Calton Pu

Dr. Calton Pu

Professor and John P. Imlay, Jr. Chair in Software
College of Computing, Georgia Tech
Director, Center for Experimental Research in Computer Systems (CERCS)

PhD: Computer Science & Engineering, U. Washington
Office: KACB room 3334
Address: 266 Ferst Dr, Atlanta, GA 30332-0765 USA
Email: calton.pu [at] cc.gatech.edu
Phone: +1-404-385-1106

Research Interests

Calton's research interests are in the areas of service computing, distributed and cloud computing, and dynamic analytics on changing big data. His current projects include cloud computing (WISE/Elba) project and dynamic analytics (GRAIT-DM) project research.

Using experimental data from realistic benchmarks, the WISE project studies millibottlenecks, very short bottleneck phenomena that have large impact on n-tier application latency. The GRAIT-DM project continuously collects data on COVID-19 and other disasters to distinguish real information from fake news.

The sponsors for Calton's research include both government funding agencies such as NSF, and companies from industry such as Fujitsu. He is also the director of RCN on Big Data for Smart Cities, managed as part of the GRAIT-DM project.

Positions available: Georgia Tech is recruiting good graduate students.

Projects

Current Projects

  • WISE/Elba Project: Automated N-Tier Application Deployment.
  • GRAIT-DM Project: Global Research on Applying Information Technology for Disaster Management.
  • NORP Project: Big data management and analytics for non-profit research.

Past Projects

Teaching

Calton teaches several courses in the areas of systems and databases. Please see detailed information on Oscar and Canvas.

  • Fall: CS4220/6235 Real-Time Embedded Systems
  • Spring: CS4365/6365 Introduction to Enterprise Computing

PhD Students

PhD Students Graduated

Publications

For a complete list of publications, please visit:

Short Biography

Calton Pu was born in Taiwan and grew up in Brazil. He received his PhD from University of Washington in 1986 and served on the faculty of Columbia University and Oregon Graduate Institute. Currently, he is holding the position of Professor and John P. Imlay, Jr. Chair in Software in the College of Computing, Georgia Institute of Technology.

He has worked on several projects in systems and database research. His contributions to systems research include program specialization and software feedback. His contributions to database research include extended transaction models and their implementation. His recent research has focused on automated system management in clouds (Elba project), information quality (e.g., spam processing), and big data in Internet of Things.

Academic Service

General Co-Chair:

  • ICDE'97, CIKM'01, ICDE’06, DEPSA’07, CEAS’07, SCC’08, CollaborateCom’08, World Service Congress’11, CollaborateCom’12, IEEE CIC’15.

Program Committee Co-Chair:

  • SRDS'95, ICDE’99, COOPIS’02, SRDS’03, DOA’07, DEBS’09, ICWS’10, CollaborateCom'11, ICAC’13, CLOUD’15, Big Data Congress’16.

Program Committee Member:

  • Served on more than 120 program committees.