Bernard

Bernard Wong

Associate Professor

Davis Center Room 3514
David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science
University of Waterloo
200 University Ave. West
Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1, Canada

E-mail: bernard AT uwaterloo DOT ca
Phone: (519) 888-4567 x31301

 

My research interests span distributed systems and networking, with particular emphasis on problems involving decentralized services, self-organizing networks, and distributed storage systems.

Prospective students: I am currently seeking motivated graduate students who enjoy building large systems. More information about the School's graduate program requirements can be found here.

Teaching

Spring 2024 CS 854 Consensus Protocols and Blockchains

Winter 2024 CS 350 Operating Systems

Spring 2023 CS 854 Consensus Protocols and Blockchains

Spring 2022 CS 854 Cloud and Serverless Computing

Fall 2020 CS 456 Computer Networks

Fall 2018 CS 350 Operating Systems

Fall 2017 CS 350 Operating Systems

Winter 2017 CS 350 Operating Systems

Fall 2016 CS 854 Consensus Protocols

Winter 2016 CS 350 Operating Systems

Fall 2015 CS 350 Operating Systems

Winter 2015 CS 854 Cloud Computing and Software-Defined Networking

Fall 2014 CS 350 Operating Systems

Spring 2014 CS 854 Cloud Computing and Software-Defined Networking

Fall and Winter 2013 CS 343 Concurrent and Parallel Programming

Fall 2012 CS 854 Cloud Computing & Management

Winter 2012 CS 454/654 Distributed Systems

Project Webpages

CrossStitch An Efficient Transaction Processing Framework for Geo-Distributed Systems.

EdgeCloud A Hybrid Edge-Cloud Architecture for Reducing On-Demand Gaming Latency.

Nessie A Client-Driven, RDMA-Enabled Storage System.

Microfuge Performance Isolation in Cloud-based Storage Systems.

HyperDex A Distributed, Searchable Key-Value Store for Cloud Computing.

Cubit Approximate Matching for Peer-to-Peer Overlays.

Octant A Comprehensive Framework for Geolocalization on the Internet.

Meridian A Lightweight Approach to Network Positioning.

Publications

Technical Reports

Patents

Professional Activities (out of date)