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David Finkel

Professor
Associate Department Head
Director, Specialization in Computer and Communications Networks
Co-Director, Silicon Valley Project Center

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Office: Fuller Laboratories, B23
Phone: +1-508-831-5416
Fax: +1-508-831-5776
dfinkel@wpi.edu
dfinkel@cs.wpi.edu

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Educational Background

B.A., Temple University, 1966
M.S., University of Chicago, 1967
Ph.D., University of Chicago, 1971

Research & Teaching Interests

Computer system performance evaluation; computer and communications networks; operating system performance; distributed and multiprocessor computing systems; queuing models; simulation

IQP Advising Interests

Computers & education; education & technological literacy

Research Grants

Stratus Computer, Inc., "Key Aspects of Transaction Processing". with Robert E. Kinicki, 1996 - 1998.
National Science Foundation ILI Grant, "The Webware, Interfaces, and Networking Experimental Laboratory", with David C. Brown, George Heineman, Robert E. Kinicki, Matthew O. Ward, and Craig E. Wills, 1997 - 1999.
BMC Software, Inc., "Application Performance Studies", with Mark L. Claypool. 1998 - 1999.
National Science Foundation CCLI - Adaptation and Implementation Program, "Teaching Systems Courses with an Open Source Laboratory", with Mark L. Claypool and Craig E. Wills, 2000 - 2002.

Recent Publications

"Garbage Collection for Java Distributed Objects", with Andrei A. Dãncus, Proceedings of the International Network Conference 2002 (July, 2002), pp. 459 - 466.
"Transparent Process Migration for Distributed Applications in a Beowulf Cluster", with Mark Claypool, Proceedings of the International Network Conference 2002 (July, 2002), pp. 423 - 422.
"An Open Source Laboratory for Operating Systems Projects", with Mark Claypool and Craig E. Wills, Proceedings of the 6th Annual ACM/SIGCSE Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education (June, 2001), pp. 145 - 148.
"An Applet-Based Anonymous Distributed Computing System", with Craig E. Wills, Michael J. Ciaraldi, Kevin Amorin, Adam Covati, and Michael Lee, Internet Research, vol. 11, no. 1 (January, 2001), pp 35 - 41.
"Risks in Anonymous Distributed Computing Systems", with Michael J. Ciaraldi and Craig E. Wills, Proceedings of the International Network Conference 2000 (July, 2000), pp. 193 - 200.

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Years of Service at WPI

1991 - Professor of Computer Science
1988 - 1991 Associate Professor of Computer Science
1999 - Director, Silicon Valley Project Center
1993 - Director, Specialization in Computer and Communications Networks
1992 - 1999 Associate Department Head

Professional Experience & Activities

Bucknell University
- Assistant Professor of Mathematics, 1971 - 1978
- Associate Professor of Mathematics, 1978 - 1984
- Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science, 1984 - 1988
June 1981 - August 1984: HRB-Singer, Inc., State College, PA.
Developed mathematical models of computer systems and performed queuing analyses and simulations to predict computer response times. Recommended design changes to improve response time.
1994 - 1997: International Business Software, Worcester, MA
Software Design Consultant
1997 - present: Expert witness in computer-related patent infringement litigation.
Program Committee for International Network Conference 2000, 2002, 2004.
Steering Committee for the annual IEEE International Workshop on Modeling, Analysis and Simulation of Computer and Telecommunication Systems (MASCOTS), 2001 - present.
Proceedings Chair, ACM SIGCSE Conference on Integrating Technology in Computer Science Education (ITiCSE), June 2001, June 2002, June 2003.

Professional Societies/Memberships

ACM (SIGMETRICS, SIGCSE)
IEEE Computer Society
Society for Computer Simulation

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