Dr. Lois Wright Hawkes received her PhD from the Imperial College of Science and Technology at the University of London and later joined the FSU faculty in 1980. She is currently serving as the Associate Director of the High-Performance Computing & Simulation (HCS) Lab in the FAMU/FSU College of Engineering and the Director of Graduate Studies in the Department.
Research
Dr. Hawkes research interests relate to the development of fault-tolerant protocols that will support reliable, large data transfers over high-speed WANs. This is in response to the increasing need for high-performance disaster-tolerant networks that allow for the use of backup sites at a significant distance from the main site, thus ensuring a single disaster will not take down both sites. Included in this work are the development of fault-tolerant network protocols, quality of service issues, and reliability in end-to-end performance for the transfer of very large data sets. The corresponding infrastructure must be both cost-effective and robust.
Selected Publications
- Huan-yu Tu, L.W. Hawkes, “Families of Optimal Fault-tolerant Multiple-bus Networks,” IEEE Transactions on Parallel & Distributed Systems, V. 12, No. 1, Jan. 2001, pp 60-73.
- L.W. Hawkes, S.J. Derry, “Advances in Local Student Modeling using Informal Fuzzy Reasoning,” International Journal of Human-Computer Studies, Dec. 1996, 45(6), pp 697-722.
- L.W. Hawkes, “Combinatorial Filing Schemes with Fewer Buckets, and Improved Redundancy and Construction Characteristics,” Information Sciences, an International Journal, Nov. 1992, 65(1&2), pp 99-122.
