Ashvin Goel

Ashvin Goel is a Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Department of Computer Science at the University of Toronto, where he leads research at the intersection of Operating Systems, Reliability Engineering, and Computer Security. His work focuses on ensuring software systems can withstand bugs and vulnerabilities, with publications in top venues like SOSP, OSDI, and FAST.

He received his PhD in Computer Science and Engineering from Oregon Graduate Institute in 2003, with prior degrees from UCLA (MS) and IIT Kanpur (BS). Current research projects include runtime verification systems like Recon and intrusion recovery frameworks such as Taser, often in collaboration with Professor Angela Demke Brown. His team explores kernel instrumentation, file system consistency, and security recovery methods.

• NSERC Discovery Accelerator Award
• 2012 FAST Best Paper Award
• 2012 Google Faculty Research Award
• 2011 Netapp Faculty Award
• 2008 Ontario Early Researcher Award

Professor Goel's recent publications address deterministic concurrency control, distributed graph mining, and storage system reliability. He teaches graduate courses in Dependable Software Systems and Distributed Systems, with prior course development in operating systems security and time-sensitive applications.