Ben Reed

Benjamin Reed is an Assistant Professor in Computer Engineering at San José State University (SJSU) since 2018, currently on sabbatical during Fall 2024 and Spring 2025. His research spans distributed systems, cloud computing, operating systems, big data, and network storage.

Research concentrations include:

• Distributed coordination systems (ZooKeeper)
• Lock-free transaction processing
• MapReduce optimization techniques
• Disconnected network services
• Educational tools for systems programming

Recent publications focus on distributed storage consistency, educational technology for programming courses, and security protocols for disconnected networks. Earlier industry work includes contributions to ZooKeeper coordination system development at Yahoo! Research and distributed storage systems at Facebook.

Significant projects:

• Directs the SJSU Systems Group researching wildfire storage systems and disconnected data distribution
• Leads the SJSU ICPC programming competition team
• Co-founded TECHcellence program creating CS pathways for underrepresented students
• Developed CodeVal educational tool for programming assignments