CS&E Profile: Antonia Zhai

Computer architectures, compiler optimizations, and operating systems.

Ph.D. 2005, Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University

M.A.Sc. 1998, Computer Engineering, University of Toronto

B.A. 1996, University of Toronto

About

Associate Professor Antonia Zhai specializes in novel compiler optimizations and architecture features for the multi-core processor technology, which incorporates several processors onto a single chip. Her academic record includes a dozen refereed journals and numerous scholarly addresses. Zhai is active in professional service, serving as a member of ACM and IEEE.

Research

My research interests include computer architectures, compiler optimizations, and operating systems. In particular, I am interested in the design, implementation and evaluation of novel compiler optimizations and architecture features for the emerging multi-core processor technology that incorporates several processors onto a single chip. My research goal is not only to improve the performance for such processor, but also to enhance non-performance features, such as programmability, security, testability and reliability.

As technology advances, pervasive computation/communication systems that involve a large number of devices will emerge. Designing such systems has raised many interesting issues that I would like to address, such as, determining the communication/computation trade-off, improving fault tolerance and power efficiency, designing efficient computation cores, satisfying real-time constraints, and identifying suitable programmer models.