Stephen Crago

Stephen Crago is an Associate Director at the USC Information Sciences Institute (ISI) and serves as Director of the Computational Systems and Technology (CS&T) division and the ISI Arlington site since 1997. He holds a joint appointment as a Research Associate Professor in the Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Southern California.

• Education: Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from USC, M.S. and B.S. in Computer and Electrical Engineering from Purdue University

His research interests focus on heterogeneous computing, high-performance and embedded cloud computing, introspective systems, and parallel software development. He explores methods to optimize performance, power efficiency, and productivity in highly parallel, heterogeneous systems, driven by challenges in scaling multi-core processors.

Dr. Crago’s work has been funded by DARPA, NASA, and the Office of Naval Research (ONR), spanning projects from small-scale research to large interdisciplinary collaborations. He leads the CS&T division, contributing to advancements in computational systems and technology.