Kourosh Gharachorloo Joined Google on December 2002 You can reach me by email (kourosh at stanfordalumni.org). Google 2400 Bayshore Parkway Mountain View CA  94043 phone: 650-330-0100

PAPERS, PRESENTATIONS, AND PATENTS

Research Interests

Parallel computer architecture and software, commercial database and webserver performance.

Education

BS in Electrical Engineering, BA in Economics, MS in Electrical Engineering, PhD in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, all from Stanford University.

Biography

Prior to joining Google on December 2002, Kourosh was a Consulting Engineer and Principal Member of Technical Staff at the Western Research Laboratory (Hewlett-Packard, part of Compaq before May 2002, and Digital before June 1998). At WRL, he was involved in numerous research projects including Piranha (a highly integrated multiprocessor server with eight processor cores per chip), commercial database workload characterization, and Shasta (a software DSM system). In addition, he was a major contributor to the design and specification of Alpha processor and server platforms (both 21264- and 21364-based systems). He was also a contributor to the Alpha architecture specification, and authored a chapter of the Alpha Architecture Reference Manual.

Before joining Digital in 1992, Kourosh was a key contributor in the Stanford Dash and Flash multiprocessor projects. In addition, his thesis research on memory consistency models has influenced academic research and impacted the specifications and implementations of several commercial microprocessors

Kourosh has authored over 45 technical conference and journal papers, and has 26 filed patents. He has also taught several courses at Stanford, served as General Chair for ASPLOS 2002, and has served on various program committees and invited panels.