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Francine Berman Wins Kennedy Award
Francine Berman
was one of
two founding
principal
investigators
on the National
Science
Foundation’s TeraGrid Project.
rancine Berman, vice
president for research at
Rensselaer Polytechnic
Institute, recently received
the IEEE Computer Society’s Ken
Kennedy Award for outstanding
contributions to programmability
or productivity in high-performance
computing. She is a pioneer in grid
computing and a leading advocate
for the development of a national
cyberinfrastructure for the access,
use, stewardship, and preservation
of digital data. Berman’s work has
had a major impact on the direction
of computational science and
the cyberinfrastructure. Her citation
reads “For her influential leadership
in the design, development and
deployment of national-scale cyber
infrastructure, her inspiring work
as a teacher and mentor, and her
exemplary service to the high-
performance community.”
Berman is co-chair of the Blue
Ribbon Task Force on Sustainable
Digital Preservation and Access,
an international group focusing
on the economic sustainability of
digital information that must be
accessed and preserved for many
decades.
In 2001, Berman became director
of both the San Diego Supercomputer
Center and the National Partnership
for Advanced Computational Infrastructure,
a consortium of more than
40 national and international partners
who worked together to create a
comprehensive national computing
infrastructure.
Berman is a founding member and
co-chair of the Computing Research
Association’s Committee on the Status
of Women in Computing Research
and currently serves on the Anita
Borg Institute for Women and Technology
Board of Trustees.
Before moving to RPI, Berman
held the High Performance Computing
Endowed Chair in the
Jacobs School of Engineering at
the University of California, San
Diego. In 2000, she was named an
ACM Fellow for pioneering work in
application scheduling for parallel
distributed computing. Berman
received a BA in mathematics from
the University of California, Los
Angeles, and an MA and PhD in
Top Educators Honored
he IEEE Computer Society
sponsors an active
and prestigious awards
program as part of its
mission to promote the free exchange
of ideas among computer professionals
around the world and to recognize
its members for their outstanding
accomplishments. Several noted
educators recently received two
Computer Society awards that honor
achievement in education.
COMPUTER SCIENCE
& ENGINEERING
UNDERGRADUATE
TEACHING AWARD
The IEEE Computer Society
Computer Science & Engineering
Undergraduate Teaching Award is
presented each year for outstanding
contributions to undergraduate education
through teaching and service,
for helping to maintain interest in
the field, and for making a statement
mathematics from the University
of Washington.
Ken Kennedy Award
The IEEE Computer Society Ken
Kennedy Award was established
in memory of the founder of Rice
University’s nationally ranked computer
science program and one of
the world’s foremost experts on
high-performance computing. A certificate
and $5,000 honorarium are
awarded jointly by the ACM and the
Computer Society for outstanding
contributions to programmability
or productivity in high-performance
computing together with significant
community service or mentoring
contributions.
about the importance with which
the Society views undergraduate
education.
Judy Robertson
Judy Robertson of Heriot-Watt University,
the 2009 award winner, was
honored “for outstanding contributions
to the undergraduate education
through teaching and the innovative
use of pioneering technologies in
teaching.” Robertson is the principal
investigator of a grant funded by the
UK’s Engineering and Physical Sciences
Research Council that supports
high school teachers who use gamemaking
projects with their students.
She received a BS and PhD in computer
science and artificial intelligence
from the University of Edinburgh.
Elizabeth Burd
Elizabeth Burd of Durham University,
the 2008 winner, was recognized
“for outstanding contributions to
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