Biosketch
David Chiu is a Professor of Computer Science at the University of Puget Sound. He is the inaugural Director and Advisor to the Mosaic Residential Community.
David holds a PhD in Computer Science and Engineering from The Ohio State University, completed under the direction of Gagan Agrawal. A member of Ohio State's Systems Group, David's dissertation was on the dynamic composition of scientific workflows and distributed data management. 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 research with undergrads. He has supervised numerous students on projects spanning database systems, cloud computing, and high-performance computing. He regularly serves on both organizational and program committees for conferences in both areas of study. David received the Influential Faculty of Color Award (2024), President's Award for Excellence in Teaching (2022), and the Bartanen Research Award (2017) from the University of Puget Sound. Additionally, he was awarded the Eleanor Quinlan Memorial Award for Excellence in Graduate Student Teaching (2009) from The Ohio State University. He is a member of the ACM and a Senior Member of the IEEE.
Recent Activities
- (08/2025) Chair, Student Support Committee, 2025-26.
- (08/2025) Faculty Development Center (FDC) Board member, 2025-26.
- (08/2025) Led a panel on supporting underrepresented students @ Peer Advisor Training.
- (05/2025) Congrats to Alex Kirner on receiving a Summer Research Award. Work starts on optimizing join execution.
- (04/2025) Completed a site visit to DIS Study Abroad in Scandinavia (Stockholm and Copenhagen campuses).
- (02/2025) External Search Committee Member, Communications Studies, University of Puget Sound.
- (08/2024) Co-chairing the International Education Committee (IEC), University of Puget Sound.
- (09/2024) Serving on the PC for BDCAT 2024.
- (09/2024) Serving as a New Faculty Mentor for 2024.
- (08/2024) I’m excited to be teaching at the Tunghai University International College, Taiwan, in 2025.
- (06/2024) I will be giving a talk at the 2024 Puget Sound Alumni College: “Bitmap Indexing for Database Systems”
- (05/2024) I will be serving on the program committee for HiPC 2024.
- (05/2024) I’m honored to receive the 2024 Influential Faculty of Color Award, University of Puget Sound.
- (05/2024) My research student, Julia Kaeppel, has been named the Goman Outstanding Senior in Computer Science.
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