Ciprian Tutu
PhD Student,
Computer Science Department,
Johns Hopkins University
| Office: |
NEB313 | |
| Contact: | email: | ciprian 'at' jhu 'dot' edu |
| phone: | 410-516-5562 | |
| fax: | 410-516-6134 | |
Well... we're going to get way too philosophical
if we try to really answer this question...
So, for the
purpose of this web page I think we're gonna stick to what is universally
accepted to define the notion of identity:
I am a human being (yes, I know the
photo can trick you), born in Bucharest, Romania. Now, if you really want to find out more
about me, we'll probably have to meet, or... you may keep reading
these pages to get an idea.
"The world is filled with willing people...
Some willing to work, the rest willing to let
them."
- - Robert Frost
My research interests lie
mostly in the distributed systems area, this being the reason I joined the
Center for Networking and Distributed
Systems. This gives me the opportunity to work with an incredibly
talented group of people
under the supervision of my advisor Dr. Yair Amir. Before coming to Hopkins, I attended the Graduate School in
Computer Science of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in
Lausanne (EPFL). Before that, I got my CS
bachelors degree from Politehnica
University of Bucharest. For further details on my background you can have
a look at my resume
.
My current graduate work focused on building a reliable,
fault-tolerant wide-area database replication engine using group
communication primitives. Additionally I worked on applying similar techniques
to create a more robust Domain Name System (DNS), that can cope with
the current requirements.
More generally, I am interested in constructing
efficient, scalable, correct distributed algorithms.
Secondary areas of interest include network
security, privacy and online algorithms.
You can find more details and a list of my publications on my
research page.
During the first years at Johns Hopkins I was Teaching Assistant for two very interesting and extremely challenging classes: Operating Systems and Cryptography and Network Security . You can also find a list of classes I took during my graduate years.
"There is more to life than increasing its speed." -- Gandhi
There are a lot of things I enjoy doing and, as
time passes by, I keep discovering more. So is there a point in trying to
count them all? However, you can have a look and see who my friends are, find out more about me through my movie page or the photography pages which will probably be the
most updated sections on this
site.