Alan Jay Smith

Background

Smith, Alan Jay was born on April 10, 1949 in New York City. Son of Harry and Elsie Smith.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1971. Master of Science, Stanford University, California, 1973. Doctor of Philosophy in Computer Science, Stanford University, California, 1974.

Career

From assistant professor to full professor University California, Berkeley, since 1974. Associate editor Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) transactions on Computers Systems, 1982-1993. Vice-chairman electrical engineering and computer science department University California, Berkeley, 1982-1984.

National lecturer Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), 1985-1986. Member editorial board Journal Microprocessors and Microsystems, 1988—2005, Microprocessor Report, 2005-2007. Subject area editor Journal Parallel and Distribution Computing, since 1989.

Member IFIP working group 7.3. Program chairman Sigmetrics 89, Performance 1989, Hot Chips Symposium, 1990, 94, 97.

Achievements

• Alan Jay Smith has been listed as a noteworthy computer science educator, consultant by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow: American Association for the Advancement of Science, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (distinguished visitor 1986-1987, Reynold Johnson Information Storage Systems award 2008), Association for Computing Machinery (chairman special interest group on operations system 1983-1987, national lecturer 1985-1986, board directors special interest group on performance evaluation 1989-1989, chairman special interest group on computer architecture 1991-1993, board directors special interest group on computer architecture 1993—2003). Member: Computer Measurement Group.

Connections

Father:

Harry Smith

Mother:

Elsie Smith