Power-Aware Computer Systems (PACS) Laboratory

Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

University of Tennessee, Knoxville


Director: Prof. Xiaorui (Ray) Wang
Location: Science and Engineering Research Facility (SERF) 213, 313

What is NEW?

  • Multiple Research Assistant positions are available for self-motivated Ph.D. students to work on power-aware computer systems and computer architecture. Please see details here.


  • Ph.D. student, Ming Chen receives travel award from PACT 2009. 09/2009.
  • PACS lab receives a 3-year grant from NSF for research on power management for multi-core real-time systems. Dr. Wang is the sole PI. 07/2009.
  • Ph.D. student, Ming Chen receives travel grant from IWQoS 2009. 07/2009.
  • Dr. Wang gives an invited talk at IBM Research, Austin in TX. 06/2009.
  • Ph.D. student, Ming Chen, joins NEC Labs for summer internship. 06/2009.
  • Ph.D. students, Yefu Wang and Kai Ma, receive travel awards from ISCA 2009. 05/2009.
  • Dr. Wang gives an invited talk at NEC Labs America in NJ. 05/2009.
  • Dr. Wang receives the Chancellor's Award for Professional Promise in Research and Creative Achievement from Univ. of Tennessee. 04/2009.
  • PACS lab receives a 3-year grant from the Office of Naval Research (ONR) for embedded systems research. Dr. Wang is the sole PI. 03/2009.
  • Paper on power control for CMPs accepted to ISCA 2009, the 36th International Symposium on Computer Architecture. 02/2009.
  • Dr. Wang receives NSF CAREER Award. 01/2009.
  • Paper on power-aware response time control for virtualized servers receives Best Paper Award at RTSS 2008, the flagship conference in real-time systems. 12/2008.
  • PACS lab receives a renewed seed grant from NSF for real-time power grid research. Dr. Wang is a co-PI. 09/2008.
  • Dr. Wang receives the EECS Early Career Development Award from the EECS Dept. at the Univ. of Tennessee. 08/2008.
  • Dr. Wang is invited to attend the Microsoft Research Workshop on Energy Efficient Computing. 05/2008.
  • Dr. Wang receives the Power-Aware Computing Award from Microsoft Research. Dr. Wang is the sole PI. 04/2008.
  • Dr. Wang receives the Real-Time Innovation Award from IBM Research. Dr. Wang is the sole PI. 12/2007.
  • PACS lab receives a 1-year seed grant from NSF for real-time power grid research. Dr. Wang is a co-PI. 09/2007.
  • PACS lab receives a 3-year grant from NSF for server power control research. Dr. Wang is the sole PI. 08/2007.
  • PACS lab receives a 2-year grant from the SERRI program of Dept. of Homeland Security (DHS). Dr. Wang is a co-PI. 02/2007.
  • PACS lab founded by Dr. Wang at the University of Tennessee. 09/2006.

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