Ph.D. in Computer Science, University of Virginia (1995)
M.S. in Computer Science, University of Virginia (1989)
B.S. in Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University (1984)
Jon Weissman joined the Department of Computer Science & Engineering in 1999. He was promoted to a full professor in 2012. In 2022, he won the George W. Taylor Distinguished Teaching Award. From 2007-08, he served as a visiting researcher and distinguished visitor at the National e-Science Center at the University of Edinburgh. Prior to coming to the University of Minnesota, he was an assistant professor at the University of Texas San Antonio. Weissman is a member of the Tau Beta Engineering Honor Society and ACM, and a senior member of IEEE.
Weissman's research is in the broad area of parallel and distributed systems. He is working predominantly on edge and cloud computing, mobile computing, Internet of things, and HPC, developing techniques to improve performance, reliability, and energy efficiency.
Research Division
Computing Systems
Current Research
Google Scholar
Distributed Computing Systems Group
Ph.D. Graduates
Albert Jonathan (2019); Kwangsung Oh (2019); Francis Liu (2019); Jinoh Kim (2010); Darin England (2006); Byoung-Dai Lee (2003)
2022: George W. Taylor Distinguished Teaching Award
1996: National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER Award)
Selected Grants
Edge Native Computing at Scale
Chandra, A. & Weissman, J. B.; CISCO SYSTEMS, INC; 8/28/22 - 8/31/23
CNS Core: Small: Scaling the IoT with Constellation
Weissman, J. B. & Chandra, A.; National Science Foundation; 10/1/19 - 9/30/23
I/UCRC Phase II: Center on Intelligent Storage
Du, D., Weissman, J.B., Chandra, A., Lilja, Mokbel, M.; National Science Foundation; 2016-2019
CSR: Small: Location, location, location (L3): Support for Geo-Centric Applications
Chandra, A. & Weissman, J. B.; National Science Foundation; 10/1/16 - 9/30/20