Research output per year
Research output per year
Personal profile
Research overview
My research lies in the area of efficient cross-architecture hardware virtualisation - or techniques to efficiently emulate a full computer architecture on a different host. Dynamic Binary Translation is the key underlying technology that I'm investigating, and I've been working on how we can use hardware acceleration to make this process more efficient, ultimately improving the performance of a virtualised system.
Research interests
I'm generally interested in the area of computer systems, specifically:
- Operating Systems
- Virtualisation
- Compilers
- Runtime systems
Academic/Professional Qualification
I have a BEng (Hons) in Software Engineering, and a PhD in computer systems architecture, both from the University of Edinburgh.
Teaching activity
In AY 24/25, I'm teaching CS3104 - Operating Systems in S1, and CS4202 - Computer Architecture in S2.
I am the First-level CS Coordinator.
Profile Keywords
Dynamic Binary Translation, Hardware Virtualisation, Operating Systems, Runtimes, Compilers
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Education/Academic qualification
Doctor of Philosophy, Efficient Cross-architecture Hardware Virtualisation
1 Jan 2013 → 31 Dec 2016
Award Date: 11 Jul 2017
Bachelor of Engineering, Software Engineering, Edinburgh University
Award Date: 7 Jul 2008
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Accelerating shared library execution in a DBT
Spink, T. & Franke, B., 20 Jun 2024, Proceedings of the 25th ACM SIGPLAN/SIGBED International Conference on Languages, Compilers, and Tools for Embedded Systems (LCTES'24): June 24, 2024, Copenhagen, Denmark. New York, NY: ACM, p. 1-11 11 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
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Fast and effective embedded systems design: from bits and bytes to IoT, with the Arm Mbed
Wilmshurst, T., Toulson, R. & Spink, T., 1 May 2024, 3rd ed. Amsterdam: Newnes.Research output: Book/Report › Book
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Lasagne: a static binary translator for weak memory model architectures
Rocha, R. C. O., Sprokholt, D., Fink, M., Gouicem, R., Spink, T., Chakraborty, S. & Bhatotia, P., 9 Jun 2022, Proceedings of the 43rd ACM SIGPLAN International Conference on Programming Language Design and Implementation (PLDI 2022). ACM, p. 888–902 15 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
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Leaps and bounds: analysing WebAssembly’s performance with a focus on bounds checking
Szewczyk, R., Stonehouse, K., Barbalace, A. & Spink, T., 6 Nov 2022, Proceedings of the 2022 IEEE International Symposium on Workload Characterization. Online: IEEE, p. 256-268 13 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
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Risotto: a dynamic binary translator for weak memory model architectures
Gouicem, R., Sprokholt, D., Ruehl, J., Rocha, R., Spink, T., Chakraborty, S. & Bhatotia, P., 21 Dec 2022, Proceedings of the 28th ACM International Conference on Architectural Support for Programming Languages and Operating Systems, Volume 1 (ASPLOS 2023). Aamodt, T. M., Jerger, N. E. & Swift, M. (eds.). New York, NY: ACM, Vol. 1. p. 107–122 16 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
Open AccessFile5 Citations (Scopus)47 Downloads (Pure)
Datasets
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Leaps and bounds: Analysing WebAssembly's performance with a focus on bounds checking
Szewczyk, R. (Creator), Stonehouse, K. (Creator), Barbalace, A. (Creator) & Spink, T. (Creator), Zenodo, 2022
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Risotto: A Dynamic Binary Translator for Weak Memory Model Architectures
Gouicem, R. (Creator), Sprokholt, D. (Creator), Ruehl, J. (Creator), Rocha, R. C. O. (Creator), Spink, T. (Creator), Chakraborty, S. (Creator) & Bhatotia, P. (Creator), Zenodo, 2022
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[Artifact] Lasagne: A Static Binary Translator for Weak Memory Model Architectures
Rocha, R. (Creator), Sprokholt, D. (Creator), Fink, M. (Creator), Gouicem, R. (Creator), Spink, T. (Creator), Chakraborty, S. (Creator) & Bhatotia, P. (Creator), Zenodo, 2022
Dataset
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Lasagne: A Static Binary Translator for Weak Memory Model Architectures
Rocha, R. (Creator), Sprokholt, D. (Creator), Fink, M. (Creator), Gouicem, R. (Creator), Spink, T. (Creator), Chakraborty, S. (Creator) & Bhatotia, P. (Creator), Zenodo, 2022
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Activities
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Doors Open @ Computer Science 2023
Hoffmann, R. (Chair of organising committee), Ross, K. (Member of organising committee), Boyd, K. M. (Member of organising committee), Miller, A. H. D. (Participant), Miguel, A. R. (Participant), Varghese, B. (Participant), Brown, C. M. (Participant), Jefferson, C. A. (Participant), Harris-Birtill, D. C. C. (Participant), Balasubramaniam, D. (Participant), Brady, E. C. (Participant), Kirby, G. N. C. (Participant), Gent, I. P. (Participant), Jacques, J. T. (Participant), Espasa Arxer, J. (Participant), Ye, J. (Participant), Terzic, K. (Participant), Fang, L. (Participant), Nederhof, M. J. (Participant), Young, M. (Participant), Dang, N. T. T. (Participant), Konovalov, O. (Participant), Akgun, O. (Participant), Connor, R. (Participant), Dearle, A. (Participant), Filgueira, R. (Participant), Zhu, X. (Participant), Bhatti, S. (Participant), Dobson, S. A. (Participant), Mann, P. S. (Participant), Sarkar, S. (Participant), Kelsey, T. (Participant) & Spink, T. (Participant)
11 Apr 2023Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in or organising a public festival/exhibition/event
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Building your first IoT Application with Arm
Spink, T. (Speaker)
1 Aug 2022 → 5 Aug 2022Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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Hardware Accelerated Cross-architecture Execution Tracing
Spink, T. (Speaker)
30 Nov 2021 → 2 Dec 2021Activity: Talk or presentation types › Presentation
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Hardware Accelerated Cross-Architecture Execution Tracing
Spink, T. (Speaker)
1 Jun 2021Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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16th ACM EuroSys Conference on Computer Systems
Spink, T. (Member of organising committee)
26 Apr 2021 → 28 Apr 2021Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in or organising a conference
Prizes
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Best Paper Award
Spink, T. (Recipient), Wagstaff, H. (Recipient) & Franke, B. (Recipient), 10 Jul 2019
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)