Professor Steve Chapin

"In theory, theory and practice are the same. In practice, they're not."

Steve Chapin
Research Assistant Professor

Department of Computer Science
School of Engineering and Applied Science
University of Virginia
151 Engineer's Way, P.O. Box 400740
Charlottesville, Virginia 22904-4740

Phone: (434) 982-2220
Fax: (434) 982-2214
Email: chapin@cs.virginia.edu
Office: 238-D Olsson Hall, UVa

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Areas of Interest

Operating and Distributed Systems, Heterogeneous Computing, and Networking.

Biographical Sketch

teve Chapin received his Ph.D. in Computer Science from Purdue University. He was an Assistant Professor of Computer Science at Kent State University from 1993 until joining the Computer Science department at the University of Virginia in 1996. He is the author or co-author of several papers.

Research

teve Chapin's research has centered on the investigation of distributed and parallel computing systems. Specifically, he is examining microkernel operating systems and programming environments for heterogeneous multicomputers. This research includes investigation into resource management, threading paradigms, task scheduling, and state sharing. The common theme for this research is the accommodation of autonomy and heterogeneity in the component systems.

Selected Publications

"Distributed and Multiprocessor Scheduling," S. Chapin, Computing Surveys, 50th Anniversary Issue, Vol. 28, No. 1, pp. 233-235, March 1996.
"Distributed Scheduling Support in the Presence of Autonomy," S. Chapin, HCW '95, pp. 22-29, April 1995.
"Support for Security in Distributed Systems Using MESSIAHS," S. Chapin and E. Spafford, National Computer Security Conference 1994, pp. 339-347, October 1994.