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William
Wulf,
Ph.D.
President, National Academy of Engineering |
Dr.
William Wulf was elected President of the National Academy
of Engineering (NAE) in 1997. The NAE and National Academy
of Sciences operate under a congressional charter to provide
advice to government on issues of science and engineering.
Dr.
Wulf is on leave from the University of Virginia, where
he is a University Professor. His research spans computer
architecture, computer security, programming languages,
and optimizing compilers. In 1988-90 Dr. Wulf was also on
leave to be Assistant Director of the National Science Foundation.
Prior to joining Virginia, Dr. Wulf founded a software company,
Tartan Laboratories, based on research he did while on the
faculty at Carnegie-Mellon University.
Dr.
Wulf is a member of the National Academy of Engineering,
a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, a
Corresponding Member of the Academia Espanola De Ingeniera,
and a Foreign Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
He is also a Fellow of four professional societies: the
ACM, the IEEE, the AAAS, and AWIS. He is the author of over
100 papers and technical reports, has written three books,
holds two US patents, and has supervised over 25 Ph.D.'s
in Computer Science.
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