Mahadev Satyanarayanan
{{Short description|Indian experimental computer scientist}}
{{BLP sources|date=April 2024}}
{{Infobox scientist
| name = Mahadev Satyanarayanan (Satya)
| image = Satyaphoto.jpg
| birth_date = 1953
| fields = Edge Computing, Mobile Computing, Internet of Things, Distributed File Systems
| workplaces = Carnegie Mellon University
| alma_mater = [https://www.cmu.edu/ Carnegie Mellon University (Ph.D.)], [https://www.iitm.ac.in/ IIT Madras (M.Tech., B.Tech.)]
| thesis_title = A methodology for modeling storage systems and its application to a network file system
| thesis_url = https://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=910948
| thesis_year = 1983
| doctoral_advisor = William Wulf, George G. Robertson
| known_for = Andrew File System
Coda File System
Mobile Computing
Edge Computing
| awards = ACM Software System Award
ACM SIGOPS Hall of Fame Award
ACM SIGMOBILE Test-of-Time Award
ACM Fellow
IEEE Fellow
| website = https://www.cs.cmu.edu/~satya/
}}
Mahadev "Satya" Satyanarayanan is an Indian experimental computer scientist, an ACM{{Cite web|title=Mahadev Satyanarayanan|url=https://awards.acm.org/award_winners/satyanarayanan_1672815#158|access-date=2018-03-18|website=awards.acm.org|language=en}} and IEEE{{Cite web|title=IEEE Fellows Directory - Chronological Listing|url=https://services27.ieee.org/fellowsdirectory/menuCHRONOLOGICAL.html?beginYr=2002&endYr=2002|access-date=2018-03-18|website=IEEE|language=en}} fellow, and the Carnegie Group Professor of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU).{{Cite web|date=2015-10-15|title=Mahadev Satyanarayanan {{!}} Carnegie Mellon School of Computer Science|url=https://www.cs.cmu.edu/directory/satya|access-date=2018-03-18|website=www.cs.cmu.edu|language=en}}
He is credited with many advances in edge computing, distributed systems, mobile computing, pervasive computing, and the Internet of Things. His research focus is on performance, scalability, availability, and trust challenges in computing systems from the cloud to the mobile edge.
His work on the Andrew File System (AFS) was recognized with the ACM Software System Award in 2016 and the ACM SIGOPS Hall of Fame Award in 2008 for its influence and impact. His work on disconnected operation in the Coda File System received the ACM SIGOPS Hall of Fame Award in 2015 and the inaugural ACM SIGMOBILE Test-of-Time Award in 2016.{{citation needed|date=May 2022}}
Education
He has a bachelor's and master's degree from the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, in 1975 and 1977, and his Ph.D. in computer science from CMU in 1983.{{citation needed|date=May 2022}}
Andrew File System
Satya was a project lead for Coda.{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.wired.com/2011/12/backdrop-dropbox/|title=With Sync Solved, Dropbox Squares Off With Apple's iCloud|magazine=WIRED|access-date=2018-03-18|language=en-US}} It also inspired the creation of Maginatics, a startup company advised by Satya that provides cloud-sourced network-attached storage for distributed environments. The NFS v4 network file system protocol standard has been extensively informed by the lessons of AFS. In 2016, AFS was honored with the prestigious ACM Software System Award.{{Cite web|url=https://awards.acm.org/award_winners/satyanarayanan_1672815|title=Mahadev Satyanarayanan|website=awards.acm.org|language=en|access-date=2018-03-18}}
Coda File System
In 1987, Satya began work on the Coda File System to address a fundamental shortcoming of AFS-like systems.{{cn|date=April 2024}}
Odyssey: Application-aware Adaptation for Mobile Applications
In the mid-1990s, Satya initiated the Odyssey project to explore how operating systems should be extended to support future mobile applications.{{cn|date=April 2024}}
Aura: Cloud Offload for IoT
In the late 1990s, Satya initiated the Aura Project in collaboration with CMU faculty colleagues David Garlan, Raj Reddy, Peter Steenkiste, Dan Siewiorek and Asim Smailagic.{{cn|date=April 2024}}
References
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External links
- [http://www-2.cs.cmu.edu/~satya/ Mahadev Satyanarayanan's Home Page]
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Category:Carnegie Mellon University alumni
Category:Carnegie Mellon University faculty
Category:2002 fellows of the Association for Computing Machinery