Personal Page - Philip K. McKinley (Phil McKinley), Department of Computer Science

Philip K. McKinley
Professor of Computer Science and Engineering
Michigan State University

Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Short Biography
Curriculum Vitae (PDF)
Contact Information

Research

Topics: Distributed systems, self-adaptive software, autonomic computing, adaptive middleware, group communication services, digital evolution, artificial life, overlay networks, service composition.

Current and Recent Research Projects:
ThinkTank: Using Artificial Life to Design Robust Distributed Systems
RAPIDware: Adaptive Middleware for Heterogeneous Mobile Computing
Meridian: Automated Development of Distributed Systems Software
Earlier Research Projects
Grants and Contracts

Recent Press Articles:
A recent article in New Scientist magazine highlighted our work on evolving adaptive sleep behavior in digital organisms. [Full Text]

Publications:
Harnessing Digital Evolution - 2008 IEEE Computer article on using artifical life to help construct robust software
Composing Adaptive Software - 2004 IEEE Computer article on a taxonomy of adaptive software methods
List of Recent Publications (2001 - present)
List of Earlier Publications (1987 - 2000)

Affiliations:
Software Engineering and Network Systems (SENS) Laboratory
Digital Evolution Laboratory (Devolab)

Current and Former Students

Teaching

Recent Professional Activities

Program Committee Member, Autonomics 2007
Program Committee Member, SEPCASE 2007
Program Committee Member, Middleware 2006
Program Committee Member, ICDCS 2006

Other Pointers

Michigan State University

MSU Department of Computer Science

MSU College of Engineering

For newcomers to Lansing

Author: Phil McKinley
Updated: 5/2007