Professor David Abramson FIEEE FACM FTSE FACS has been Director of the Research Computing Centre at the

University of Queensland , mottoeng = By means of knowledge and hard work , established = , endowment = A$224.3 million , budget = A$2.1 billion , type = Public research university , chancellor = Peter Varghese , vice_chancellor = Deborah Terry , city = B ...

, Australia, since 2012. He has been involved in computer architecture and high performance computing research since 1979.Professor David Abramson
researchers.uq.edu.auDavid Abramson, Director of the Research Computing Centre
rcc.uq.edu.au Abramson was elevated to

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(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

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(FTSE). He is also a Fellow of the

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(FACM), and a Fellow of the

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(FACS). Prior to taking a position at Monash in 1997, he held positions at

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and

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.David Abrahamson Bio
csse.monash.edu.au Abramson has a Bachelor of Science (Honours), a Doctor of Philosophy, and a Doctor of Science, all from Monash University. In 2019 the

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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."

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