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David Ferry, Ph.D.

Associate Professor
Department of Computer Science

Courses Taught

CSCI 1060 Introduction to Computer Science: Scientific Programming, CSCI 3250 Compilers, CSCI 3500 Operating Systems, CSCI 5250 Compilers, CSCI 1060 Introduction to Computer Science: Scientific Programming, CSCI 3500 Operating Systems

Education

  • Ph.D. in Computer Science, Washington University in St. Louis
  • B.S. in Mathematics/Computer Science, Truman State University

Dr. David Ferry received dual B.S. degrees in mathematics and computer science from Truman State University in 2010 and enrolled in the graduate program at Washington University the following semester. David joined the department at Saint Louis University as an instructor in 2016 and completed the Ph.D. degree in 2018. He is currently an assistant professor at Saint Louis University with research interests in high-performance real-time systems, cyber-physical systems engineering, computer systems verification and validation, and real-time hybrid simulation for validation of engineered structures.

Research Interests

  • Parallel Real-Time
  • Cyber-Physical Systems

Publications and Media Placements

  • Jing Li, David Ferry, Shaurya Ahuja, Kunal Agrawal, Christopher D. Gill, and Chenyang Lu. “Mixed-criticality federated scheduling for parallel real-time tasks”. In: Real-Time Systems 53.5 (2017), pp. 760–811. >doi: 10.1007/s11241-017-9281-8. >url: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11241-017-9281-8.
  • Jing Li, David Ferry, Shaurya Ahuja, Kunal Agrawal, Christopher D. Gill, and Chenyang Lu. “Mixed-Criticality Federated Scheduling for Parallel Real-Time Tasks”. In: 2016 IEEE Real-Time and Embedded Technology and Applications Symposium (RTAS), Vienna, Austria, April 11-14, 2016. 2016, pp. 173–184. >doi: 10.1109/RTAS.2016.7461340. >url: https://doi.org/10.1109/RTAS.2016.7461340.
  • Jing Li, Zheng Luo, David Ferry, Kunal Agrawal, Christopher D. Gill, and Chenyang Lu. “Global EDF scheduling for parallel real-time tasks”. In: Real-Time Systems 51.4 (2015), pp. 395–439. >doi: 10.1007/s11241-014-9213-9. >url: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11241-014-9213-9.
  • Abusayeed Saifullah, David Ferry, Jing Li, Kunal Agrawal, Chenyang Lu, and Christopher D. Gill. “Parallel Real-Time Scheduling of DAGs”. In: IEEE Trans. Parallel Distrib. Syst. 25.12 (2014), pp. 3242–3252. >doi: 10.1109/TPDS.2013.2297919. >url: https://doi.org/10.1109/TPDS.2013.2297919.
  • David Ferry, Gregory Bunting, Amin Maghareh, Arun Prakash, Shirley Dyke, Kunal Agrawal, Christopher D. Gill, and Chenyang Lu. “Real-time system support for hybrid structural simulation”. In: 2014 International Conference on Embedded Software, EMSOFT 2014, New Delhi, India, October 12-17, 2014. 2014, 25:1–25:40. >doi: 10.1145/2656045.2656067. >url: http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/2656045.2656067.