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 Advisor to the SCRC.

David holds a PhD in Computer Science and Engineering from The Ohio State University, completed under the direction of Gagan Agrawal (now Founding Director at the University of Georgia). A member of the Systems Group, David's dissertation was on the dynamic composition of scientific workflows in distributed systems. Prior to Ohio State, he worked under Paul S. Wang on protocols and tools supporting the web transmission of math-education modules.

From 2010 to 2014, David was an Assistant Professor and Graduate Studies Chair in the School of Engineering and Computer Science at WSU Vancouver. He later joined the Puget Sound faculty, where he's held appointments as Assistant Professor (2014), Associate Professor (2017), and Professor (2022). He also completed a rotation as Department Chair (2019-2022).

David is deeply committed to doing research with undergrads. He has supervised numerous students on projects spanning data management and distributed cloud computing. He regularly serves on both organizational and program committees for conferences in both areas of study. David has received the Influential Faculty of Color Award (2024), the President's Award for Excellence in Teaching (2022), the Bartanen Research Award (2017) all from the University of Puget Sound. Additionally, he received 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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