Samer Al-Kiswany

Samer Al-Kiswany is an Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Waterloo. His research focuses on optimizing modern data center and cloud architectures, leveraging advancements in networking, storage, and processing to enhance system efficiency and performance. He holds a Ph.D. (2013) and M.Sc. (2008) from the University of British Columbia and a B.Sc. (2003) from Jordan University of Science and Technology.

Research Interests: Dr. Al-Kiswany’s work emphasizes cloud-native paradigms (serverless, disaggregated architectures), data deduplication, network-accelerated scheduling, and fault-resilient systems. His projects include developing software stacks for efficient cloud applications and benchmarking frameworks for edge and serverless computing.

Publications: His recent work spans innovations in data deduplication (e.g., VectorCDC, SeqCDC), network-accelerated scheduling (Draconis, Falcon), and fault tolerance (CASPR). Over 30 publications demonstrate expertise in storage systems, distributed computing, and networking.

Awards: No awards explicitly listed in provided texts.

Grants & Advising: No student advisees or grant details provided. His research is supported through university and collaborative projects.

Labs/Teams: Involved in cloud systems and distributed computing research groups at the University of Waterloo.