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David Irwin is a Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and an Adjunct Professor in the College of Information and Computer Sciences (CICS) at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. He leads the Sustainable Computing Lab, focusing on designing energy-efficient distributed systems and improving sustainability in computing infrastructure. His roles include leading the Center for Smart and Connected Society (CS2) and affiliations with the Energy Transition Institute and the Center for Data Science.
Education: PhD in Computer Science from Duke University (2005) and BS in Computer Science and Mathematics from Vanderbilt University (2001).
Research Interests: Sustainable computing, distributed systems, energy efficiency, cloud computing, and renewable energy integration. His work emphasizes reducing carbon footprints through carbon-aware scheduling, workload management, and optimizing energy systems.
Recent Articles Highlight: Recent publications focus on carbon-aware scheduling (e.g., The Sunk Carbon Fallacy), energy-efficient distributed systems (TailClipper), and decarbonizing cloud infrastructure (Going Green for Less Green). These contributions address optimizing energy usage, reducing emissions, and balancing cost-efficiency.
Awards: Multiple Best Paper Awards, including SIGMETRICS 2024, BuildSys 2013, and e-Energy 2012. Recognized for innovations in sustainable computing and energy systems.
Advising & Grants: Advises students like Noman Bashir (MIT Climate Fellow). Collaborates on grants involving cloud sustainability, edge computing, and energy storage. Leads initiatives like the Open Cloud Testbed (OCT) for cloud research.
Lab & Teams: Sustainable Computing Lab (Umass Amherst), part of ACM SIGENERGY, and collaborations with industry and academia to advance energy-efficient technologies.
