Dr. Austin leads the SimpleScalar Project, an open-source development that is building computer architecture analysis tools used widely throughout academia and industry. Today, nearly 1/3 of all papers published in top computer architecture conferences use the SimpleScalar tools to evaluate their designs. Currently, his research group is exploring dynamic checking techniques to reduce the cost of computer system verification. In addition, he is working in the area of application specific processor design, where he has developed efficient architectures for cryptography and speech processing.