearable devices, a key type of IoT systems.

Prof. Lin's research has drawn wide attention of various domains, many from industrial colleagues. He has active collaboration with Microsoft, HPE, and Google. His wearable research is being supported by Google. He is recently invited to attend Microsoft Faculty Summit.

Distinctions:

As a junior faculty member, Prof. Lin the recipient of a Google Faculty Award in 2015, and the winner of a best paper award from ASPLOS'14, one of the top computer systems conferences. He also served on the technical program committees for a number of prestigious computer conferences in recent years.