Charles E. Leiserson is Professor of Computer Science and Engineering in MIT's Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS) and a Margaret MacVicar Faculty Fellow. He is a member of MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL), a member of the Lab's Theory of Computation Group (TOC), and head of its Supertech Research Group. Professor Leiserson is an ACM Fellow, a AAAS Fellow, and a senior member of IEEE and SIAM.
Professor Leiserson will receive the 2014 ACM-IEEE Computer Society Ken Kennedy Award for his “enduring influence on parallel computing systems and their adoption into mainstream use through scholarly research and development.” He was also cited for “distinguished mentoring of computer science leaders and students.” The award will be presented at SC14 on Tuesday, November 1, 2014, in New Orleans.
Professor Leiserson received the 2014 IEEE Computer Society Taylor L. Booth Education award for “worldwide computer science education impact through writing a best-selling algorithms textbook and developing courses on algorithms and parallel programming.”
Professor Leiserson and his former Ph.D. student, Robert D. Blumofe, were awarded the 2013 ACM Paris Kanellakis Theory and Practice Award for “contributions to robust parallel and distributed computing.”
Information about Professor Leiserson's textbook Introduction to Algorithms can be obtained at The MIT Press website.
If you are interested in Professor Leiserson's workshop on Leadership Skills for Engineering and Science Faculty, please visit the MIT Professional Education Program website.