Professor David Abramson FIEEE FACM FTSE FACS has been Director of the Research Computing Centre at the
University of Queensland
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, Australia, since 2012. He has been involved in computer architecture and high performance computing research since 1979.
[Professor David Abramson]
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Abramson was elevated to
(IEEE) in 2016 for "contributions to software tools for high performance, parallel, and distributed computing".
In 2010 whilst Professor of Computer Science at
Monash University
Monash University () is a public research university based in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Named for prominent World War I general Sir John Monash, it was founded in 1958 and is the second oldest university in the state. The university has a ...
, he was elected a
(FTSE). He is also a Fellow of the
Association for Computing Machinery
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(FACM), and a Fellow of the
Australian Computer Society
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(FACS).
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Prior to taking a position at Monash in 1997, he held positions at ]Griffith University
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, CSIRO
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and RMIT
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Founded in 1887 by Francis Ormond, RMIT began as a night school offering classes in art, scienc ...
.[David Abrahamson Bio]
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Abramson has a Bachelor of Science (Honours), a Doctor of Philosophy, and a Doctor of Science, all from Monash University.[
In 2019 the ]Pearcey Foundation
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elevated him to the Pearcey Hall of Fame and awarded him the 2019 Pearcey Medal.
In 2021, he was awarded the ACM/IEEE Ken Kennedy Award for "innovation in parallel and distributed computing tools with broad applications, as well as leadership contributions to professional service, creating international technical communities, and mentoring."
References
Fellow Members of the IEEE
Living people
Australian computer scientists
Fellows of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering
Fellows of the Association for Computing Machinery
Year of birth missing (living people)
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