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Eric Torng

Associate Dean of Graduate School

Computer Science and Engineering (CSE), College of Engineering

Associate Professor - Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) in the College of Engineering

Associate Chair for Research and Faculty Development - Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) in the College of Engineering

Engineering Building, 428 S. Shaw Lane Rm 3132

Biography

Eric Torng is an Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) and currently serves as Associate Chair for Research and Faculty Development for CSE and Associate Dean for MSU's Graduate School. He received his Ph.D. degree from Stanford University in 1994 and an NSF Career Award in 1997. He has published over 100 technical papers and has served as a PI or co-PI on ... 10 external grants worth over $2,000,000 in total funding.
Eric Torng's research interests include algorithms, on-line algorithms, scheduling, perimeter defense, and packet processing.

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Education

Ph.D., Computer Science, Stanford University 1994

M.S., Computer Science, Stanford University 1992

B.A., Computer Science, Princeton University 1989

Awards

College of Engineering Exceptional Service Award, 2019

College of Engineering Withrow Teaching Excellence Award, 1996, 2002, 2011

NSF CAREER award, 1997

Publications

Multi-vehicle perimeter defense in conical environments, Coauthors: S. Bajaj, S. Bopardiar, A. Von Moll, D. Casbeer, IEEE Transactions on Robotics (T-RO), Volune 40, pages 1439-1456, 2024.

TupleMerge: Fast Software Packet Processing for Online Packet Classification, Coauthors J. Daly, V. Bruschi, L. Linguaglossa, S. Pontarelli, D. Rossi, J. Tollet, and A. Yourtchenko, IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking (ToN), Volume 27, Number 4, pages 1417-1431, 2019.

Optimal Time-Critical Scheduling Via Resource Augmentation, Coauthors C. Phillips, C. Stein, J. Wein, Algorithmica, Volume 32, pages 163-200, 2002.

A Better Algorithm for an Ancient Scheduling Problem, Coauthors D. Karger, S. Phillips. Journal of Algorithms, Volume 20, pages 400-430, 1996.

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