
Publications
Selected Publications
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[White Paper] Lamia Youseff et al.m Designing Scalable Blockchain Networking Topology in Azure, Dec 2017 [link]
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[White Paper] Lamia Youseff et al., Mesh and hub-and-spoke networks on Azure: Architectural considerations, Dec 2017 [link]
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Adam A. Margolin, Lamia Youseff et al. Systematic Analysis of Challenge-Driven Improvements in Molecular Prognostic Models for Breast Cancer, Science Translational Medicine, 2013. [Cited by 44]
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Lamia Youseff, Nathan Beckmann, Harshad Kasture, Charles Gruenwald III, David Wentzlaff, Anant Agarwal:
The case for elastic operating system services in fos. DAC 2012: 265-270. -
David Wentzlaff, Lamia Youseff et al. An Operating System for Multicore and Clouds: Mechanisms and Implementation, in proceedings of ACM Symposium on Cloud Computing (SOCC), 2010. [Cited by 101]
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Dan Nurmi, Lamia Youseff et al. The Eucalyptus Open-source Cloud-computing System, in proc. of IEEE International Symposium on Cluster Computing and the Grid, May 2009. [Cited by 1962]
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Lamia Youseff and R. Wolski. Paravirtualization for HPC Systems, IEEE International Parallel & Distributed Processing Symposium (IPDPS), 2008. [Awarded Best Poster Award]
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Lamia Youseff et al. Towards a Unified Ontology of Cloud Computing, In proceeding of IEEE Grid Computing Environments (GCE08) workshop, held in conjunction with SuperComputing (SC'08), November 2008. [Cited by 981]
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Alethea Barbaro, Lamia Youseff et al. Discrete and Continuous Models of the Dynamics of Pelagic Fish: Application to the Capelin, in the Journal of Mathematics and Computers in Simulation: Special Issue on Computational Biology (MATCOM-D-08-00022), 2008. [Cited by 46]
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Lamia Youseff, Jack Dongarra et al. The Impact of Paravirtualized Memory Hierarchy on Linear Algebra Computational Kernels and Software, in proc. of the IEEE/ACM International Symposium on high performance distributed computing (HPDC), June 2008. [Cited by 49]
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Lamia Youseff et al. Paravirtualization for HPC Systems, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Springer 2006, ISPA 2006 Ws, LNCS 4331-0474 and in proceedings of the workshop on XEN in HPC Cluster and Grid Computing Environments (XHPC), held in conjunction with ISPA 2006, December 2006. [Awarded Best Paper Award] [Cited by 134]
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Lamia Youseff et al. Evaluating the Performance Impact of Xen on MPI and Process Execution for HPC Systems, Workshop on Virtualization Techniques in Distributed Computing (VTDC), held in conjunction with SuperComputing (SC'06), November 06. [Cited by 108]
INVITED TALKS
(Selected)
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fos: a Self-Aware OS, Workshop on Self-Aware Autonomic Systems, University of Oslo, Norway, 2012.
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A Unified Operating System for Multicores and the Cloud, IBM Watson Research Center, NY, 2010.
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Paravirtualization Performance and Programming Support for Next Generation HPC Systems, Microsoft Research Ltd, Cambridge, U.K., 2009.
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Towards a Unified Ontology of Cloud Computing, IBM Austin Research Lab, TX, 2008.
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Paravirtualization Performance Impact on High Performance Computing, Workshop on Virtual Infrastructure, USENIX LISA'08, San Diego, CA, 2008.
AWARDS
(Selected)
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Google Spot Bonus and Cash Award, July 2013.
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Best Poster Award 2008, IEEE Parallel & Distributed Processing Symposium (IPDPS) April '08.
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Best Paper Award 2006, Workshop on XEN in HPC Cluster and Grid Computing Environments '06.
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UCSB Presidential Award and Scholarship 2003-2008, University of California Santa Barbara (UCSB).
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AUC Presidential Cup 2003, The American University in Cairo (AUC).
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UPE-ACM International Award and Scholarship 2002 Upsilon Pi Epsilon (International Honor Society for the Computing Sciences) with ACM, awarded for academic excellence and extracurricular activities.
MEDIA COVERAGE
IEEE Women Magazine, Making It All Compute: Busting Cultural Barriers from Egypt to the United States, 2013 (http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/MWIE.2013.2280391). [Featured profile / interview]
eWeek, Google Making It Easier to Transfer Huge Datasets
on the Cloud, 2014.
TechCrunch, Google’s New Cloud Import Tool Makes Switching From AWS Easier, 2014.
The Next Web (TNW), Google [..] lets US Cloud Storage users send data by snail mail for manual uploading, 2013.
TechCrunch, Developers Can Now Ship Hard Drives To Google, 2013.
The Register, Google joins Amazon, HP, Rackspace in easing HDD data importing, 2013.
Doc Searls, Linux Journal: EUCALYPTUS: a Tree Growing in the Cloud, 2009.
James Urquhart, CNET news: A better way to understand cloud computing, 2009.
Sam Dean, Eucalyptus: An Unsung Open Source Infrastructure for Cloud Computing, 2008.
eWeek
TechCrunch
IEEE Women Magazine
The Next Web (TNW)
Linux Journal
The Register
CNET News
COMMUNITY SERVICE
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Judge, UW Foster School of Business, Business Plan Competition, 2015-current.
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Mentor and Advisor, Startup Weekends Seattle (Various), 2014-current.
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Member, Program Committee (Technical Reviewer) for various cloud computing and systems conferences, including IEEE/ACM CCGrid-2015, IEEE DAC’12, ACM SOCC’11 and reviewer for several IEEE/ACM journals, 2008-current.
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Member, Leadership Program Committee Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing (GHC), 2014-current.
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Board Member, Board of Directors, RISE-Egypt Inc (non-profit), 2014-2016.
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Co-founder and Board Member, Board of Directors, EgyptNegma Inc (non-profit focusing on social entrepreneurship), 2011-2015.
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Co-Chair, The second workshop on Computer Architecture and Operating System co-design (CAOS), held in conjunction with the 6th ACM International Conference on High-Performance Embedded Architectures and Compilers (HiPEAC 2011).
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Founder, UCSB Women in Computer Science (WICS), 2006.
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Elected Vice President for Academic Affairs, UCSB GSA and Member of UCSB Academic Senate, 2004-2006.
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President, ACM-AUC Student Chapter (by election), and Epsilon Pi Epsilon (UPE) chapter and honor society (by nomination), AUC, Cairo, Egypt, 2000- 2002.
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President, ACM ICPC Regional Contest Manager, Fourth & Fifth North African and Arab Regional ACM Programming Contest , as part of the ACM International Inter-Collegiate Programming Context (ICPC), Cairo, Egypt, 2001 & 2002.