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  1. John Leroy Hennessy (born September 22, 1952) is an American computer scientist who is chairperson of Alphabet Inc. (Google). Hennessy is one of the founders of MIPS Technologies and Atheros , and also the tenth President of Stanford University .

  2. As Stanford University’s 10th president, John L. Hennessy led the university’s extraordinary growth in multidisciplinary research and teaching from 2000 to 2016. Keeping Stanford accessible and affordable to outstanding students was among his priorities, and during his presidency, Stanford’s financial aid program became one of the ...

    • Education
    • Academic, Technical, and Leadership Awards and Honors
    • Corporate and Advisory Boards
    • Public Service and Nonprofit Activities
    • Editorships and Conference Committees
    • Major Keynote and Plenary Addresses
    • Distinguished Lectures
    • Publications
    • Slides from Talks
    Ph.D. Computer Science, S.U.N.Y. Stony Brook, 1977
    M.S. Computer Science, S.U.N.Y. Stony Brook, 1975
    B.E. Electrical Engineering, Villanova University, 1973
    BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award in Information and Communication Technologies (jointly with D. Patterson), 2021.
    ACM A.M. Turing Award (jointly with D. Patterson), 2017.
    Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Indiana University, 2018.
    Distinguished Citizen Award, Commonwealth Club, San Francisco, 2018.
    Google, Board of Directors, April 2004-present, Chair 2018-present.
    Cisco Systems, Board of Directors, January 2002-2018.
    Founding Chairman, Board of Directors, Atheros (now part of Qualcomm), 1998-2010.
    Technology Advisory Board, Microsoft Corporation, 1992-96.
    Member, Strategic Council on Research Excellence, Integrity, and Trust, National Academy of Sciences, 2021-present.
    Board of Directors, Chan Zuckerberg Biohub, 2015-present.
    Board of Trustees, Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, 2012-present.
    Member, Committee on Research Universities, National Research Council, 2010-2012.
    General Chair, Program Committee Co-Chair, Program Committee Member, Hot Chips Symposium, 1999, 1993, 1991.
    Program Chair, 20th International Conference on Computer Architecture, 1993.
    Program Chair, ASPLOS-III Conference, 1988.
    Member, Program Committee, 4th Annual ACM Symposium on Parallel Algorithms and Architectures, 1992.
    Turing Award Lecture (joint with David Patterson), ISCA, Los Angeles, 2018.
    Keynote Lecture, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, 150thAnniversary Celebration, 2003.
    Keynote Lecture, Microprocessor Forum, San Jose, CA, October 1999.
    Plenary Speaker, Federated Computer Research Conference, Atlanta, Georgia, May 1999.
    University Southern California, Viterbi School of Engineering Cenntennial Lecture, Department of Computer Science, February 2006.
    Princeton University, Louis Clark Vanuxem Lecture, April 2003.
    Technische Universiteit Eindhoven, Holst Memorial Lecture,  November 2001.
    Eidgenössisch Technisch Hochschule, Zurich, June 1999.

    Books and Contributions to Books

    1. Hennessy, J. L. and Patterson, D. A. Computer Architecture: A Quantitative Approach. 1990. Morgan Kaufmann Publishers, Inc. San Mateo, CA. Second edition 1995, Third edition, 2002. Fourth Edition, 2007, Fifth Edition, 2011, Sixth Edition, 2018. 2. Patterson, D.A. and Hennessy, J.L., Computer Organization and Design: The Hardware/Software Interface.1993. San Mateo, CA: Morgan Kaufmann Publishers. Second Edition, 1998, Third Edition 2005. 3. Tjiang, S., Wolf, M., Lam, M., Pieper, K. and Henn...

    Refereed Journals and Conferences

    For copies of recent publications see: SPLASH papers and DASH papers. 1. Chaudhuri, M. Heinrich, M., Holt, C., Singh, J.P., Rothberg, E. and J. Hennessy “Latency, Occupancy, and Bandwidth in DSM Multiprocessors: A Performance Evaluation”. IEEE Transactions on Computers 52(7), July 2003. 2. Gibson, J, Kunz, R, Ofelt, D, Horowitz,M, Hennessy, J, Heinrich, M, “FLASH vs. (Simulated) FLASH: Closing the Simulation Loop”.In Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Architectural Support for...

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  4. John L. Hennessy joined Stanford’s faculty in 1977 as an assistant professor of electrical engineering. He rose through the academic ranks to full professorship in 1986 and was the inaugural Willard R. and Inez Kerr Bell Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from 1987 to 2004.

  5. John L. Hennessy joined Stanford’s faculty in 1977 as an assistant professor of electrical engineering. He rose through the academic ranks to full professorship in 1986 and was the inaugural Willard R. and Inez Kerr Bell Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from 1987 to 2004.

  6. John L. Hennessy served as Stanford University’s tenth president from September 2000 until August 2016. During his presidency, Hennessy led the university’s extraordinary growth in multidisciplinary research and teaching; Stanford’s financial aid program became one of the strongest in the nation; and the Arts at Stanford experienced a ...

  7. www.computerhistory.org › profile › john-hennessyJohn Hennessy - CHM

    May 2, 2024 · John L. Hennessy was born in 1953 and grew up in Long Island, New York. He earned his bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from Villanova University (1973) and his master's (1975) and PhD (1977) in computer science from SUNY Stony Brook.