Peng “Ryan” Huang, an assistant professor of computer science, has been named a recipient of an NSF CAREER Award, which recognizes early-stage scholars with high levels of promise and excellence.
Huang is known for his work on the reliability of next-generation operating and distributed systems. His five-year CAREER Award will support his project, “Towards Gray-Fault Tolerant Cloud Through Harnessing and Enhancing System Observability,” which aims to improve the availability of modern cloud system infrastructure by developing a holistic approach that can detect, pinpoint, and diagnose gray failures in production systems.