Bhuvan Urgaonkar

Bhuvan Urgaonkar is a Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Penn State University's College of Engineering. His research centers on optimizing cloud computing systems through innovative approaches to resource allocation, cost efficiency, and energy management.

• Current research focuses on Burstable Instance Scaling
• Serverless Computing Optimization
• Distributed Storage Systems
• Multi-resource Fair Allocation
• Cloud Economics

Recent publications highlight advancements in autoscaling techniques, serverless architecture design, and trace modeling for high-load scenarios. These works emphasize practical solutions for cost-effective resource utilization in public cloud environments.

Scientific Awards:

• CNS: Core: Small: Consistent, Geo-Distributed Data Stores on the Public Cloud (NSF, 2022-2025)
• CNS Core: Small: Principled Methodologies for Automated Cost-Effective Service Blending (NSF, 2021-2024)
• PPoSS: Cross-Layer Design for HPC in the Cloud (NSF, 2020-2022)
• CSR: Burstable Instances for Cost-Efficacy (NSF, 2017-2020)
• CSR: Student Travel Support for SIGMETRICS (NSF, 2016-2017)