Thomas Sterling (computing)

Thomas Sterling
Thomas Sterling
	Thomas Sterling
Born	December 18, 1949 (age 72); New York City
Nationality	American
Citizenship	American / United States
Alma mater	Old Dominion University(BSEE); Massachusetts Institute of Technology (SMEE, EE, and PhD)
Occupation	Professor, Researcher
Known for	, ; , ; ,; , ; ,; ,
Awards	(2015)(AAAS); (2012)(IEEE); Gordon Bell Prize(1997); (2016); (2007)(ISC); Hertz Fellowship(1981)
	Scientific career
Fields	Electrical Engineering; Computer Science; Parallel computing; Cluster computing;
Institutions	Indiana University; Louisiana State University; California Institute of Technology; ; ; University of Maryland; ; Harris Corporation
Thesis
Doctoral advisor
Website	http://www.soic.indiana.edu/all-people/profile.html?profile_id=303

Thomas Sterling (born December 18, 1949) is a Full Professor for the Department of Intelligent Systems Engineering (ISE) at Indiana University (IU) Bloomington. At IU, he is the (AICSL). He received his Ph.D in 1984 at MIT. For more than four decades, Thomas Sterling has dedicated his professional contributions to research for advancements in parallel high-performance computing. Dr. Sterling is best known as the “father of Beowulf” clusters. Among his other early accomplishments, Dr. Sterling was Principal investigator for the multi-agency multi-institution for advanced research on . Professor Sterling currently leads advanced research in non-von Neumann parallel architecture, execution model, and runtime system for scalable dynamic irregular graph-based knowledge-oriented artificial intelligence applications. Thomas Sterling is also President and co-founder of , an advanced computing technology engineering company. Professor Sterling is the co-author of eight books and holds seven patents. Thomas Sterling is a Fellow of the AAAS and winner of the Gordon Bell Prize.

Education[]

Sterling began his undergraduate studies in 1968 at the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn completing his BSEE degree in 1972 (Summa Cum Laude) from the Old Dominion University. Upon separation from the US Navy in 1977, he matriculated at the . Thomas Sterling earned his SMEE from MIT in 1981, his EE in 1983, and his Ph.D in 1984 as a Hertz Fellow under the supervision of .

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Thomas Sterling
Thomas Sterling
Born	(1949-12-18) December 18, 1949 (age 72) New York City
Nationality	American
Citizenship	American / United States
Alma mater	Old Dominion University(BSEE) Massachusetts Institute of Technology (SMEE, EE, and PhD)
Occupation	Professor, Researcher
Known for	, , , , , ,
Awards	(2015)(AAAS) (2012)(IEEE) Gordon Bell Prize(1997) (2016) (2007)(ISC) Hertz Fellowship(1981)
Scientific career
Fields	Electrical Engineering Computer Science Parallel computing Cluster computing
Institutions	Indiana University Louisiana State University California Institute of Technology University of Maryland Harris Corporation
Thesis
Doctoral advisor

Website	http://www.soic.indiana.edu/all-people/profile.html?profile_id=303