Jerry Trahan

Dr. Jerry Trahan is the Chevron Professor at the Division of Electrical & Computer Engineering within Louisiana State University's School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. His research focuses on foundational areas of computer science including parallel computation models, reconfigurable architectures, algorithm design, and reliability engineering. He holds a Ph.D. (1988) from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.

Education:

• Ph.D. in Computer Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (1988)

Research Interests:

• Theory of computation
• Models of parallel computation
• Reconfigurable meshes and run-time reconfiguration
• Algorithm design and analysis with a focus on robotics and distributed systems
• Reliability in computing systems

His recent work explores autonomous robot coordination, secure RFID protocols, and efficient grid-based algorithms. Over 30 years of contributions span reconfigurable computing, parallel architectures, and distributed systems reliability.

Grants & Advising:

No specific grants or advisee information is listed in the provided text. His research has been supported through university and industry partnerships.