Seelam Seetharami

Three years ago, Seelam told us about his summer: "For the past 6 months, I was an intern at IBM T J Watson Research Center. It was a dream come true for me -- working at IBM Research with many great people was really a great experience -- a dream that came true because of my advisor Dr. Patricia Teller and her excellent guidance. What is great about IBM Research is that IBM researchers collaborate with scientists around the world. I co-authored two publications with my colleagues Dr. Luiz DeRose, from IBM Research, and Dr. Bernd Mohr from outside of IBM. My research work was demo'd at the prestigious Super Computing (SC 2003) conference held in Phoenix, AZ. My internship has provided me with practical experience and enabled me to build a network of professional contacts."

Regarding whether UTEP was the right choice for graduate school: "My advice to anyone who is thinking about leaving UTEP to get their graduate degree at another institution is `if you find the right faculty in the area you are interested in, then it does not matter if the school is big or small'. I am fully confident that the training provided by UTEP is on par with the kind of education one receives at a big school, and will permit me to compete for jobs at any organization."

Since then Seelam wrote his dissertation with Dr. Patricia Teller, on dynamic adaptation of I/O scheduling. One main contribution was the design of a cooperative anticipatory scheduler, work that attracted a lot of attention at the 2005 Linux Symposium.