James Larus

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]

James Larus
Born (1958-09-15) September 15, 1958
NationalityAmerican
OccupationComputer scientist

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 PhD 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 67.[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][12]

Larus also helped fund and lead the development of the Decentralized Privacy-Preserving Proximity Tracing (DP-3T) effort to provide contact tracing as a way to slow the COVID-19 pandemic.[13][14]

Achievements

Larus was a Harvard College Scholar, a National Science Foundation Young Investigator, and is an ACM Fellow. He has also won numerous awards for his papers over the years.[6]

References
  1. "Renowned Computer Scientist at the Head of the IC School". Retrieved 14 September 2014.
  2. "James Larus Biography". Retrieved 14 September 2014.
  3. "Microsoft Research Profile". Microsoft Research. Retrieved 14 September 2014.
  4. "Orleans". Microsoft Research. Retrieved 14 September 2014.
  5. "Singularity". Microsoft Research. Retrieved 14 September 2014.
  6. "James Larus CV" (PDF). Retrieved 14 September 2014.
  7. "James Larus Wisconsin Page". Retrieved 15 September 2014.
  8. "SPIM". Retrieved 14 September 2014.
  9. James O. Hamblen; Tyson S. Hall; Michael D. Furman (31 October 2007). Rapid Prototyping of Digital Systems: SOPC Edition. Springer Science & Business Media. pp. 303–. ISBN 978-0-387-72670-0.
  10. "James Larus' Publication List". Google Scholar. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
  11. Ball, Thomas; Larus, James (1996). "Efficient Path Profiling". ACM: 46–57.
  12. Harris, Tim; Larus, James; Rajwar, Ravi (2010). "Transactional Memory". Synthesis Lectures on Computer Architecture (2nd ed.). 5 (1): 1–263. doi:10.2200/S00272ED1V01Y201006CAC011. ISSN 1935-3235.
  13. Zastrow, Mark. "Coronavirus contact-tracing apps: can they slow the spread of COVID-19?". Nature. Retrieved 15 September 2020.
  14. "DP3T - Decentralized Privacy-Preserving Proximity Tracing". Github. Retrieved 15 September 2020.
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