Raju Rangaswami

Raju Rangaswami is an Eminent Scholar Chaired Professor in the Knight Foundation School of Computing and Information Sciences at Florida International University (FIU), where he directs the Systems Research Laboratory. His academic roles include serving as Associate Professor (2009-2019), Assistant Professor (2004-2009), and a visiting role at IIT Bombay (2015). He holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of California, Santa Barbara, an M.S. from the same institution, and a B.S. in Computer Science and Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur.

His research focuses on operating systems, storage systems, virtualization, real-time systems, and computer security, with applications in cloud computing, distributed systems, and mobile computing. Key contributions include work on caching strategies, persistent memory, and energy-efficient storage architectures.

Rangaswami has received prestigious awards such as the NSF CAREER Award (2008-2013), DOE ECPI Award (2006-2010), and multiple NetApp Faculty Fellowships. He actively contributes to the field through roles like Program Chair for the USENIX File and Storage Technologies Conference, editorial work for the Springer Journal of Distributed and Parallel Databases, and NSF panel service.

His research spans over 50 publications in top venues like FAST, USENIX ATC, and IEEE conferences, focusing on topics like cache replacement policies, storage tiering, and secure data management. Current projects explore AI-driven caching systems and energy-efficient hybrid memory architectures.