Özalp Babaoğlu

Babaoğlu is an avid cyclist and has a son and daughter.

Research Areas

Babaoğlu is the author of more than 100 peer-reviewed papers in a wide range of research topics, including:

• Operating Systems
• Performance Evaluation and Modeling
• Distributed Computing
• Byzantine Agreement
• Parallel Computing on Networks of Workstations
• Group Communication Systems
• Peer-to-Peer Systems. Babaoğlu has contributed to peer-to-peer computing through paradigms, algorithms, frameworks (Anthill) and a widely used open source simulation software package (PeerSim)
• Autonomic Computing and Self-Management
• Gossip-Based Aggregation
• Overlay Networks and Topology Management
• Decentralized Shape Formation
• Biology and Nature-Inspired Computing. As part of work on the EU-funded BISON Project, Babaoğlu and colleagues have developed a library of “design patterns” for distributed computing that draw inspiration from biological or natural processes.
• Game-Theoretic Techniques in Peer-to-Peer Systems
• Cloud Computing
• High-Performance Computing