James Larus
American Computer Scientist
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James R. Larus is an American computer scientist specializing in programming languages, compilers, and computer architecture.[1] He is professor emeritus at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) where he was Dean of the School of Computer and Communication Sciences (IC) from 2014 to 2021.[2][3]
UC Berkeley (MSc & PhD)
James Larus | |
|---|---|
| Born | September 15, 1958 |
| Education | Harvard University (AB) UC Berkeley (MSc & PhD) |
| Known for | Singularity (operating system) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | computer science |
| Institutions | Microsoft, University of Wisconsin-Madison, EPFL |
| Website | people |
Before joining EPFL, Larus was a Principal Researcher at Microsoft Research (MSR) from 1998 to 2013.[4] 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.[4][5] He was also one of the two co-leads on Microsoft's Singularity project.[6]
Previously, Larus was an associate professor at University of Wisconsin–Madison in the Computer Science department.[7][8]
Education
Larus graduated magna cum laude from Harvard University in 1980 with a Bachelor of Arts in applied mathematics.[7] He received a Master of Science and a PhD in Computer Science from the University of California, Berkeley in 1982 and 1989.[7]
Publications and Notable Work
Larus is known for the creation of SPIM, a widely distributed MIPS simulator.[7][9][10]
He has written many papers[7] and has an h-index of 67.[11] One of his best known papers is his paper on efficient path profiling.[12]
He is also a co-author of the book Transactional Memory, published in 2007 by Morgan & Claypool.[4][13]
Larus also helped fund and lead the development of the Decentralized Privacy-Preserving Proximity Tracing (DP-3T) in effort to provide contact tracing as a way to slow the COVID-19 pandemic.[14][15]
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.[7]