Calton Pu

Calton Pu is a Professor and John P. Imlay, Jr. Chair in Software at Georgia Tech's College of Computing. He leads the Center for Experimental Research in Computer Systems (CERCS) and the GRAIT-DM project on disaster management analytics. His research focuses on distributed systems, cloud computing, and misinformation detection. He holds a PhD from the University of Washington (1986) and previously taught at Columbia University and Oregon Graduate Institute.

Research Interests:

• Service computing and cloud computing
• Dynamic analytics on big data
• Millibottleneck analysis in microservices
• Fake news detection (e.g., EDNA-COVID dataset)
• System survivability and performance optimization

Teaching includes courses like Real-Time Embedded Systems and Enterprise Computing. He has advised over 30 PhD students and published extensively in systems and database research. Current projects include automated cloud deployment (WISE/Elba) and disaster information management (GRAIT-DM).

Labs/Teams:

• CERCS (Center for Experimental Research in Computer Systems)
• GRAIT-DM (Global Research on Applying IT for Disaster Management)