Lawrence Rauchwerger

Lawrence Rauchwerger
Born
Alma materUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Stanford University
Polytechnic Institute of Bucharest
Known forParallel computing
Compilers
Computer architecture
AwardsIEEE Fellow 2012
IBM Faculty Award (2007) (2008)
Intel Faculty Award (2005)
NSF Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award (1998–2002)
Scientific career
FieldsComputer science
InstitutionsUniversity of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Texas A&M University
Doctoral advisorDavid Padua
Websitecs.illinois.edu/about/people/faculty/rwerger

Lawrence Rauchwerger is an American computer scientist noted for his research in parallel computing, compilers, and computer architecture. He is an ACM Distinguished Member. and the deputy director of the Institute of Applied Mathematics and Computational Sciences at Texas A&M University. He is the co-director of the Parasol Lab and manages the lab's software and systems group.

Rauchwerger co-leads the STAPL project with his wife Dr. Nancy M. Amato, who is also a computer scientist on the faculty at Texas A&M. STAPL is a parallel C++ library.