Ayse Coskun

Dr. Ayse Coskun, core faculty with the Boston University Institute for Global Sustainability (IGS), is currently Interim Associate Dean for Research and Faculty Development in Boston University’s College of Engineering and a full professor in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department. She is also the Director of the Center for Information & Systems Engineering. Coskun received her PhD degree from the Computer Science and Engineering Department at UC San Diego in 2009.

Her research interests are broadly in design automation, computer architecture, and embedded systems, particularly focusing on energy efficiency and applying intelligent analytics for computer system management. She received the Ernest Kuh Early Career Award in 2017 for contributions to energy-efficient system-level design and an IBM Faculty Award in 2020 for her work on applying AI-based methods for DevSecOps.

Current research directions include (1) design of future energy-efficient computer systems using new integration technologies (e.g., 3D-stacking, silicon photonic networks-on-chip, etc.), (2) applied machine learning for improving cloud and HPC performance, and (3) sustainability in data centers via integration into smart grid programs.

Prior to joining BU, Coskun worked at Sun Microsystems (now Oracle), San Diego. Her recent industry partnerships include projects with IBM TJ Watson, Intel, AMD, Oracle, and others. Her team has carried out many domestic and international collaborations successfully, such as with research groups at EPFL in Switzerland, CEA-LETI in France, Brown University, and MIT.

Coskun is a core member of the Institute for Global Sustainability at BU. She currently serves as the Deputy Editor-in-Chief of the IEEE Transactions on Computer Aided Design. Until recently, she served as an Associate Editor of IEEE Transaction on Computers and as a member of the Executive Committee of the IEEE Council on Design Automation (CEDA).

Pronouns: she, her, hers

Twitter: @ayse_kivilcim

LinkedIn: /aysecoskun