Adrian Sampson

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Personal Details

Name: Adrian Sampson

Major: computer science

Year in Cornell: 3rd year

Relevant classes: CS 2110, CS 4110, CS 6110

Research

When do you want to do research?
I'm interested in getting started on research in the fall and, if all goes well, I'd want to explore staying at Cornell for research next summer.

What is exciting to you about research?
I am entranced by the vexing design problems that exist at the intersection of hardware and software. I like solving abstract problems, but I also want to design real things that people will really use, so designing new hardware–software interfaces really appeals to me.

What kind of research do you want to do?
I would be most excited about research that involves either designing hardware in simulation (as opposed to RTL implementation) or building compilers. I could also be convinced to prove a theorem or two.

Optional Stuff

Was there a paper that particularly excited you?
I read the computational sprinting paper and it blew my mind. I had never considered the idea that we could change the way applications and operating systems work by leveraging the physical properties of a new kind of material in a chip's package. This is what made me realize there were awesome research problems to work on at the boundary between hardware and software.

Is there a specific grad student or a project you're interested in working on?
I have talked to Phil about the "software-defined hardware" project, but I'm interested in anything.

Anything else you want to tell us about yourself?
I used to be interested in theory research, but now I've decided that systems-y research problems are more exciting.

Attach a CV if you like.
adrian-cv.pdf