Benjamin C. Lee

Benjamin C. Lee is a Professor at the University of Pennsylvania, affiliated with both the Department of Electrical and Systems Engineering and the Department of Computer and Information Science. He also serves as Associate Department Chair and Co-Director of the NSF Expedition in Computing: Carbon Connect. His research spans computer architecture, energy efficiency, and environmental sustainability, with interdisciplinary links to machine learning and algorithmic economics.

• Education: Ph.D. and S.M. from Harvard University, B.S. from UC Berkeley, postdoctoral work at Stanford University.

His research integrates computer architecture with datacenter-scale systems, focusing on energy-efficient designs, statistical learning for performance analysis, and sustainable computing. Past projects include the Hound framework for straggler diagnosis in datacenters and the CORE library for regression modeling in microarchitecture.

The 15 most recent articles reflect expertise in datacenter architecture, mobile computing, and regression modeling for hardware. Awards include IEEE Fellow (2024), ACM Distinguished Scientist (2019), and multiple best paper/prize recognitions from SIGMETRICS, ASPLOS, and HPCA.

• Doctoral and Masters alumni have pursued roles at institutions like Meta, Microsoft, and University of Waterloo.
• Current affiliations include the Distributed Systems Laboratory (DSL) and PRECISE center, with industry collaborations at Google, Meta, and Intel.