Bio Paul Ward was born in England and moved to
Canada over 20 years ago. You wouldn't know that by his
accent. While in Canada he has been very productive, and
now has five children (his now
ex-wife decided to downsize the family early in the Great
Recession by leaving). In between producing children
he acquired various degrees, including a Bachelors of Science in
Electrical Engineering from the University of New Brunswick
in 1988 and a Ph.D. in Computer Science
from the University of Waterloo in 2002. Somehow he also
managed to work, and is, at least partially, responsible
for those annoying electronic parking meters to which you
may have needed to feed money. If it's any consolation,
he does feel a little guilty about them. He is currently
an Associate Professor in the Department of
Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University
of Waterloo, where he enjoys what he does very much and
has a deathly fear that at some point someone is going to
tell him to stop and do some real work.
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The Boring Professional Bio
Dr. Paul A.S. Ward is an Associate Professor in the Department of
Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Waterloo,
where he teaches senior undergraduate and graduate courses in
distributed systems, operating systems, and computer networks. His
core research expertize is in systems management and dependable
systems, with a focus on cost reduction through self-management,
though he is broadly interested in all aspects of distributed systems
and various aspects of computer networks. His recent work has
centered on the development of run-time behavioural models of systems
for the purpose of anomaly detection, fault localization and
diagnosis, and self-recovery. He has worked extensively in and with
industry, and his research has been funded, and used by, IBM,
Microsoft, Nortel, and Sandvine. Dr. Ward received a BScEng in
Electrical Engineering from the University of New Brunswick and a
Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Waterloo. He is a
member of the ACM and the IEEE, including the Computer and
Communications Societies, as well as a Professional Engineer.