David Wentzlaff

David Wentzlaff is a Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Princeton University, with associated faculty roles in Computer Science and the High Meadows Environmental Institute (HMEI). He leads research in computing architecture, green computing, and sustainable system design. As Director of Undergraduate Studies, he shapes educational programs in his field.

Education:

• Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, MIT (2012)
• M.S., Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, MIT (2002)
• B.S., Electrical Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (2000)

Research Focus:

• Future Computing Systems: Designing manycore architectures, cloud computing infrastructure, and chiplet-based systems for exascale computing.
• Sustainability: Developing energy-efficient hardware, recyclable computing systems, and eco-friendly decommissioning strategies.
• Hardware-Software Co-Design: Exploring FPGA integration, in-memory computing, and parallel processing frameworks.

Advising & Grants:

• Advises 8 current graduate students, focusing on topics like chiplet design, neural acceleration, and sustainable computing.
• Recipient of NSF grants for projects like OpenPiton (open-source manycore research platform) and CAREER awards for energy-efficient architectures.

Labs & Collaborations:

• Leads the Wentzlaff Research Group at Princeton.
• Develops open-source frameworks like PRGA (FPGA prototyping) and OpenPiton (manycore processor).