Karsten Schwan

Karsten Schwan
Born (1952-08-21)August 21, 1952
Died September 28, 2015(2015-09-28) (aged 63)
Atlanta, GA
Nationality German American
Fields Computer Science
Institutions Georgia Institute of Technology, Ohio State University
Alma mater Carnegie Mellon University,
West Germany’s Christian-Albrechts Universitaet
Thesis Tailoring Software for Multiple Processor Systems[1] (1982)
Doctoral advisor Anita K. Jones
Notable students Dilma Da Silva
Fabián E. Bustamante
Known for CERCS, distributed computing, high performance computing, middleware
Website
www.cc.gatech.edu/fac/Karsten.Schwan/

Karsten Schwan (August 21, 1952 – September 28, 2015) was an American computer pioneer, academic who had held the position of Professor of Computer Science and the director of Center for Experimental Research in Computer Systems (CERCS) at the Georgia Institute of Technology.[2] He won the 2008 HP Labs Innovation Research Award[3] and is elected IEEE Fellow at 2016 posthumously.[4]

Ph.D. students

He has advised a number of notable Ph.D. candidates, including:[5]

References

  1. Karsten Schwan at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
  2. Georgia Tech College of Computing (2015-09-28). "College of Computing Mourns Loss of Regents' Professor Karsten Schwan". Retrieved 2016-06-09.
  3. Phys.org (2008-09-17). "HP Labs award will lay groundwork for next generation computers". Retrieved 2016-06-09.
  4. Georgia Tech College of Computing (2015-11-25). "Karsten Schwan Posthumously Elected IEEE Fellow". Retrieved 2016-06-09.
  5. Korvo research group. "Emeritus members". Retrieved 2016-06-09.
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