Joe Pasquale       PROFESSOR EMERITUS       Department of Computer Science and Engineering       University of California, San Diego       pasquale (at) cs.ucsd.edu       PhD (computer science), UC Berkeley, 1988       SM (electrical engineering & computer science), MIT, 1982       SB (electrical engineering & computer science), MIT, 1982       Biography   |   Publications   |   Research   |   Students

My research is in operating systems, distributed systems and networks, broadly focusing on performance, reliability and security of Internet-scale systems with highly decentralized control. I also primarily teach our core courses on operating systems (at both graduate and undergraduate levels). Beyond computer science, I lead a summer study-abroad program in Rome, Italy, where we study the architectural geometry and structural engineering of classical Roman monuments.

Courses

• CSE 120: Operating Systems Principles
• CSE 220: Operating Systems Principles (MS)
• CSE 291-B: Advanced Studies in Classical Operating Systems (PhD and MS)
• CSE 221: Graduate Operating Systems (PhD)
• CSE 20: Discrete Mathematics
• CSE 21: Mathematics for Algorithms and Systems
• CSE 121: Operating Systems: Architecture and Implementation
• CSE 122: Operating Systems Laboratory

Freshman Seminars

• CSE 87: The Science of Casino Games
• CSE 87: The Slide Rule: History, Theory, and Practice
• CSE 87: Freshman Seminar on Engineering the Roman Empire

Senior Seminars

• CSE 192: Senior Seminar on Advanced Slide Rule
• CSE 192: Senior Seminar on Exploring Operating Systems
• CSE 192: Senior Seminar on Engineering the Roman Empire

Global Seminar (Summer Study Abroad)

• CSE 4GS: Mathematical Beauty in Rome
• CSE 6GS: Mathematical Laboratory in Rome

Affiliations

• UCSD CSE Alumni Board
• UCSD CSE Systems and Networking Group
• UCSD Center for Networked Systems
• COSMOS: Cal Summer School for Math/Science

Miscellaneous

• NPR article on slide rules that mentions UCSD's Slide Rule Seminar
• Why Does A Slide Rule Work? , 2014 Oughtred Society conference in Las Vegas.
• Paper on Mathematical Foundations of the Slide Rule, presented at the International Meeting for Collectors of Historical Calculating Instruments (IM 2011), Cambridge, MA.
• Experiences Teaching the UCSD Freshman Seminar on Slide Rule , 2009 Oughtred Society conference in Las Vegas.
• The Slide Rule: Calculating by Mind and Hand , 2005 Oughtred Society conference at MIT.