Guy Blelloch
Guy Blelloch | |
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| Alma mater | Swarthmore College, Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Awards | ACM Fellow IEEE CS Charles Babbage Award |
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| Fields | Computer science |
| Institutions | Carnegie Mellon University |
| Thesis | Vector Models for Data-Parallel Computing (1988) |
| Doctoral advisor | Charles E. Leiserson |
| Doctoral students | Virginia Vassilevska Williams |
Guy Edward Blelloch is a professor of computer science at Carnegie Mellon University.[1] He is known for his work in parallel algorithms.[2]
Education and career[edit]
Blelloch went to Swarthmore College and graduated in 1983 with a BA in Physics and BS in Engineering.[2] He then pursued a PhD in Computer Science at MIT and was advised by Charles E. Leiserson.[3] He graduated in 1988 with a dissertation titled Vector Models for Data-Parallel Computing.[2][3]
Blelloch joined Carnegie Mellon University in 1988[2] and has taught courses on parallel algorithms and data structures.[4] From 2016 to 2020, he was also the associate dean of undergraduate studies.[2]
Awards and recognitions[edit]
Blelloch was inducted as an ACM Fellow in 2011.[5]
He was the recipient of 2021 IEEE CS Charles Babbage Award in recognition of "contributions to parallel programming, parallel algorithms, and the interface between them".[2]
References[edit]
- ^ "Guy Blelloch". Carnegie Mellon University Computer Science Department. Retrieved 2023-12-27.
- ^ a b c d e f Lovos, Milagros (2021-02-03). "Guy Blelloch". IEEE Computer Society. Retrieved 2023-12-27.
- ^ a b Blelloch, Guy (1990). Vector Models for Data-Parallel Computing (Computer Science thesis). The MIT Press. ISBN 9780262023139. Retrieved 2023-12-27.
- ^ "Guy Blelloch". Carnegie Mellon University. Retrieved 2023-12-27.
- ^ "Guy Blelloch". Association of Computing Machinery. Retrieved 2023-12-27.
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