John Gustafson (scientist)
- John Gustafson (scientist)
John L. Gustafson (born January 19, 1955) is an American computer scientist and businessman, chiefly known for his work in High Performance Computing (HPC) such as the invention of Gustafson's Law, introducing the first commercial computer cluster, measuring with QUIPS, and several awards for computer speedup. Presently the CEO of Massively Parallel Technologies, Inc. he previously held the position of CTO at Clearspeed Technology. Dr. Gustafson holds applied mathematics degrees from the California Institute of Technology and Iowa State University.
Childhood and education
Gustafson was raised in Des Moines, Iowa. After completing a degree in Applied Mathematics at California Institute of Technology in 1977 he moved to Ames, Iowa and completed his M.S. (1981) and Ph.D. (1982) at Iowa State University.
cientist
*First Commercial Cluster
*Sandia National Labs
Awards
* 2007 IEEE Computer Society Golden Core Award
* 2006 International Atanasoff Award (inaugural)
* 2000 Iowa State University Inventor of the Year Award
* 1998 Distinguished Visiting Professor, New Mexico State University
* 1997 PDPTA Outstanding Achievement Award
* 1995 R&D 100 Award
* 1991 R&D 100 Award
* 1990 New Mexico Inventor of the Year Award
* 1989 R&D 100 Award
* 1988 Parallel computing breakthrough read into U.S. Congressional Record
* 1988 Gordon Bell Award (inaugural) (Greatest annual contribution to the science of parallel processing)
* 1988 Karp Challenge (Unique award: First demonstration of parallel speedup of over 200 times)
* 1977 Richter Fellowship
* 1977 Graduation with Honors, Election to Gnome Club (Caltech honor society)
* 1974 Eric Temple Bell Award (Caltech; for "Outstanding Original Research in Mathematics")
* 1973 National Merit Scholar
* 1973 Drake Physics Prize
References
http://www.informatik.uni-trier.de/~ley/db/indices/a-tree/g/Gustafson:John_L=.html Links several of his papers from his scientific career at Ames Lab, including those resulting in his R&D100 awards.
External links
* [http://www.allbusiness.com/services/business-services/4325133-1.html IEEE Computer Society Golden Core Award Announcement]
* [http://www.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20080515006302&newsLang=en Massively Parallel Names HPC Industry Leader John Gustafson CEO]
* [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2005_Sept_6/ai_n15344431 Dr. John Gustafson Accepts Position with ClearSpeed Technology]
* [http://www.massivelyparallel.com Massively Parallel Technologies]
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