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Greg Byrd

Executive Director; Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Engineering Building II (EB2) 3108

Bio

Dr. Byrd’s primary research is in the areas of quantum computing and high-performance parallel systems. He is interested in mechanisms which reduce communication overhead in parallel and distributed systems. Other areas of interest include computer architecture, network processing, service-oriented computing, and network security.

Before joining NC State, Dr. Byrd was a principal scientist at Celotek Corporation, where he developed software and protocols for the CellCase family of encryptors for ATM networks. He also worked at MCNC, in both the NC Supercomputing Center and the High Performance Computation and Communications group.

Education

Ph.D. Electrical Engineering Stanford University 1998

Master's Electrical Engineering Stanford University 1985

Bachelor's Computer Engineering Clemson University 1984

Area(s) of Expertise

Computer Architecture and Systems
Memory Systems / Memory Management
Parallel and Distributed Computer Architecture

Publications

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