Resit Sendag

Resit Sendag is a Professor and Director of Graduate Studies in the Department of Electrical, Computer and Biomedical Engineering at the University of Rhode Island. He serves as Director of both the URI Computer Architecture Laboratory and the URI Generative AI Development Group, leading cutting-edge research in computer architecture and high-performance computing.

His academic credentials include:

• Ph.D. in Computer Engineering from the University of Minnesota (2003)
• B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering from Hacettepe University, Ankara (1994)

Professor Sendag specializes in computer architecture with research interests spanning processor design, memory systems, parallel computing, and hardware acceleration. His work focuses on improving computational performance through innovative techniques in cache management, prefetching, branch prediction, and specialized hardware implementations using FPGAs and GPUs. Recent research has expanded into applying these architectural principles to solve complex optimization problems like vehicle routing.

His publication record demonstrates a consistent evolution from fundamental computer architecture research toward practical applications of architectural techniques. The most recent work shows strong emphasis on implementing genetic algorithms for vehicle routing problems using specialized hardware platforms (FPGAs and GPUs), while maintaining his foundational research on memory access optimization through sophisticated prefetching techniques.

Professor Sendag has secured research funding from the Office of Naval Research through collaborative projects with the University of Connecticut focused on advanced manufacturing, shipbuilding processes, and material tracking systems.

He actively mentors graduate students, with current advisees working on challenging computer architecture projects. His former students have achieved notable success at leading technology institutions including ETH-Zurich, Intel, NVIDIA, AMD, and various research laboratories.

Professor Sendag leads key research initiatives including the URI Computer Architecture Laboratory, the Generative AI Development Group, and the PatternFinder project (an NSF-funded open-source tool for program behavior analysis).