Oana Balmau
Regular biography
Oana Balmau is a faculty member in the Department of Computer Science at McGill University. Her research interests include Computer Systems, Storage and Persistent Memory, Storage Systems for Data Science, and Data Management for IoT. She can be contacted via email at oana.balmau@cs.mcgill.ca or through her personal website at http://www.cs.mcgill.ca/~balmau.
Scholar-generated biography
Oana Balmau is an Assistant Professor at McGill University's School of Computer Science, specializing in Computer Systems, Storage, and Operating Systems. Her research focuses on improving the performance and reliability of key-value stores, log-structured storage systems, and memory management in distributed environments. She has developed innovative solutions such as SILK, KVell, and TRIAD to address latency issues and enhance data persistence. Her work also explores memory reclamation, persistent storage optimization, and efficient data preprocessing for machine learning. Balmau's contributions span both theoretical and applied research, with a strong emphasis on real-world applications in edge computing and smart grid communication.