Carla Ellis

Carla Schlatter Ellis is a professor emerita of Computer Science at Duke University. She received the B.S. degree from the University of Toledo, Toledo Oh, in 1972 and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Washington, Seattle, in 1977 and 1979. Before coming to Duke in 1986, she was on the faculty at the University of Oregon, Eugene, from 1978 to 1980, and at the University of Rochester, Rochester NY, from 1980 to 1986. She has served in a number of roles in service to the research community including serving on the board of CRA, council of ACM, and editor-in-chief of ACM Transactions on Computer Systems.

Professor Ellis's research has been in the area of Operating Systems and Mobile Computing. Over the course of her career, she has studied storage management for multiprocesssors, file systems for distributed systems, techniques for concurrent access to database indexing structures, and mobile computing. Her recent research has involved finding ways to conserve energy and extend the lifetime of batteries for mobile and wireless devices. Her current passion is understanding and advocating for green computing and the role of computing in creating a sustainable society.

Professor Ellis has a grownup son. She enjoys outdoor activities, especially mountain biking, kayaking, cross-country skiing, outdoor photography, gardening, and hiking. She has moved to Washington State to enjoy her retirement. She also does sports like agility and rally-o with her golden retrievers as well as volunteer work with the one she trained as a therapy dog.