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Tevfik Kosar

Professor of Computer Science and Engineering
University at Buffalo School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

AREAS OF EXPERTISE:

Big data, cloud computing, distributed systems, high-performance computing, green computing, energy-efficient systems

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Tevfik Kosar is an expert on managing digital data, specifically how to move, store and access it. He can discuss a range of topics, everything from how cloud computing and supercomputing work to data bottlenecks and the many uses of big data.

With funding from the National Science Foundation and other organizations, he develops software platforms that improve the efficiency of computer systems. His projects include OneDataShare, a tool designed to boost data transfer speeds, and GreenDataFlow, an IBM-funded effort to reduce the energy consumption of datacenters, web servers, mobile devices and more.

Kosar teaches courses on operating systems, parallel and distributed file systems, distributed storage and energy-efficient mobile systems.

CONTACT:

Tevfik Kosar, PhD
Professor of Computer Science and Engineering
University at Buffalo School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

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