Biosketch
David Chiu is a Professor of Computer Science in the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science at the University of Puget Sound.
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 the University of Georgia). A member of Ohio State's 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 was 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 topics in 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.
Recent Activities
- (04/2025) Completed a site visit to DIS Study Abroad in Scandinavia (Stockholm and Copenhagen campuses).
- (02/2025) Search Committee, Department of 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.
- (08/2024) Led a panel discussion on supporting underrepresented students for Peer Advisor Training, University of Puget Sound.
- (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.
- (12/2023) We have received the Best Paper Award at IEEE/ACM BDCAT 2023 conference for “Workload-Aware Cache Management of Bitmap Indices.” Here’s a featured story in The Hatchet.
- (10/2023) Our paper, “Workload-Aware Cache Management of Bitmap Indices” has been accepted for publication at BDCAT 2023.
- (8/2023) Appointed to serve on the Total Compensation and Benefits Project, University of Puget Sound.
- (7/2023) Serving on the PC for BDCAT 2023.
- (4/2023) Congrats to Julia Kaeppel on receiving a McCormick Student Research Award.
- (1/2023) Featured in the “Five Questions Series” in Arches magazine.
- (8/2022) Received an NSF grant to provide travel scholarships to students attending IEEE/ACM UCC 2022 and BDCAT 2022 conferences. I am also chairing the student travel awards committee.
- (8/2022) Received the 2022 President’s Award for Excellence in Teaching.
- (5/2022) Co-chairing the Poster Program at IEEE/ACM UCC 2022 and BDCAT 2022, both to be held in Portland, Oregon in December.
- (4/2022) Promoted to Full Professor.
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