Vijay K Garg

Vijay K Garg is a Professor at the University of Texas at Austin, holding positions in both the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and the Department of Computer Sciences. He serves as the Director of the Parallel and Distributed Systems Laboratory and has made significant contributions to distributed computing.

• Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from University of California at Berkeley (1988)
• M.S. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from University of California at Berkeley (1985)
• B.Tech. in Computer Science & Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur (1984)

His research focuses on Distributed Algorithms, Fault Tolerance, Multicore Computing, and Lattice Theory applied to computing problems. He has also contributed to areas like Distributed Debugging, Simulation, and Supervisory Control of Discrete Event Systems.

His publications show a consistent focus on applying Lattice Theory to Distributed Systems, with recent work on Predicate Detection algorithms, Lattice Agreement, and applications to problems like Stable Marriage and Matching. His work bridges theoretical computer science with practical implementations in distributed systems.

Among his scientific awards are:

• IEEE Fellow (2004)
• UT Outstanding Inventor (2011)
• Best Paper Award at 17th International Conference on Runtime Verification (RV'2017)
• Best Paper Award at 12th International Symposium on Stabilization, Safety, and Security of Distributed Systems (2010)
• Dean’s Fellowship at UT Austin (2002)
• Faculty Research Award at UT Austin (2000)

Vijay has served on numerous program committees including ICDCS 2022, SRDS 2021, ICDCN 2020, and DISC 2019. He has also delivered keynote and invited talks at major conferences.