Mahmut Taylan Kandemir

Mahmut Taylan Kandemir is a Professor in the Department of Computer Science at Pennsylvania State University. His research spans optimizing compilers, runtime systems, embedded systems, I/O, high-performance storage, and power-aware computing. He leads the Microsystems Design Lab and collaborates with institutions like Argonne National Lab, Microsoft, and Intel.

Education:

• B.S. Computer Engineering, Istanbul Technical University (1988)
• M.S. Computer Engineering, Istanbul Technical University (1992)
• Ph.D. Computer Science, Syracuse University (1999)

Research Focus: Dr. Kandemir's work integrates hardware-software co-design to address challenges in multi-core architectures, non-volatile memory systems, and energy efficiency. His recent projects explore 3D NAND flash optimization, near-data computing, and reliability in heterogeneous systems. Key themes include reducing data movement overhead, enhancing storage longevity, and developing compiler-directed solutions for emerging hardware.

Publications: His articles frequently appear in premier venues (PLDI, ASPLOS, HPCA) and emphasize memory hierarchy optimization, security, and parallelism. Trends include hardware-assisted resilience, approximate concurrency, and energy-efficient VR streaming.

Awards:

• Premier Research Award, Penn State Engineering Society (2017)
• IEEE Fellow
• NSF CAREER Award (2000)
• Best Paper Awards (IPDPS 2008, ICPADS 2006)
• Top ACM Digital Library Download (2006)

Advising & Grants: He has graduated 32 Ph.D. and 20 master's students, with 15 Ph.D. and 5 master's students currently advised. His research is funded by NSF, DARPA, DOE, and industry partners. Active projects include:

• NSF/OAC: Re-Engineering Galaxy for Performance (2019-2023)
• NSF/SHF: 3D NAND Flash Optimization (2019-2022)
• NSF/SPX: Heterogeneous Intermittent Accelerators (2018-2022)

Labs & Teams: Leads the Microsystems Design Lab, focusing on architecture-compiler co-design. Collaborates with the Storage Systems Research Center and heterogeneous computing groups at Penn State.