Matthew Lentz

Matthew Lentz is an Assistant Professor of Computer Science at Duke University, where he has been employed since Fall 2021. He is affiliated with the Duke Systems Group within the Department of Computer Science under Trinity College of Arts & Sciences. Prior to joining Duke, he served as a Postdoctoral Researcher at VMware Research Group and maintains an affiliation as an Affiliated Researcher.

• Education: Ph.D. in Computer Science from University of Maryland, College Park (2020), advised by Bobby Bhattacharjee
• External Relationships: Collaborations with Broadcom and ongoing postdoctoral work with VMware

Dr. Lentz's research operates at the intersection of systems, networking, and security. His work includes:

• Developing abstractions and tools for secure, trustworthy software systems
• Improving performance in modern networking and machine learning applications
• Exploring network performance measurement and security threat analytics
• Advancing GPU-as-a-Service infrastructure (via NSF CC* Compute grant 2024-2026)

Research trends show consistent focus on:

• System security (endpoint security, verification, privacy-preserving communication)
• Networking optimization (service mesh, collective communication, mobile networks)
• Machine learning systems (inference optimization, MoE training, heterogeneous computing)
• Mobile computing (Bluetooth beacons, peripheral control, contact tracing)

Scientific Awards:

• NSF CC* Compute grant for GPUs-as-a-Service infrastructure (2024)

Advising & Grants: Advises current PhD students Alexander Du, Chenyang Liu, and Luka Duranovic while serving as co-advisor for Yongji Wu (now at UC Berkeley). Collaborates with Danyang Zhuo and Kartik Nayak.