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Bill Gropp

Also Known As William Douglas Gropp
Computer Systems Organization

William Douglas Gropp is the director of the National Center for Supercomputing Applications and the Thomas M. Siebel Chair in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and founding director of the Parallel Computing Institute. He helped create the Message Passing Interface and the PETSc scientific computation toolkit, received the Sidney Fernbach Award in 2008 and the ACM/IEEE-CS Ken Kennedy Award in 2016, and was elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 2010.

Facts
Birth Year
1955 1
Birth Date
1955-09-23 1
Nationality
American 2
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IEEE Fellow 3
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ACM Fellow 3
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Fellow of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics 3
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Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science 3
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Ken Kennedy Award 3
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Sidney Fernbach Award 3
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In Field

Parallel Computing, Fields
Source Wikipedia: Bill Gropp
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Nationality

United States

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Sources
1. Library of Congress (Name Authority File): Gropp, William - LC Name Authority File
Library of Congress (Name Authority File)670 field: ECIP t.p. data view
Quote, 670 field: ECIP t.p. data view
b. Sept. 23, 1955
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2. Wikipedia: Bill Gropp
  • Wikidata P569 date of birth
    1955-09-23
  • Wikidata P569 date of birth, year component
    1955-09-23
  • Wikidata description
    American computer scientist
  • Lead sentence, full name
    William Douglas Gropp
  • In Field: Parallel Computing, Lead
    He is also the founding Director of the Parallel Computing Institute.
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3. Bill Gropp (Wikidata)
  • Wikidata P166: IEEE Fellow
    Wikidata P166 (award received): IEEE Fellow.
  • Wikidata P166: ACM Fellow
    Wikidata P166 (award received): ACM Fellow.
  • Wikidata P166: Fellow of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics
    Wikidata P166 (award received): Fellow of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics.
  • 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: Ken Kennedy Award
    Wikidata P166 (award received): Ken Kennedy Award.
  • Wikidata P166: Sidney Fernbach Award
    Wikidata P166 (award received): Sidney Fernbach Award.
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