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Thomas Sterling (born December 18, 1949) is a full professor for the Department of Intelligent Systems Engineering (ISE) atIndiana University (IU) Bloomington. At IU, he is theDirector of the Artificial Intelligence Computing Systems Laboratory (AICSL). He received his Ph.D. in 1984 atMIT. For more than four decades, Thomas Sterling has dedicated his professional contributions to research for advancements in parallel high-performance computing. Dr. Sterling is best known as the “father ofBeowulf” clusters. Among his other early accomplishments, Dr. Sterling was Principal investigator for the multi-agency multi-institutionHybrid Technology Multi-Threaded Project (HTMT) for advanced research onPetaflops computing systems. Professor Sterling currently leads advanced research in non-von Neumann parallel architecture,ParalleX execution model, andHPX+ runtime system for scalable dynamic irregular graph-based knowledge-oriented artificial intelligence applications. Thomas Sterling is also President and co-founder ofSimultac LLC, an advanced computing technology engineering company. Professor Sterling is the co-author of eight books and holds seven patents. Thomas Sterling is a Fellow of theAAAS and winner of theGordon Bell Prize.
Sterling began his undergraduate studies in 1968 at thePolytechnic Institute of Brooklyn completing his BSEE degree in 1972 (Summa Cum Laude) from theOld Dominion University. Upon separation from the US Navy in 1977, he matriculated at theMassachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Thomas Sterling earned his SMEE from MIT in 1981, his EE in 1983, and his Ph.D. in 1984 as aHertz Fellow under the supervision ofProf. Robert H. Halstead.
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