W. A. Wulf
| William Wulf | |
|---|---|
| Born |
William Allan Wulf December 8, 1939 Chicago, Illinois |
| Nationality | USA |
| Alma mater | - University of Illinois (B. S. Engineering Physics, 1961) - University of Illinois (M. S. Electrical Engineering, 1963) - University of Virginia (Ph.D. Computer Science, 1968) |
| Occupation | professor and computer scientist |
| Known for | programming languages in Computer Science |
| Spouse(s) | Anita K. Jones |
William Allan Wulf (born December 8, 1939) is a computer scientist notable for his work in programming languages and compilers. Until June 2012, he was a University Professor and the AT&T Professor of Engineering and Applied Sciences in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Virginia.
Born in Chicago, he attended the University of Illinois, receiving a BS in Engineering Physics in 1961 and an MS in Electrical Engineering in 1963. He then achieved the first Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Virginia in 1968.
In 1970, while at Carnegie Mellon University, he designed the BLISS programming language and developed a groundbreaking optimizing compiler for it.
With his wife Anita K. Jones, Wulf was a founder and vice president of Tartan Laboratories, a compiler technology company, in 1981.
He served as president of the National Academy of Engineering from 1996 to 2007. He chaired the Computer Science and Telecommunications Board of the National Research Council from 1992-1996. He serves on the Council of the ACM, on the board of directors of CRDF Global, and is a reviewing editor of Science. In 1994 he was inducted as a Fellow of the ACM.
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