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David Kuck

Also Known As David J. Kuck · David Jerome Kuck
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David Jerome Kuck (born October 3, 1937) was a professor in the Computer Science Department at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign from 1965 to 1993, where he developed the Parafrase compiler system in 1977, the first testbed for automatic vectorization and related program transformations. As Director of the Center for Supercomputing Research and Development from 1986 to 1993, he led construction of the CEDAR project, a hierarchical shared-memory 32-processor supercomputer completed in 1988.

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Birth Year
1937 1
Birth Date
1937-10-03 1
Nationality
American 1
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1. David Kuck, Wikipedia
  • Introduction, first sentence
    born October 3, 1937
  • Short description
    American computer scientist (born 1937)
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David Kuck (Wikidata)
  • Wikidata alias: David J. Kuck
    David J. Kuck
  • Wikidata P166: Charles Babbage Award
    Wikidata P166 (award received): Charles Babbage Award.
  • Wikidata P166: IEEE Fellow
    Wikidata P166 (award received): IEEE Fellow.
  • Wikidata P166: ACM Fellow
    Wikidata P166 (award received): ACM Fellow.
  • Wikidata P166: Eckert-Mauchly Award
    Wikidata P166 (award received): Eckert-Mauchly Award.
  • Wikidata P166: Computer Pioneer Award
    Wikidata P166 (award received): Computer Pioneer Award.
  • Wikidata P166: Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
    Wikidata P166 (award received): Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
  • Wikidata P166: IEEE Emanuel R. Piore Award
    Wikidata P166 (award received): IEEE Emanuel R. Piore Award.
  • Wikidata P166: Ken Kennedy Award
    Wikidata P166 (award received): Ken Kennedy Award.
  • Wikidata alias: David Jerome Kuck
    David Jerome Kuck
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