- Mark Wegman
Mark N. Wegman is an American
computer scientist known for his contributions toalgorithms andcompiler optimization . Wegman received his B.A. fromNew York University and his Ph.D. from theUniversity of California, Berkeley . He joinedIBM Research in1975 , where he currently serves as head of Computer Science. He is a member of the IBM Academy of Technology and a fellow of theAssociation for Computing Machinery (1996) and theInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers . He became anIBM Fellow in2007 .Wegman is best known for being one of the inventors of the
Static single assignment form , which is used in the analysis portion of most if not all modern optimizing compilers. This work was recognized bySIGPLAN in2006 with its Programming Languages Achievement Award. He has also made contributions to algorithms and information theory, for example Universal Hash functions, one of the earliest and most important randomized algorithms, and the data compression ideas embodied in all modern modems, GIF format files, and the UNIX Compress utility.External links
* [http://www.research.ibm.com/people/w/wegman/ IBM profile]
* [http://www.research.ibm.com/people/w/wegman/extpers.htm personal page]
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