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Thomas Sterling

Academic Background: Ph.D., Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1985; M.S., Computer Science, MIT, 1983; B.S., Electrical Engineering, University of Southern California, 1977.

Research Interests: High-performance computing, parallel processing, and exascale computing architectures.

Appointments: Professor, Luddy School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering, Indiana University Bloomington; Chief Scientist, Center for Research in Extreme Scale Technologies (CREST).

Awards: IEEE Computer Society Charles Babbage Award, 2013; Gordon Bell Prize, 1997.

Publications:

• Beowulf Cluster Computing with Linux (MIT Press, 2001, co-author).
• Articles in IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems, Journal of Supercomputing.

Additional Contributions: Pioneer of Beowulf clusters; leader in U.S. exascale computing initiatives.