Darrell Don Earl Long | |
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Born |
San Diego, California |
August 5, 1962
Residence | Santa Cruz, California |
Nationality | United States |
Fields |
Computer Science Computer Engineering |
Institutions |
University of California, Santa Cruz Université Paris–Dauphine Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers Université Paris–Descartes |
Alma mater |
San Diego State University (B.S. 1984) University of California, San Diego (M.S. 1986), (Ph.D. 1988) |
Doctoral advisor | Jehan-François Pâris |
Doctoral students |
Richard Golding |
Known for | Computer Data Storage, National Security |
Notable awards |
IEEE Fellow (2006) AAAS Fellow (2008) |
Spouse |
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Richard Golding
Randal Burns
Thomas Kroeger
Benjamin Reed
Ahmed Amer
David Pease
Theodore Haining
Bo Hong
Tsozen Yeh
Deepavali Bhagwat
Darrell Don Earl Long (born August 5, 1962, San Diego, California) is an American computer scientist and computer engineer, the Kumar Malavalli Endowed Professor of Storage Systems Research and Professor of Computer Engineering at the University of California, Santa Cruz. He is Editor-in-Chief, emeritus, of the ACM Transactions on Storage. In 2002, he was the founder of the Conference on File and Storage Technologies (FAST), one of the most prestigious venues in the computer data storage field.
Long attended public schools in El Cajon, California. He did his undergraduate studies at San Diego State University, graduating in 1984, and went on to graduate studies at the University of California, San Diego, earning a Ph.D. in 1988 under the supervision of Jehan-François Pâris.
While in graduate school, he served as a Lecturer in mathematics at San Diego State University and in computer science at the University of California, San Diego. After earning his Ph.D. he joined the faculty of the University of California, Santa Cruz. At UCSC, he has served as associate dean for research and graduate studies in the Jack Baskin School of Engineering, and he directs the Storage Systems Research Center. In the field of Computer Science, where women are significantly underrepresented, he has been recognized for his success in producing female doctoral graduates in Computer Science.