Dr Billy Moses Jr

Biography	I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science. Prior to this, I was a Post Doctoral Fellow at the University of Houston (2021-2022) and a Post Doctoral Fellow at the Technion (2018-2020). Before that, I completed my Ph.D. at the Indian Institute of Technology Madras (2012-2018). I currently work on the theoretical foundations of distributed computing. There are two main lines of research I pursue: (i) understanding trade-offs of various metrics when solving fundamental problems over a network and (ii) understanding the role movement can play in aiding computation. In addition to studying problems from each line of research in traditional settings, I also enjoy looking at problems in less traditional settings where things can go wrong. In particular, working in an asynchronous setting, dealing with faulty processors/agents, and dealing with dynamically changing graphs are flavors of research, which when applied to the problems I already look at, make them more enjoyable to work on. A minor note about my name: for research papers and other professional matters, I go by William K. Moses Jr. However, in my day to day life, I go by Billy.
Research Interests	Distributed Algorithms Movement and Computing Biologically Inspired Computing Peer to Peer Network Algorithms Algorithms

Biography

I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science. Prior to this, I was a Post Doctoral Fellow at the University of Houston (2021-2022) and a Post Doctoral Fellow at the Technion (2018-2020). Before that, I completed my Ph.D. at the Indian Institute of Technology Madras (2012-2018).

I currently work on the theoretical foundations of distributed computing. There are two main lines of research I pursue: (i) understanding trade-offs of various metrics when solving fundamental problems over a network and (ii) understanding the role movement can play in aiding computation. In addition to studying problems from each line of research in traditional settings, I also enjoy looking at problems in less traditional settings where things can go wrong. In particular, working in an asynchronous setting, dealing with faulty processors/agents, and dealing with dynamically changing graphs are flavors of research, which when applied to the problems I already look at, make them more enjoyable to work on.

A minor note about my name: for research papers and other professional matters, I go by William K. Moses Jr. However, in my day to day life, I go by Billy.

Research Interests

Distributed Algorithms
Movement and Computing
Biologically Inspired Computing
Peer to Peer Network Algorithms
Algorithms