Kinshuk Govil

Phone: (650) 424-8526
Email: kinshuk@cs.stanford.edu

URL: http://www-flash.stanford.edu/~kinshuk

Education:

1995-2000

Stanford University
Received PhD in Computer Science in 2000.
Received MS in Computer Science in 1997.
PhD disseration was on Virtual Clusters, a novel technique to efficiently manage resources on large shared-memory multiprocessors without requiring any modifications to the operating system.

1991-94

University of California, Berkeley
BS in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Honors Program.
University of California gold medal finalist.
GPA: (technical) 4.00/4.00 (overall) 3.95/4.00
Coursework included artificial intelligence, algorithms, compilers, databases, graphics, hardware design, networking, operating systems, signal processing, and economics.
Research included low-power operating systems.

Work experience:

2000-present	VMware, Inc. I help with defining, designing, and implementing new features for the VMware ESX Server, a high-performance scalable server product that virtualizes the x86 platform.
1995-2000	Research Assistant at Stanford University Researched resource management, virtual machine monitors, fault containment, and scalable large shared-memory multiprocessors while designing the Virtual Clusters technique. Developed a prototype system that runs on the SGI Origin and Stanford FLASH multiprocessors. I also contributed to the Hive operating system and the SimOS machine simulator.
Winter 2000	Teaching Assistant at Stanford University CS240 - Advanced Topics in Operating Systems Assisted Prof. Mary Baker in teaching this class on advanced study in operating system topics and exposure to recent developments in operating system research.
Winter 1997	Teaching Assistant at Stanford University CS240A (now called CS140) - Operating Systems and Systems Programming Assisted Prof. Mendel Rosenblum in teaching this class on fundamentals of operating systems design and implementation.
1991-95	Programmer Analyst at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Designed and developed the image processing software for Hands-On-Universe (R) project at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. Hands-On Universe is an educational program that enables students to investigate the universe while applying tools and concepts from science, math, and technology. I was also responsible for system administration duties for SunOS and Solaris workstations.
1991-92	Laboratory Assistant at University of California, Berkeley Performed data analysis for predicting occurrence and rate of spread of fires for Prof. Keith Gilless (Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management).

Publications:

Kinshuk Govil. Virtual Clusters: Resource mangement on large shared-memory multiprocessors. Ph.D. Thesis, Stanford University. October 2000.
Kinshuk Govil, Dan Teodosiu, Yongqiang Huang, and Mendel Rosenblum. Cellular Disco: resource management using virtual clusters on shared-memory multiprocessors. In Proceedings of 17th Symposium on Operating Systems Principles, 1999. (Selected as one of the four best papers at the conference)
Abstract
Paper available as: postscript (264 KB), compressed postscript (108 KB), and PDF (95 KB).
Edouard Bugnion, Scott Devine, Kinshuk Govil, and Mendel Rosenblum. Disco: Running Commodity Operating Systems on Scalable Multiprocessors. ACM Transaction on Computer Systems (TOCS), Vol. 15, No. 4 (Nov. 1997).
Abstract
Paper available as: final version in pdf format from ACM, and preliminary version in postscript format.
Dan Teodosiu, Joel Baxter, Kinshuk Govil, John Chapin, Mendel Rosenblum, and Mark Horowitz. Hardware Fault Containment in Scalable Shared-Memory Multiprocessors. In Proceedings of 24th International Symposium on Computer Architecture, June 1997.
Abstract
Paper available as: postscript (210 KB), and compressed postscript (92 KB).
Kinshuk Govil, Edwin Chan, and Hal Wasserman. Comparing Algorithms for Dynamic Speed-Setting of a Low-Power CPU. In Proceedings of 1st ACM International Conference on Mobile Computing and Networking, 1995.
Abstract
Paper available as: postscript (223 KB), and compressed postscript (91 KB).

Additional experience and interests:

Computer experience: C/C++, Microsoft Windows and UNIX programming, system administration, HTML, SQL, Tcl/Tk, MIPS assembly, and Lisp.

Interests: Basketball, hiking, and biking.

References:

Available upon request.

Kinshuk Govil

Last modified: Tue Nov 6 19:43:36 PST 2001