Onur Mutlu

Onur Mutlu is a Full Professor of Computer Science at ETH Zurich (since 2015), with adjunct professor positions at Carnegie Mellon University (since 2016) and Bilkent University (since 2015). His academic career spans prestigious institutions including Carnegie Mellon University where he served as Assistant Professor (2009-2013) and Strecker Early Career Endowed Professor (2013-2016).

His research focuses on computer architecture, particularly memory systems, with expertise in:

• Computer memory systems and DRAM architecture
• Multi-core processor design
• Fault tolerance and reliability
• Hardware/software interactions
• Systems security related to hardware
• Emerging memory technologies

Dr. Mutlu's work has significantly impacted both academic research and industry practices. His discovery of the RowHammer problem created a new field at the intersection of hardware reliability and systems security. His research on memory controllers, flash memory reliability, and emerging memory technologies has been adopted by major technology companies including Samsung, Intel, IBM, and Microsoft.

His numerous scientific awards include the IEEE Computer Society Harry H. Goode Memorial Award (2025), IFIP Jean-Claude Laprie Award (2024), Huawei OlympusMons Award (2023), IEEE Computer Society Edward J. McCluskey Technical Achievement Award (2020), and ACM SIGARCH Maurice Wilkes Award (2019). He is an IEEE Fellow (2018), ACM Fellow (2017), and member of Academia Europaea (2018).

Dr. Mutlu has received significant industry recognition with Faculty Awards from Google, Facebook, HP, Huawei, IBM, Intel, Microsoft, NSF, and VMware. His work has earned over 20 Best Paper awards and 12 papers selected for IEEE Micro's Top Picks as some of the most influential papers in computer architecture.

He maintains strong industry connections, having worked at Microsoft Research (2006-2009), Intel (multiple summers), AMD (multiple summers), VMware (2016), and Google (2016), enabling direct technology transfer of his research ideas into commercial products.