Margo I. Seltzer

Harvard College Professor and Herchel Smith Professor of Computer Science

A.B., 1983, Applied Mathematics, Harvard/Radcliffe College
Ph.D., 1992, Computer Science, University of California at Berkeley



Professor Seltzer's research focuses on how to make computer systems better for users. Better can mean faster, more reliable, or easier to use. It can also mean that the pieces of a system, its storage, operating system and applications, work together more gracefully. Her research activities range from designing and building new storage systems to building new operating sytems (e.g., VINO), to analyzing system performance and developing new performance analysis tools and techniques, and exploring how to construct truly large-scale distributed systems. Professor Seltzer and her colleagues in systems form the Systems Research Group at Harvard . For more detailed information on current projects and activities, consult the SYRAH website.

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