Associate Professor
Computer Science
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Rice Computer Architecture
Rice University
Contact
| E-Mail: | rixner@rice.edu | |
| Office: | Duncan Hall 3032 | |
| Address: |
Rice University Dept. of Computer Science, MS 132 6100 Main St. Houston, TX 77005 |
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| Phone: | 713-348-6353 | |
| Office Hours: | Spring 2012: Thursday 2pm, DCH 3032 Advising meetings by appointment |
Teaching
- Computer Science Undergraduate Lunch Talk Series
- ENGI 128 - Introduction to Engineering Systems (Fall 2010)
- COMP 140 - Computational Thinking (Fall 2009)
- COMP 182 - Algorithmic Thinking (Spring 2012)
- COMP 215 - Introduction to Program Design (Fall 2011)
- COMP 221 - Introduction to Computer Systems (Fall 2008)
- COMP 310 - Advanced Object-Oriented Programming (Fall 2010)
- COMP/ELEC 519 - Network Systems Architecture (Spring 2008)
- COMP/ELEC 525 - Advanced Microprocessor Architecture (Spring 2007)
- ELEC 693 - Advanced Topics - Computer Systems (Fall 2009)
- ELEC 696 - Computer Architecture Seminar (Spring 2011)
Curriculum
- Chair, Computer Science Undergraduate Committee
- Chair, School of Engineering Curriculum Committee
- Member, School of Engineering Design Committee
- Member, University Committee on Undergraduate Curriculum
Research
Scott Rixner is an Associate Professor in the Computer Science & Electrical and Computer Engineering departments at Rice University. He leads the Rice Computer Architecture Group, and his research interests include media, network, and communications processing; the interaction between operating systems and computer architectures; and memory system architecture. During his doctoral studies, Rixner was the principal architect of the Imagine Stream Processor. His current research focuses on network server architecture, network virtualization, and memory system architecture.
Some of his recent publications include:
- SpecTLB: A Mechanism for Speculative Address Translation (ISCA 2011)
- Translation Caching: Skip, Don't Walk (the Page Table) (ISCA 2010)
- The Hadoop Distributed Filesystem: Balancing Portability and Performance (ISPASS 2010)
- Achieving 10Gbps Using Safe and Transparent Network Interface Virtualization (VEE 2009)
- Protection Strategies for Direct Access to Virtualized I/O Devices (USENIX 2008)
- Scheduling I/O in Virtual Machine Monitors (VEE 2008)
- Network Virtualization: Breaking the Performance Barrier (ACM Queue Jan/Feb 2008)
- Concurrent Direct Network Access for Virtual Machine Monitors (HPCA 2007)
You can find further information on his research and publications on the Rice Computer Architecture Group page.
Patents
Scott Rixner has several pending and issued patents, including:- US Patent #7,979,666. Scott Rixner, Kartik Mohanram and Mihir R. Choudhury. System and method for context-independent codes for off-chip interconnects. Issued July 12, 2011.
- US Patent #7,818,539. Scott Rixner, John D. Owens, and Ujval Kapasi, and William J. Dally. System and method for performing efficient conditional vector operations for data parallel architectures involving both input and conditional vector values. Issued October 19, 2010.
- US Patent #7,707,384. William J. Dally and Scott Rixner. System and method for re-ordering memory references for access to memory. Issued April 27, 2010.
- US Patent #6,192,384. William J. Dally, Scott Rixner, J.P. Grossman, and Chris Buehler. System and method for performing compound vector operations. Issued February 20, 2001.
- US Patent #6,016,531. Scott Rixner and C. Ross Ogilvie. Apparatus for performing real time caching utilizing an execution quantization timer and an interrupt controller. Issued January 18, 2000.
Education
- Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, MIT, 2001.
- M.Eng. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, MIT, 1995.
- B.S. in Computer Science and Engineering, MIT, 1995.
- Scott Rixner. A Bandwidth-efficient Architecture for a Streaming Media Processor, MIT Doctor of Philosophy Thesis, 2001.
- Scott Rixner. Memory System Architecture for Real-Time Multitasking Systems, MIT Master of Engineering Thesis, 1995.
