1- KV stores for non-volatile persistent memories (NVM): write-conservative and multi-threaded combined with light-weight atomic locking for high space utilization and better scalability2- Data de-duplication systems based on NVM: improved resource utilization and performance using pipelining, buffer pooling, lock-free read/write operations, out-of-order buffer eviction & containerization3- Power capping for the data center: targeting storage arrays with performance differentiation between throughput and tail-latency

1- Power-proportional Hadoop distributed file system (HDFS): improved energy efficiency using dynamic data layout, elastic and non-stationary active zone of machines, block over-replication, metadata-free hot block identification and load balancing2- PCM-friendly hash-table: Studied various hash-table schemes for Phase-Change Memory (Hop-Scotch, Cuckoo, Chaining, and linear probing) and co-devised a write-conservative scheme

1- Wear-leveling algorithms for MEMS storage: Migration-resistant policies to prevent internal data shuffling.2- Energy-efficient storage hierarchies: cross-layer optimization for buffering streaming data in mobile systems based on MEMS and Flash storage3- Simulation framework based on queuing networks: investigating the timing performance and energy consumption of different MEMS-storage designs

1- Policies for energy efficiency, techniques for data layout, and algorithms for wear-leveling for MEMS storage2- Energy-efficient storage hierarchy using Flash between the disk drive and DRAM

1- Visiting scholar at the SSRC (Storage Systems Research Center): working with Professor Ethan L. Miller on data-layout techniques for MEMS-storage devices2- Data-layout modeling in DiskSm for MEMS storage for comparing MEMS performance to empirical measurements for Flash

1- Performance analysis of real-time applications: implemented a front-end parser and data-flow algorithms in C++ for the analysis of real-time applications2- Cache simulator: estimating the cache interference between real-time programs under preemptive scheduling

Worked at the department of Electrical Engineering and designed and developed a Finite Input Response (FIR) digital filter in VHDL.