David Chiu

Professor of Computer Science
University of Puget Sound
dchiu@pugetsound.edu


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David Chiu is a Professor of Computer Science at the University of Puget Sound. He is the inaugural Director and Faculty Advisor of the Students of Color Residential Community.

David holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science and Engineering from The Ohio State University, completed under the direction of Gagan Agrawal (now Founding Director of the School of Computing at UGA). A member of the Systems Group, David's research focused on the dynamic composition, modeling, and performance optimization of scientific workflows in distributed cloud environments. Prior to Ohio State, he worked under Paul S. Wang on protocols and tools for supporting the transmission of web-based math education modules.

From 2010 to 2014, he served as an Assistant Professor and Graduate Studies Chair in the School of Engineering and Computer Science at Washington State University, Vancouver. Since 2014, he has been at the University of Puget Sound, where he has held faculty appointments as Assistant Professor (2014–2017), Associate Professor (2017–2022), and Professor (2022–present). He also completed a term as Department Chair from 2019 to 2022.

David is deeply committed to mentoring and conducting research with undergraduate students. He has supervised more than 25 student researchers on projects spanning data management, distributed systems, and cloud computing. He regularly serves on both organizational and technical program committees for international conferences in these areas. David’s academic contributions have been recognized with several honors, including the Influential Faculty of Color Award (2024), the President's Award for Excellence in Teaching (2022), the Bartanen Research Award (2017) from the University of Puget Sound, and the Eleanor Quinlan Memorial Award for Excellence in Teaching (2009) from The Ohio State University. He is a member of the ACM and a Senior Member of the IEEE.

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