PhD Theses

 

Hasan Hassan, (defended 29 September 2022)
Thesis title: Improving DRAM Performance, Reliability, and Security by Rigorously Understanding Intrinsic DRAM Operation”
[Slides (pptx) (pdf)]
[Thesis arXiv (abs) (pdf)]
[SAFARI Live Seminar Video]

2023 EDAA Outstanding Dissertation Award [SAFARI News]


Christina Giannoula, (defended 27 September 2022)
Thesis title: “Accelerating Irregular Applications via Efficient Synchronization and Data Access Techniques“, PhD Thesis, National Technical University of Athens
[Slides (pptx) (pdf)]
[Thesis arXiv (pdf)]
[SAFARI Live Seminar Video (with Q&A); SAFARI Live Seminar Slides (pptx) (pdf)]

2022 Best Doctoral Thesis Award NTUA [NTUA News] [SAFARI News]


Minesh Patel, April 2022 (defended 01 October 2021)
Thesis title: “Enabling Effective Error Mitigation in Modern Memory Chips that Use On-Die Error-Correcting Codes”
[Slides (pptx) (pdf)]
[Thesis arXiv (pdf)]
[SAFARI Live Seminar Video]

2022 ETH Doctoral Medal [SAFARI News]
2022 William C. Carter PhD Dissertation Award in Dependability
(presented at DSN 2022 (Baltimore, MD), 28 June 2022).  [Acceptance Speech Video] [Slides (pptx)(pdf)] [SAFARI News] [The William C. Carter PhD Dissertation Award in Dependability]



Gagandeep Singh, March 2021 (defended 29 March 2021)


Kevin Hsieh, October 2019 (defended 5 September 2019)
Thesis title: “Machine Learning Systems for Highly-Distributed and Rapidly-Growing Data”
[Slides (pptx) (pdf)]
[Thesis arXiv (pdf)]
[Video PhD thesis talk]


Justin Meza, May 2019 (defended December 2018).
Thesis title: “Large Scale Studies of Memory, Storage, and Network Failures in a Modern Data Center”
[Slides (pptx) (pdf)]
[Thesis arXiv (pdf)]


Mohammed Alser, August 2018 (defended June 2018).
Thesis title: “Accelerating the Understanding of Life’s Code Through Better Algorithms and Hardware Design”
[Slides (pptx) (pdf)]
[Thesis arXiv (pdf)]
2018 IEEE Turkey Doctoral Dissertation Award
News items:
Yasser Arafat Award (The Best Palestinian PhD Student in Turkey)
SAFARI News: Mohammed Alser wins IEEE Turkey PhD Dissertation Award


Yixin Luo, May 2018 (defended February 2018).
Thesis title: “Architectural Techniques for Improving NAND Flash Memory Reliability”
[Slides (pptx) (pdf)]
[Thesis arXiv (pdf)]
[Video PhD thesis talk]


Kevin Chang, May 2017 (defended May 2017).
Thesis title: “Understanding and Improving the Latency KevinChang-PhDDissertationof DRAM-Based Memory Systems”
[Slides (pptx) (pdf)]
[Thesis arXiv (pdf)]


Rachata Ausavarungnirun, May 2017 (defended May 2017).
Thesis title: “Techniques for Shared Resource Management in Systems with Throughput Processors”
[Slides (pptx) (pdf)]
[Thesis arXiv (pdf)]


Gennady Pekhimenko, August 2016 (defended July 2016).
Thesis title: “Practical Data Compression for Modern Memory Hierarchies”
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Slides (pptx) (pdf)]
[Thesis arXiv (pdf)]


Vivek Seshadri, May 2016 (defended April 2016).
Thesis title: “Simple DRAM and Virtual Memory Abstractions to Enable Highly Efficient Memory Subsystems”
[
Slides (pptx) (pdf)]
[Thesis arXiv (pdf)]
[Video PhD thesis talk]


Donghyuk Lee, May 2016 (defended December 2015).
Thesis title: “Reducing DRAM Latency at Low Cost by Exploiting Heterogeneity”
[
Slides (pptx) (pdf)]
[Thesis arXiv (pdf)]


Yoongu Kim, August 2015 (defended May 2015).
Thesis title: “Architectural Techniques to Enhance DRAM Scaling”
[Slides (pptx) (pdf)]


Lavanya Subramanian, August 2015 (defended April 2015).
Thesis title: “Providing High and Controllable Performance in Multicore Systems Through Shared Resource Management”
[
Slides (pptx) (pdf)]
[Thesis arXiv (pdf)]