David R. O'Hallaron, Professor of CS and ECE Emeritus

Mailing address: Computer Science Department, Carnegie Mellon University,
5000 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3891

Email: droh@cs.cmu.edu, Office: GHC 7007 Lab: GHC 9126
Assistant: Angy Malloy, amalloy@cs.cmu.edu, GHC 9006, 412-268-6914

Fall 2024 walk-in office hours: Wed 1:30-3pm, or by appointment

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I work in the general area of computer systems, with special interests in scientific computing and high-performance computing.

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Books
Computer Systems: A Programmer's Perspective, 3rd Edition
by Randal E. Bryant and David R. O'Hallaron, Pearson, 2016.
(amazon.com)

iWarp: Anatomy of a Parallel Computing System,
by Thomas Gross and David R. O'Hallaron,
MIT Press, 1998.
(amazon.com)
Table of Contents

The Mission Primer: Four Steps to an Effective Mission Statement
by Richard O'Hallaron and David O'Hallaron
Mission, Inc, 2000.
(amazon.com)
Teaching
Current: 15-410: Operating Systems (Fall '24)
Previous: 18-845: Internet Services (Spring '24)
Course FCEs | S3
Research
Papers | CV | NSF-style bio | Narrative-style bio

Original Music by Son John O'Hallaron (Chalk Dinosaur) (Bandcamp)