David Garlan
American computer scientist
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David Garlan is a professor of computer science at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU), noted for his contributions to software architecture.[1][2] He co-authored two widely used books in the field, Software Architecture: Perspectives on an Emerging Discipline (1996) with Mary Shaw and Documenting Software Architectures: Views and Beyond (2nd ed., 2010/2011).[7][8]
- Software architecture
- Software engineering
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Education and career
Garlan earned a B.A. from Amherst College in 1971, a B.A./M.A. (Oxon.) in mathematics from the University of Oxford in 1973, and a Ph.D. in computer science from Carnegie Mellon University in 1987.[1] He is a long-time member of CMU's School of Computer Science and has held roles affiliated with the Software Engineering Institute (SEI).[1]
Research and publications
Garlan's research centers on the theory and practice of software architecture, including formal representation and analysis and architecture-based adaptation.[1]
In 1995, with Robert Allen and John Ockerbloom, he co-authored Architectural Mismatch: Why Reuse Is So Hard in IEEE Software, which introduced the influential term architectural mismatch to describe mismatched assumptions in software component reuse.[9]
In 2004, with Shang-Wen Cheng, An-Cheng Huang, Bradley Schmerl, and Peter Steenkiste, he co-authored Rainbow: Architecture-Based Self-Adaptation with Reusable Infrastructure in IEEE Computer, which presented the Rainbow framework a reusable infrastructure for self-adaptive systems that demonstrated how software could monitor and adapt itself at runtime.[10]
Selected works
- with Mary Shaw, Software Architecture: Perspectives on an Emerging Discipline (Prentice Hall, 1996).[7]
- with Paul C. Clements et al., Documenting Software Architectures: Views and Beyond (2nd ed., Addison-Wesley, 2010/2011).[8]
- with Robert Allen and John Ockerbloom, "Architectural Mismatch: Why Reuse Is So Hard" (IEEE Software, 12(6), 1995).[9]
- with Shang-Wen Cheng, An-Cheng Huang, Bradley Schmerl, and Peter Steenkiste, "Rainbow: Architecture-Based Self-Adaptation with Reusable Infrastructure" (IEEE Computer, 37(10), 2004).[10]
- "Software Architecture: A Roadmap," in The Future of Software Engineering (ICSE 2000).[11]
Honors
Major recognitions include the ACM SIGSOFT Outstanding Research Award (2011),[3] election as an ACM Fellow (class of 2013),[2] elevation to IEEE Fellow (class of 2013),[4] the Reengineering Forum's Stevens Award and Citation (2005),[5] and CMU's Allen Newell Award for Research Excellence (2016, with Mary Shaw and Bradley Schmerl).[6]