Biographical Sketch


Bhagirath Narahari received his PhD from the University of Pennsylvania in 1987.  After his Ph.D., he joined The Electrical Engineering and Computer Science department at The George Washington University as an Assistant Professor where he is currently a Professor in the Department of Computer Science. From 1999 – 2002 he was the founding Chair of the Department of Computer Science. He is currently serving as the Interim Associate Dean for Undergraduate Programs and Affairs in the School of Engineering and Applied Science at The George Washington University. He has been active in undergraduate education and curricular initiatives, has over a dozen years experience in undergraduate  advising, and has taught a number of undergraduate courses in Computer Science.

His research interests are in the areas of  Software Security, Architecture support for trustworthy computing, Embedded Systems, Computer Architecture, Compiler optimization, Pervasive computing,  and Parallel Computing. Since Fall 1999, he has collaboratively formed and led  e GWU research group in embedded systems and compilers. Prof. Narahari has published several refereed articles in various areas of embedded systems, security, architecture,  parallel processing and computer systems.  His current research focuses on compiler, operating system and hardware support for software security, with projects funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR).  Prof. Narahari's prior research has been funded by the National Science Foundation, AFOSR, Rome Air Force Labs, NASA, NSA and America Online (AOL), and included research in power-aware computing,  embedded systems, optimizing compilers,   software systems and specification, and pervasive computing. His research projects have included both fundamental research and software deliverables including an open source research compiler infrastructure for the Intel Itanium processor.