Dr. Ewa Deelman

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Biography

Ewa Deelman is a Research Professor in the Thomas Lord Department of Computer Science at the University of Southern California. She is a principal scientist at the USC Information Sciences Institute. Her main research area is distributed computing, supporting complex scientific applications across various computational environments, including campus clusters, grids, and clouds. Since 2000, she has been conducting research on scientific workflows, leading to the design and development of the Pegasus software, which helps map complex application workflows to distributed resources. Pegasus is widely used by the research community in fields such as astronomy, bioinformatics, and gravitational-wave physics. Deelman has authored numerous publications, including 30 journal articles and 80 conference papers, and co-edited a book on scientific workflows. In her role at USC, she has also co-chaired workshops focused on large-scale science and has a comprehensive background in the field of distributed data management. She obtained her PhD in Computer Science from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1997, with a dissertation focused on optimizing parallel discrete event simulations.

Research Interests

Awards

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e-Science Paper Award

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15th Workshop on Parallel and Distributed Simulation Paper Award

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Special Distinction in Mathematics

Requirements for University of Southern California

Master Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3
TOEFL
Listening
Required:20
Reading
Required:20
Writing
Required:20
Speaking
Required:20
Total
Required:90
IELTS
Listening
Required:6
Reading
Required:6
Writing
Required:6
Speaking
Required:6
Overall
Required:6.5
GRE General
Prerequisites
Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Math, or Hard Science
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Specialization Notes

GRE is NOT required for Master's applicants for 2025-2026.