UPPSALA UNIVERSITET: Information Technology: People@IT: People@Math
 

Erik Hagersten Professor in Computer Architecture

Research focus
I am running the research group UART We work on performance analysis and performance tools for memory systems, including  shared memory, inexpensive implementations of shared memory and adaptive algorithms for memory system implementations. See the report from the international evaluation panel KOF

We just got a $10M grant from the Swedish basic research counsil (VR) to perform multicore research in the UPMARC project (info from VR).

Startup
I am currently very occupied with the startup company Acumem . Based on UART research results we have developed a new technique for anayzing the execution of applications and suggest ways to improve their performance.

Teaching
I am responsible for the advanced course in computer architecture "DARK 2" 
I am a stuntman in the introductory course in computer architecture "DARK1" and give a couple of particularly dangerous lectures.
I give roughly one new PhD course each year. (Last course was TIC)

Other Assignments
Member of  the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences (IVA).
Board member of the Swedish National Infrastructure for Computing(SNIC).
Board member of  the SSF Excellence Center PROGRESS at Mälardalens Högskola.
Board member of the VR LINNE Center UPMARC at Uppsala
Board member of the VINNOVA Center WISENET at Uppsala
In the Collegium for the Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research (SSF).
On the program committee for Information Technology at SSF.

Other interests
Music: I play chamber music (I play viola and cello) and have been a member of the Heisenberg String Quartett (it is not possible to play a tone with the right pitch and the right timing) since 1991. I belong to the Mazer String Quartett Society and the Amateur Chamber Music Players (ACMP).
Sailing: During the summer I sail my 42 foot red S-30 sailboat "Cayenne".
Skiing: During the Winter I burn all the fat i gathered during the summer's sailing in my preparartion for the 55 mile skirace "Vasaloppet".