Karsten Schwan (August 21, 1952 – September 28, 2015) was an American computer pioneer, academic who had held the position of Professor of Computer Science and the director of Center for Experimental Research in Computer Systems (CERCS) at the Georgia Institute of Technology. He won the 2008 HP Labs Innovation Research Award and is elected IEEE Fellow at 2016 posthumously.
He has advised a number of notable Ph.D. candidates, including:
Hasan Abbasi, Oak Ridge National LaboratorySandip Agarwala, IBM AlmadenHrishikesh Amur, GoogleEmily Angerer, Virginia TechTom Bihari, NationwideBen Blake, Cleveland State UniversityWin Bo, TrilogyFabian Bustamante, Professor at Northwestern UniversityZhongtang Cai, OracleYuan Chen, HP LabsDilma Da Silva, CS Chair at Texas A&MJai Dayal, IntelSubramanya Dulloor, Intel LabsGreg Eisenhauer, Georgia TechNaila Farooqui, Intel LabsHarold Forbes, Baylor UniversityIvan Ganev, Intel LabsAda Gavrilovska, Georgia TechAhmed Gheith, IBM AustinPrabha Gopinath, HoneywellAnshuman Goswami, NVIDIAWeiming Gu, IBM AustinVishal Gupta, VMwareVishakha Gupta, IntelKaushik Ghosh, Juniper Networks.Qi He, IBM Software GroupLiting Hu, Florida International UniversityDaniela Ivan-Rosu, IBM T.J. WatsonMinsung Jang, ATT LabsByron A Jeff, Georgia State UniversitySudarsun Kannan, University of Wisconsin-MadisonMukil Kesavan, VMwareCarol Kilpatrick, St. Johns GroupJiantao Kong, GoogleRobin Kravets, Professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignRajaram B. Krishnamurthy, IBMSanjay Kumar, Intel LabsVibhore Kumar, IBM T.J. WatsonMin Lee, Intel LabsJay Lofstead, Sandia National LabsMohammed Mansour, MicrosoftAlexander Merritt, Intel CorporationBodhi Mukherjee, GoogleRipal Nathuji, NeoTek LabsDavid Ogle, IBMBeth Plale, Indiana UniversityChristian Poellabauer, University of Notre DameHimanshu Raj, Microsoft Corp.Rajiv Ramnath, Ohio State University, NSFAdit Ranadive, VMwareMarcel Rosu, BloombergPhyllis Schneck, Homeland SecurityDipanjan Sengupta, Intel LabsSangeetha Seshadri, IBM AlmadenBalasubramanian Seshasayee, Intel LabsPriyanka Tembey, VMwareJeffrey Vetter, Oak Ridge National LaboratoryChengwei Wang, ATT LabsRich West, Boston UniversityPatrick Widener, Sandia LabsMary Jean Willshire, University of PortlandFang Zheng, IBM T.J.WatsonDong Zhou, AppleHongyi Zhou, Sycamore Networks