Dev
PhD Candidate
Center For Research in Storage and Systems
Computer Science and Engineering Department
Baskin School of Engineering
University of California, Santa Cruz
dpuranda@ucsc.edu · dev@sincerely.dev
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π° Research overview
I am a PhD candidate in the Computer Science department at University of California Santa Cruz. My research interests lie in storage systems, operating systems and distributed systems, and programming languages.
I am working on updated data structures and data management techniques for modern flash storage. My advisor is Dr. Ethan L. Miller.
βοΈ Industry
- Architecture Enabling Intern, SOLAB
SK Hynix America Inc. -- June - September 2019
Worked with the SOLAB team in the memory systems research division on cold storage, flash, and CEPH. Awarded MVP for Septmeber 2019.
- Engineering Intern
Riverbed Inc. -- June - September 2017
Worked with the protocols team to improve stats collection and aggregation.
π¨πΎβπ« Teaching
I've been a Teaching Assistant for the following courses at UC Santa Cruz:
- CSE 180 Database Systems I -- Shel Finkelstein -- Fall '21, Winter '22
- CSE 134 Embedded Operating Systems -- Ethan L. Miller -- Spring '21
- CMPS 182 Introduction to Database Management Systems -- Shel Finkelstein -- Spring '18
- CMPS 12A, CMPS 11, CMPS 10 Introduction to Programming -- Dustin Adams -- Spring '17 - Winter '18
π οΈ Service
I am an organizer of the !!Con West conferences of ten-minute talks on the joy, excitement, and surprise of computing.
π‘ Publications
π Dissertation and Reports
π Older drafts
These papers are not being actively worked on and may be in disrepair.
π€ Talks
- Append is Near: Log-based Data Management on ZNS SSDs.
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Intel Labs, June 24, 2021.
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LSD Labs Seminar, January 06, 2022.
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CIDR 2022, Santa Cruz, CA, January 10, 2022.
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Salesforce Database Group and hyPer team, February 16, 2022.
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CSE 215 Data Management, February 21, 2022.
- Trace Analysis of Large Scale Storage Systems.
π§πΎβ𦱠βPersonal
In Santa Cruz since 2016, I was born and brought up in the Kothrud bubble in Pune, India. I enjoy outdoor activities, camping, hiking, photography. I enjoy cooking, and am a pretty decent cook. Will add more here as time passes.