Edward D. Lazowska
Encyclopedia
Edward D. Lazowska is an American
computer scientist
. He holds the Bill & Melinda Gates Chair in Computer Science & Engineering at the University of Washington
, and is the founding Director of the University of Washington eScience Institute. He serves as Chair of the Computing Community Consortium
, a national effort to engage the computing research community in fundamental research motivated by tackling societal challenges.
from 1997–2001, the NSF CISE Advisory Committee from 1998–99, the DARPA Information Science and Technology Study Group from 2004–06, the President’s Information Technology Advisory Committee (co-chair with Marc Benioff
) from 2003–05, and the Working Group of the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology to review the Federal Networking and Information Technology Research and Development Program in 2010 (co-chair with David E. Shaw).
, a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, a Member of the Washington State Academy of Sciences, and a Fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery
, the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science
.
in 1972, advised by Andries van Dam
and David J. Lewis, and his M.Sc. in 1974 and Ph.D. in 1977 at the University of Toronto
, advised by Kenneth C. Sevcik.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
computer scientist
Computer scientist
A computer scientist is a scientist who has acquired knowledge of computer science, the study of the theoretical foundations of information and computation and their application in computer systems....
. He holds the Bill & Melinda Gates Chair in Computer Science & Engineering at the University of Washington
University of Washington
University of Washington is a public research university, founded in 1861 in Seattle, Washington, United States. The UW is the largest university in the Northwest and the oldest public university on the West Coast. The university has three campuses, with its largest campus in the University...
, and is the founding Director of the University of Washington eScience Institute. He serves as Chair of the Computing Community Consortium
Computing Community Consortium
The Computing Community Consortium is an organization whose goal is to catalyze and empower the U.S. computing research community to pursue audacious, high-impact research....
, a national effort to engage the computing research community in fundamental research motivated by tackling societal challenges.
Scholarship
Lazowska’s research and teaching concern the design, implementation, and analysis of high-performance computing and communication systems. He co-authored the definitive textbook on computer system performance analysis using queuing network models, contributed to several early object-oriented distributed systems, and co-developed widely-used approaches to kernel and system design in areas such as thread management, high-performance local and remote communication, load sharing, cluster computing, and the effective use of the underlying architecture by the operating system.Leadership
Lazowska chaired the Computing Research AssociationComputing Research Association
The Computing Research Association is an association of more than 220 North American academic departments of computer science, computer engineering, and related fields; laboratories and centers in industry, government, and academia engaging in basic computing research; and affiliated professional...
from 1997–2001, the NSF CISE Advisory Committee from 1998–99, the DARPA Information Science and Technology Study Group from 2004–06, the President’s Information Technology Advisory Committee (co-chair with Marc Benioff
Marc Benioff
Marc Russell Benioff is Chairman & CEO of salesforce.com, a cloud computing company.Benioff started salesforce.com in March 1999 in a rented San Francisco apartment and defined its mission as The End of Software...
) from 2003–05, and the Working Group of the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology to review the Federal Networking and Information Technology Research and Development Program in 2010 (co-chair with David E. Shaw).
Recognition
Lazowska is a Member of the National Academy of EngineeringNational Academy of Engineering
The National Academy of Engineering is a government-created non-profit institution in the United States, that was founded in 1964 under the same congressional act that led to the founding of the National Academy of Sciences...
, a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, a Member of the Washington State Academy of Sciences, and a Fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery
Association for Computing Machinery
The Association for Computing Machinery is a learned society for computing. It was founded in 1947 as the world's first scientific and educational computing society. Its membership is more than 92,000 as of 2009...
, the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers is a non-profit professional association headquartered in New York City that is dedicated to advancing technological innovation and excellence...
, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science
American Association for the Advancement of Science
The American Association for the Advancement of Science is an international non-profit organization with the stated goals of promoting cooperation among scientists, defending scientific freedom, encouraging scientific responsibility, and supporting scientific education and science outreach for the...
.
Personal History
Lazowska was born on August 3, 1950 in Washington DC. He obtained his A.B. at Brown UniversityBrown University
Brown University is a private, Ivy League university located in Providence, Rhode Island, United States. Founded in 1764 prior to American independence from the British Empire as the College in the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations early in the reign of King George III ,...
in 1972, advised by Andries van Dam
Andries van Dam
Andries "Andy" van Dam is a Dutch-born American professor of computer science and former Vice-President for Research at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island. Together with Ted Nelson he contributed to the first hypertext system, HES in the late 1960s. He co-authored Computer Graphics:...
and David J. Lewis, and his M.Sc. in 1974 and Ph.D. in 1977 at the University of Toronto
University of Toronto
The University of Toronto is a public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, situated on the grounds that surround Queen's Park. It was founded by royal charter in 1827 as King's College, the first institution of higher learning in Upper Canada...
, advised by Kenneth C. Sevcik.