Ramesh K. Sitaraman

Distinguished University Professor and Associate Dean
 
Phone: 413-545-3279
Room 310, 140 Governor’s Dr, UMass Amherst, MA 01003
Admin:   Vickie Rupp, 300 CS Building, 413-545-2572

LiDS

Prospective Students

We are looking for highly-talented grad students who are passionate about distributed systems, algorithms, and networking. Our research spans the whole range: algorithms, theoretical analysis, system design, and AI/ML in the context of novel distributed systems. If interested,  please apply to our grad program and mention either me or the LIDS lab. 

Research

We study foundational scientific principles that enable Internet-based services to be reliable, scalable, secure, high-performance, energy-efficient, and low-cost.  Current research topics include:

  • Web and Video Content Delivery.
  • Algorithmic and Theoretical Foundations of Distributed Systems.
  • Web and Video Performance.
  • Energy-aware Green Computing.
  • Networking and Networked Systems.
  • User Behavior and Economics in the Internet Ecosystem.

Students

Over the years, we are lucky to have had talented students who have made major contributions to the state-of-the-art and have established successful careers in academia and industry.

Current:

  1. Sohaib Ahmad (Doctoral)
  2. Ali Zeynali (Doctoral)
  3. Lingdong Wang (Doctoral)
  4. Diptyaroop Maji (Doctoral)
  5. Kevin Chen (Doctoral)
  6. Tung-I Chen (Doctoral)

Alumni:

  • Anirudh Sabnis (Doctoral). First position: Akamai
  • Kevin Spiteri (Doctoral). First position: Google.
  • Aditya Sundarrajan (Doctoral). First position: Facebook Research
  • Vani Gupta (Doctoral). First position: Providence College.
  • Sweetesh Singh (Masters). First position: EMC
  • Brandon McPhail (Masters)
  • Michael Sindelar (Masters). First position: Google.
  • Shashi Singh (Masters). First position: Bloomberg.
  • Harish Venkataramani (Masters). First position: Google.
  • Suprakash Datta (Doctoral).  First position: York University.
  • Kamal Kumar Kasera (Masters). First position: Goldman Sacks.
  • Lixin Gao (Doctoral). Currently: UMass (ECE). Sloan Fellow, IEEE Fellow, ACM Fellow.

Other Student Collaborators/Mentees:

  • Dr. Abhigyan Sharma, First position: AT&T Labs Research
  • Dr. Benjamin Heintz, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
  • Daniel Berger, University of Kaiserslautern