David Culler
| David E. Culler | |
|---|---|
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| Born | November 12, 1959 |
| Residence | Berkeley,CA |
| Citizenship | USA |
| Nationality | American |
| Fields |
operating systems sensor networks High-performance computing |
| Institutions | University of California, Berkeley |
| Alma mater |
University of California, Berkeley Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Thesis | Managing parallelism and resources in scientific dataflow programs (1989) |
| Doctoral advisor | Arvind |
| Notable students | Matt Welsh, Philip Levis, Seth Goldstein, Thorsten von Eicken, Andrea Dusseau |
David Ethan Culler is a computer scientist and Chair of the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences at the University of California, Berkeley.[1] He is a Principal Investigator in the Software Defined Buildings (SDB) project at the EECS Department at Berkeley and the Faculty Director of the i4Energy Center. His research centers on complex energy systems, embedded wireless networks, cybersecurity, global Internet services, and parallel computing.
A member of the National Academy of Engineering, he is a Fellow of both ACM and IEEE. In 2003 his work on networks of wireless sensors earned him a place on Scientific American’s annual list of top 50 innovators and Technology Review’s “10 Emerging Technologies That Will Change the World.” Culler earned his B.A. at UC Berkeley and his Ph.D. at MIT.[2]
Culler founded Arch Rock, a company that makes wireless networked sensors. Culler invented the TinyOS operating system.
David Culler is the son of noted computer scientist Glen Culler, and the brother of distinguished pure mathematician Marc Culler.
References
- ↑ "David E. Culler". Cal Berkeley. Retrieved 27 December 2010.
- ↑ http://i4energy.org/index.php/people/leadership