Kenneth Chiu

Kenneth Chiu is an Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science at Binghamton University's School of Computing. He holds a BA from Princeton University and a PhD from Indiana University. He serves as PI or co-PI on multiple NSF-funded projects focused on cyberinfrastructure, including grants totaling over $2 million. His work emphasizes integrating instruments and sensors into scientific workflows and optimizing middleware for high-performance computing.

Education:

• PhD in Computer Science, Indiana University
• BA in Computer Science, Princeton University

Research Interests:

• Cyberinfrastructure for scientific instruments and sensors, ensuring efficient data acquisition and integration.
• Optimizing XML performance in web services for scientific computing.
• Middlewar for flexible, high-performance scientific workflows.

Advising & Grants:

• Current PI/co-PI on NSF grants including CrystalGrid Framework (IIS-0513687), Sensor Network Scaling (DBI-0446298), and Instruments as Network Services (OCI-0330568).
• Also involved in industry-funded projects like Efficient Transfer of Data using XCAT-C++/Proteus (Northrup-Grumman).

Labs & Collaborations:

• Prior affiliations include Indiana University's Extreme! Computing Lab and Knowledge Acquisition & Projection Lab within the Pervasive Technology Labs.