James Larus
| James Larus | |
|---|---|
| Born | September 15, 1958 |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Computer scientist |
James R. Larus (born September 15, 1958) is a computer scientist specializing in the fields of programming languages, compilers, and computer architecture.[1] He is currently at École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) where he is the Dean of the School of Computer and Communication Sciences (IC).[2]
Before joining EPFL, Larus worked as a Principal Researcher in Microsoft Research, where he worked from 1998 until 2013.[3] He was at one point the Director of Research and Strategy for Microsoft's eXtreme Computing Group (XCG) where he helped develop the Orleans cloud computing project.[3][4] He was also one of the two co-leads on Microsoft's Singularity project.[5]
Prior to working for Microsoft, James was an Associate Professor at University of Wisconsin–Madison in the Computer Science department.[6][7]
Education
Larus graduated magna cum laude from Harvard University in 1980 with an A.B. in Applied Mathematics.[6] He got both a Masters and a Ph.D in Computer Science from University of California, Berkeley in 1982 and 1989 respectively.[6]
Publications and Notable Work
Larus is known for the creation of SPIM, a widely distributed MIPS simulator.[6][8][9]
He has written many papers[6] and has an h-index of 54.[10] One of his best known papers is his paper on efficient path profiling.[11]
He is also a co-author of the book 'Transactional Memory', published in 2007 by Morgan Claypool.[3]
Achievements
Larus was a Harvard College Scholar, a National Science Foundation Young Investigator, and an ACM Fellow. He has also won numerous awards for his papers over the years.[6]
References
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