Greg Byrd
Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Associate Department Head
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
Quantum Information Science and Engineering
Computer Architecture and Systems
Publications
- Achieving Forward Progress Guarantee in Small Hardware Transactions , IEEE COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE LETTERS (2024)
- Crosstalk-Based Parameterized Quantum Circuit Approximation , IEEE International Conference on Quantum Computing and Engineering (2023)
- Exploring Architecture of Qiskit Runtime for Educational Enablement , 2023 IEEE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON QUANTUM COMPUTING AND ENGINEERING, QCE (2023)
- PreFlush: Lightweight Hardware Prediction Mechanism for Cache Line Flush and Writeback , 2023 32ND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON PARALLEL ARCHITECTURES AND COMPILATION TECHNIQUES, PACT (2023)
- Quantum Computing: Progress and Innovation , COMPUTER (2023)
- lfbench: a lock-free microbenchmark suite , 2023 IEEE INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS OF SYSTEMS AND SOFTWARE, ISPASS (2023)
- CAPI-Precis: Towards a Compute-Centric Interface for Coherent Shared Memory Accelerators , 2022 International Conference on Field-Programmable Technology (ICFPT) (2022)
- Evaluation of Parameterized Quantum Circuits with Cross-Resonance Pulse-Driven Entanglers , IEEE Transactions on Quantum Engineering (2022)
- Principles of Superconducting Quantum Computers , Wiley (2022)
- Pulse-Level Optimization of Parameterized Quantum Circuits for Variational Quantum Algorithms , (2022)
Groups
Honors and Awards
- 2022 - IEEE Computer Society Distinguished Contributor
- 2016 - IEEE Computer Society Golden Core Award
- 2012 - COE Outstanding Teacher Award
- 2012 - ECE William F. Lane Teaching Award