Kishor S. Trivedi Explained

Kishor S. Trivedi
Nationality:American
Fields:Computer Science
Workplaces:Duke University
Alma Mater:University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
Doctoral Advisor:James Evans Robertson
J. Richard Phillips
Doctoral Students:
Known For:Reliability and Performance EvaluationStochastic modeling formalismsSoftware Aging and Rejuvenation
Awards:Technical Achievement Award. IEEE Computer Society. 2008Life Fellow. IEEE. 2017IEEE Reliability Society – Lifetime Achievement Award 2021
Website:https://ece.duke.edu/faculty/kishor-trivedi

Kishor Shridharbhai Trivedi is an Indian-American computer scientist who is currently the Hudson Chaired Professor in department of electrical and computer engineering at Duke University.

Education

Kishor S. Trivedi was born in India. He graduated from Indian Institutes of Technology Bombay in 1968 with B.Tech. in electrical engineering. He received a master's degree in computer science in 1972, and a PhD in computer science, both from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC)[1] under supervision of James Evans Robertson[2] and J. Richard Philips.

Career

Kishor S. Trivedi is currently the Hudson Chaired Professor in department of electrical and computer engineering at Duke University. He has been on the Duke faculty since 1975.

Books

He wrote three well-known books including the bluebook "Probability and Statistics with Reliability, Queuing and Computer Science Applications",[3] redbook "Performance and Reliability Analysis of Computer Systems: An Example-Based Approach Using the SHARPE Software Package"[4] and whitebook "Queueing Networks and Markov Chains".[5] In addition to these three books, he recently wrote a greenbook "Reliability and Availability Engineering".[6]

Publications

He has published more than 500 articles in international conferences, journals.

Honors

He is an Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) fellow[7] and a Life fellow of IEEE. He received 2008 IEEE Computer Society Technical Achievement Award “For pioneering contributions to the understanding of the phenomena of software aging and software rejuvenation."[8] He is an elected member of the IFIP Working Group 10.4 on Dependable Computing and Fault-Tolerance.[9]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2021-06-01. Kishor S. Trivedi. 2021-06-01. Duke Electrical and Computer Engineering. en.
  2. Web site: MathTree - Kishor S. Trivedi Family Tree. 2021-06-01. academictree.org.
  3. Book: Trivedi, Kishor S.. 2016-09-06. Probability and Statistics with Reliability, Queuing and Computer Science Applications. en. 10.1002/9781119285441. 9781119285427.
  4. Book: Sahner. Robin A.. Performance and Reliability Analysis of Computer Systems: An Example-Based Approach Using the SHARPE Software Package. Trivedi. Kishor. Puliafito. Antonio. 1996. Springer US. 978-0-7923-9650-5. en.
  5. Book: Bolch. Gunter. Greiner. Stefan. de Meer. Hermann. Trivedi. Kishor S.. 2006-03-15. Queueing Networks and Markov Chains. en. 10.1002/0471791571. 9780471791577.
  6. Web site: Reliability and Availability Engineering Engineering: general interest. 2021-06-01. Cambridge University Press. en.
  7. Web site: IEEE fellow directory.
  8. Web site: Kishor Trivedi IEEE Computer Society. 2021-07-16. en-US.
  9. Web site: IFIP WG10.4 Members. 2021-07-16. www.dependability.org.

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