Greg Byrd
He/Him/His
Biography
Dr. Byrd's primary research is in the areas of quantum computing and high-performance parallel systems. He is interested in mechanisms which reduce communication overhead in parallel and distributed systems. Other areas of interest include computer architecture, network processing, service-oriented computing, and network security.
Before joining NC State, Dr. Byrd was a principal scientist at Celotek Corporation, where he developed software and protocols for the CellCase family of encryptors for ATM networks. He also worked at MCNC, in both the NC Supercomputing Center and the High Performance Computation and Communications group.
Education
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Ph.D.
1998
Electrical Engineering
Stanford University -
Master's
1985
Electrical Engineering
Stanford University -
Bachelor's
1984
Computer Engineering
Clemson University
Research Focus
- Computer Architecture and Systems
- Memory Systems / Memory Management
- Parallel and Distributed Computer Architecture
Involvement
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IEEE Computer Society
Senior Member
Highlighted Awards
Awards & Honors
- 2016 - IEEE Computer Society Golden Core Award
- 2012 - COE Outstanding Teacher Award
- 2012 - ECE William F. Lane Teaching Award
Recent News
NC State Collaborates on New $25M NSF Quantum Leap Challenge Institute for Robust Quantum Simulation
Posted on September 2, 2021 | Filed Under: Research
The Quantum Leap Challenge Institute for Robust Quantum Simulation includes faculty from NC State ECE, and will significantly add to the vibrant quantum research ecosystem established along the East Coast.
Byrd Elected as First Vice President of IEEE Computer Society
Posted on November 28, 2017 | Filed Under: Faculty and News
Dr. Gregory T. Byrd, professor and Associate Department Head of the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at NC State University was elected by the IEEE Computer Society as the 2018 First Vice President.
How students are tackling unstructured data indexing with POWER8
Posted on January 13, 2015 | Filed Under: News and Smart
North Carolina State University is one of the participants in the Innov8 with POWER8 Challenge. Utilizing technology from IBM and OpenPOWER Foundation members including NVIDIA, Mellanox and Altera, I’m overseeing a team that is working on a …
Recent Publications
- QPR: Quantizing PageRank with Coherent Shared Memory Accelerators (2021)
- Quantum Circuits for Dynamic Runtime Assertions in Quantum Computation (2020)
- Diligent TLBs: a mechanism for exploiting heterogeneity in TLB miss behavior (2019)
- Hybrid Remote Access Protocol (2019)
- Programming Quantum Computers: A Primer with IBM Q and D-Wave Exercises (2019)
- Quantum Circuits for Dynamic Runtime Assertions in Quantum Computation (2019)
- Challenge-Based Learning (2017)
- The Internet of Everything (2017)
- Computing Tools and Techniques for Emergency Response (2016)
- Home Sweet Mind-Controlled Home (2016)