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CGrADS Site Visit Participant - Ken Kennedy

Professional Preparation

  • B.A., Rice University, 1967 (Mathematics, Summa Cum Laude)
  • M.S., New York University, 1969 (Mathematics)
  • Ph.D., New York University, 1971 (Computer Science)

Ken Kennedy
Ann and John Doerr Professor
Director, Center for Research on High Performance Software
Rice University

Appointments:

  • 1999- Director, Center for High Performance Software Research, Rice University
  • 1997- Ann and John Doerr Professor, Dept. of Computer Science, Rice University
  • 1997- Distinguished Adjunct Professor, Computer Science Dept., University of Houston
  • 1990-1992 Chair, Dept. of Computer Science, Rice University
  • 1989-2000 Director, Center for Research on Parallel Computation, Rice University
  • 1986-1992 Director, Computer and Information Technology Institute, Rice University
  • 1985-1986 Visiting Professor, Dept. of Computer Science, Stanford University
  • 1985-1997 Noah Harding Professor, Dept. of Computer Science, Rice University
  • 1984-1988 Chair, Dept. of Computer Science, Rice University
  • 1982-1984 Chair, Computer Science Program Committee, Rice University
  • 1980-1984 Professor, Dept. of Mathematical Sciences, Rice University
  • 1976-1980 Associate Professor, Dept. of Mathematical Sciences, Rice University
  • 1971-1976 Assistant Professor, Dept. of Mathematical Sciences, Rice University

Synergistic Activities

Dr. Kennedy’s research interests include parallel computing, scientific programming environments, and optimization of compiled code. He has published over one hundred fifty technical articles and supervised thirty-four Ph.D. dissertations on programming support software for high-performance computer systems. He has supervised the construction of several software systems for programming parallel machines, including an automatic vectorizer for Fortran 77, an integrated scientific programming environment with support for parallel program construction and debugging, and a compiler infrastructure for Fortran 90 and High Performance Fortran. His current research focuses on programming tools for parallel computer systems and high-performance microprocessors, seeking to develop new strategies for supporting architecture-independent parallel programming, especially in science and engineering. He currently directs the GrADS Project, a collaborative eight-institution research effort started in 1999 with NSF support, which is focused on application development support for computational grids. He is also the director of the academic component of the Los Alamos Computer Science Institute, a collaboration with Los Alamos National Laboratory.

Professor Kennedy was the founding chair of the Rice Computer Science Department (1984) and Rice Computer and Information Technology Institute (1987). In 1989, he established the Center for Research on Parallel Computation (CRPC), a NSF Science and Technology Center, and directed it throughout its lifetime. He is a member of the National Academy of Engineering (1990) and a Fellow of the AAAS (1994), the ACM (1995) and the IEEE (1995). In recognition of his achievements in compilation for high performance computer systems, he received the 1995 W. W. McDowell Award, the highest research award of the IEEE Computer Society. In 1999, received the ACM SIGPLAN Programming Languages Achievement Award, the third time this award was given.

Professor Kennedy’s service to the national community includes time as Co-chair (1997-99) of the President’s Information Technology Advisory Committee (PITAC), a member of the Commission on Physical Sciences, Mathematics, and Applications (1995-97), a member of the Advisory Committee for the NSF CISE Directorate (1995-97), Chair of the High Performance Fortran Forum (1992-97), Chair of the NRC Workshop Series on High Performance Computing and Communications (1993-96). He is also on the Editorial Boards of three major journals. His service has been recognized through two national awards: the CRA Distinguished Service Award (1999) and the RCI Seymour Cray HPCC Industry Recognition Award (1999).

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Related Publications:

  1. “The ParaScope Parallel Programming Environment,” (with K. D. Cooper, M. W. Hall, R. T. Hood, K. McKinley, J. Mellor-Crummey, L. Torczon, and S. K. Warren. Proceedings of the IEEE 81(2): 244-263, February 1993.
  2. “Interprocedural Analysis and Optimization,” (with K. D. Cooper, M. W. Hall, L. Torczon). The Communications in Pure and Applied Mathematics 48: 947-1003, 1996.
  3. Compilers, Languages, and Libraries,” In The Grid: Blueprint for a New Computing Infrastructure, (I. Foster and C. Kesselman, editors), Morgan Kaufmann Publishers, Inc., 181- 204, August 1998.
  4. “Telescoping Languages: A Compiler Strategy for Implementation of High-level Domain- specific Programming Systems,” Proceedings of the International Parallel and Distributed Processing Symposium 2000, Cancun, Mexico, May 2000.
  5. Advanced Compilation for High Performance Computing (with R. Allen), Morgan Kaufmann, San Francisco, CA, to appear September 2001.

Other Significant Publications:

  1. “Improving Register Allocation for Subscripted Variables,” (with D. Callahan and S. Carr). Proceedings of the ACM SIGPLAN ‘90 Conference on Programming Language Design and Implementation, SIGPLAN Notices 25(6): 53-65, June 1990.
  2. “Improving Cache Performance in Dynamic Applications through Data and Computation Reorganization at Run Time,” (with C. Ding). Proceedings of the ACM SIGPLAN ’99 Conference on Programming Language Design and Implementation, Atlanta, GA, May 1999.
  3. “Improving Memory Hierarchy Performance for Irregular Applications,” (with J. Mellor- Crummey and D. Whalley). Proceedings of the 13th ACM International Conference on Supercomputing, Rhodes, Greece, 425-433, June 1999.
  4. “Greedy Weighted Fusion,” Proceedings of International Conference on Supercomputing 2000, Santa Fe, NM (May 2000).
  5. “The Cost of Being Object-oriented: A Preliminary Study,” (with Z. Budimlic and J. Piper). Scientific Programming 7(2): 87-95, 1999.

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Collaborators:

Current Collaborators: Vikram Adve (UIUC), Francine Berman (UCSD), Alok Choudhary (Northwestern), Jack Dongarra (Tennessee), Ian Foster (Argonne, Chicago), Geoffrey Fox (Syracuse), Dennis Gannon (Indiana), Lennart Johnsson (UH), Carl Kesselman (USC ISI), Chuck Koelbel (NSF), Dan Reed (UIUC), Joel Saltz (Maryland), David Whalley (FSU), Rich Wolski (Tennessee) plus numerous collaborators associated with the following projects: NSF CRPC, NSF NCSA (the Alliance), NSF NPACI, NSF GrADS, and the Los Alamos Computer Science Institute.

Thesis Advisees: Steve Carr (MTU), Chen Ding (Rochester), Ervan Darnell (Oracle), Gina Goff (DoD), Mary Hall (USC ISI), Paul Havlak (UH), Reinhard von Hanxleden (Daimer Benz AG), Ulrich Kremer (Rutgers), Lorie Liebrock (MTU), Nat McIntosh (HP) Kathryn McKinley (UMass), Doug Monk (Trinity Group), Ajay Sethi (Oracle), Jerry Roth (Gonzaga U), and Chau-Wen Tseng (Maryland). (Total over career: 34)

Thesis Advisors: Jacob T. Schwartz, New York University and John Cocke, IBM (retired).

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