Clyde Kruskal

Clyde Kruskal
Born May 25, 1954
Nationality American
Occupation Computer Scientist
Known for Parallel computing

Clyde P. Kruskal (born May 25, 1954) is an American computer scientist,[1][2] working on parallel computing architectures, models, and algorithms. He got his A.B. degree in mathematics and computer science from Brandeis University, M.Sc. (1978) and Ph.D. (1981) from New York University under Jack Schwartz. Since then he has worked as assistant professor at University of Illinois (1981–85) and University of Maryland, College Park (1985–88), as associate professor (1988–). He has published extensively, becoming an ISI highly cited researcher. His father was the world-renowned mathematician Martin Kruskal.

Selected publications

References

  1. Herlihy, Maurice; Shavit, Nir (2008). The art of multiprocessor programming. Morgan Kaufmann. p. 118. ISBN 978-0-12-370591-4. Retrieved 21 April 2011.
  2. Kruskal, P.; M. Snir (Dec 1983). "The Performance of Multistage Interconnection Networks for Multiprocessors". IEEE Transactions on Computer 32 (12): 1091–1098. doi:10.1109/TC.1983.1676169.