Daniel J. Sorin

Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Dr. Daniel Sorin is a professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Duke University. His research interests are primarily in computer architecture and dependability.

Appointments and Affiliations

  • Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
  • Bass Fellow

Contact Information

  • Office Location: 403 Wilkinson Building, Durham, NC 27708
  • Office Phone: +1 919 660 5439
  • Email Address: sorin@ee.duke.edu
  • Websites:

Education

  • B.S. Duke University, 1996
  • M.S. University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1998
  • Ph.D. University of Wisconsin, Madison, 2002

Research Interests

Computer architecture, designing microarchitectures so that they are easier to verify, improving computer system fault tolerance, developing memory systems for multicore processors, and designing special-purpose accelerators

Awards, Honors, and Distinctions

  • Program Chair of HiPEAC 2017. HiPEAC. 2017
  • Co-chair of selection committee for IEEE Micro's Top Picks 2016. IEEE Micro. 2016
  • IEEE Micro Top Pick. IEEE Micro. 2015
  • Associate Editor in Chief. Computer Architecture Letters. 2015
  • Best Paper Award. 20th International Symposium on High Performance Computer Architecture. 2014
  • IEEE Micro Top Pick. IEEE Micro. 2011
  • Lois and John L. Imhoff Distinguished Teaching Award. Pratt School of Engineering. 2011
  • ACM Senior Member. Association for Computing Machinery. 2009
  • Outstanding Graduate Research Award. University of Wisconsin. 2008
  • Phi Beta Kappa. Unknown. 2008
  • Tau Beta Pi. Unknown. 2008
  • Top of 2004 - Nanocomputing Research. Technology Research News. 2008
  • Eta Kappa Nu. Unknown. 2008
  • Intel Graduate Fellowship. Unknown. 2008
  • NSF Early CAREER Award. National Science Foundation. 2008
  • Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program. National Science Foundation. 2005

Courses Taught

  • EGR 491: Projects in Engineering
  • ECE 554: Fault-Tolerant and Testable Computer Systems
  • ECE 552: Advanced Computer Architecture I
  • ECE 494: Projects in Electrical and Computer Engineering
  • ECE 250D: Computer Architecture
  • COMPSCI 393: Research Independent Study
  • COMPSCI 391: Independent Study
  • COMPSCI 250D: Computer Architecture

In the News

Representative Publications

  • Mazurek, F., A. Tschand, Y. Wang, M. Pajic, and D. Sorin. “Rigorous Evaluation of Computer Processors with Statistical Model Checking.” In Proceedings of the 56th Annual IEEE/ACM International Symposium on Microarchitecture, MICRO 2023, 1242–54, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1145/3613424.3623785.
  • Oswald, N., V. Nagarajan, D. J. Sorin, V. Gavrielatos, T. X. Olausson, and R. Carr. “HeteroGen: Automatic Synthesis of Heterogeneous Cache Coherence Protocols.” IEEE Micro 43, no. 4 (July 1, 2023): 62–70. https://doi.org/10.1109/MM.2023.3274993.
  • Mehrabi, A., D. J. Sorin, and B. C. Lee. “Spatiotemporal Strategies for Long-Term FPGA Resource Management.” In Proceedings - 2022 IEEE International Symposium on Performance Analysis of Systems and Software, ISPASS 2022, 198–209, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1109/ISPASS55109.2022.00026.
  • Oswald, N., V. Nagarajan, D. J. Sorin, V. Gavrielatos, T. Olausson, and R. Carr. “HeteroGen: Automatic Synthesis of Heterogeneous Cache Coherence Protocols.” In Proceedings - International Symposium on High-Performance Computer Architecture, 2022-April:756–71, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1109/HPCA53966.2022.00061.
  • Sorin, D. J. “Reconfigurable Hardware in Postsilicon Microarchitecture.” Computer 54, no. 3 (March 1, 2021): 4–5. https://doi.org/10.1109/MC.2020.3047006.