David A. Bader

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David A. Bader

Born May 4, 1969 (1969-05-04) (age 39)
Bethlehem, PA, USA
Citizenship American
Nationality American
Ethnicity Caucasian
Fields High-Performance Computing
Institutions Georgia Tech College of Computing
Alma mater University of Maryland, College Park
Doctoral advisor Joseph F. JaJa
Doctoral students Mi Yan, Guojing Cong, Jinyang Liu, Matthew Sottile
Notable awards NSF CAREER, Eagle Scout[1]
For the Jewish writer and poet, see David M. Bader.

David A. Bader (born May 4, 1969) is a Professor and Executive Director of High-Performance Computing in the Georgia Tech College of Computing.[2] In addition, Bader was selected as the director of the first Sony Toshiba IBM Center of Competence for the Cell Processor at the Georgia Institute of Technology.[3] He is an National Science Foundation CAREER Award recipient and an IEEE Computer Society Distinguished Speaker.[2] His main areas of research are in parallel algorithms, combinatorial optimization, and computational biology and genomics.[4]

David Bader is an expert in the design and analysis of parallel and multicore algorithms for real-world applications such as those in computational biology. He has won highly-competitive awards from the National Science Foundation (NSF), IBM,[5] Microsoft Research,[6][7] Sony,[8] and Sun Microsystems. He has co-chaired a series of meetings, the IEEE International Workshop on High-Performance Computational Biology (HiCOMB), written several book chapters, and co-edited a special issue of the Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing on High-Performance Computational Biology. He has co-authored over 90 articles in peer-reviewed journals and conferences.[2]

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[edit] Education

David Bader graduated from Liberty High School (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania) in 1987. He received a B.S. in Computer Engineering in 1990 and an M.S. in Electrical Engineering in 1991 from Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.[2] He then received a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering in 1996 from The University of Maryland, College Park.[2] During his doctoral research, he was a NASA Graduate Fellow (1992-1996).[2] His doctoral thesis was "On the Design and Analysis of Practical Parallel Algorithms for Combinatorial Problems with Applications to Image Processing."[2] After receiving his doctorate, he was awarded a National Science Foundation (NSF) Postdoctoral Research Associateship in Experimental Computer Science (1996-1997).[2]

[edit] Career

From 1998 to 2005, he was a professor and Regents' Lecturer at The University of New Mexico.[2] In 2005, Bader moved to Georgia Tech, where he is now a Full Professor. He has served on numerous conference program committees related to parallel processing, is an associate editor for the IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems and the ACM Journal of Experimental Algorithmics, a Senior Member of the IEEE Computer Society, and a Member of the ACM.[4]

Bader serves on the Steering Committees of the IPDPS and HiPC conferences, and is the General co-Chair for IPDPS (2004--2005), and Vice General Chair for HiPC (2002--2004). David has previously chaired several conference program committees, is the Program Chair for HiPC 2005, and a Program Vice-Chair for IPDPS 2006. In November 2006, Bader was selected by Sony, Toshiba, and IBM, to direct the first Center of Competence for the Cell Processor.[3][9][10]

[edit] Awards

He is an NSF CAREER Award recipient,[11] an investigator on several NSF awards, a distinguished speaker in the IEEE Computer Society Distinguished Visitors Program, and is a member of the IBM PERCS team for the DARPA High Productivity Computing Systems program.[2] He is an Eagle Scout and Vigil Honor in the Boy Scouts of America.[1]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Bethlehem Scout Becomes an Eagle. Morning Call (July 25, 1985). Retrieved on 2007-03-11.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Bader, David (2007-03-07). Curriculum Vitae for David A. Bader. Georgia Tech College of Computing. Retrieved on 2007-03-11.
  3. ^ a b Goettling, Gary. "Power Cell: Georgia Tech has landed a prize microprocessor research center", Georgia Tech Alumni Magazine Online, Georgia Tech Alumni Association. Retrieved on 2007-03-22. 
  4. ^ a b David A. Bader. College of Computing People Database. Georgia Institute of Technology College of Computing. Retrieved on 2007-03-11.
  5. ^ Georgia Tech College of Computing (2006-09-06). "Bader Receives 2006 IBM Faculty Award". Press release. Retrieved on 2007-05-18.
  6. ^ Georgia Tech College of Computing (2006-11-20). "Bader Wins Microsoft Research Award". Press release. Retrieved on 2007-05-18.
  7. ^ "Grants/Gifts Received", The Compiler, Georgia Tech College of Computing, 2007-01. Retrieved on 2007-05-18. 
  8. ^ "Grants/Gifts Received", The Compiler, Georgia Tech College of Computing, 2007-03. Retrieved on 2007-05-18. 
  9. ^ Keefe, Bob. "Georgia, not Austin, gets chip center", Austin American-Statesman, 2006-11-14. Retrieved on 2007-03-02. 
  10. ^ Taylor, Colleen. "Cell BE Center Planned for Georgia Tech", Electronic News, 2006-11-20. Retrieved on 2007-03-11. 
  11. ^ CAREER: High-Performance Algorithms for Scientific Applications. NSF. Retrieved on 2007-03-22.

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NAME Bader, David A.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION American computer scientist
DATE OF BIRTH May 4, 1969
PLACE OF BIRTH Bethlehem, PA, USA
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH