Alan Jay Smith
Encyclopedia
Dr. Alan Jay Smith is a computer scientist
and researcher in the field of development and applications of caching strategies
and the measurement and analysis of computer storage
systems with many important contributions to the field. He currently is professor emeritus at the EECS
faculty of the University of California, Berkeley
.
Computer scientist
A computer scientist is a scientist who has acquired knowledge of computer science, the study of the theoretical foundations of information and computation and their application in computer systems....
and researcher in the field of development and applications of caching strategies
Cache
In computer engineering, a cache is a component that transparently stores data so that future requests for that data can be served faster. The data that is stored within a cache might be values that have been computed earlier or duplicates of original values that are stored elsewhere...
and the measurement and analysis of computer storage
Computer storage
Computer data storage, often called storage or memory, refers to computer components and recording media that retain digital data. Data storage is one of the core functions and fundamental components of computers....
systems with many important contributions to the field. He currently is professor emeritus at the EECS
EECS
EECS may refer to:* Electrical Engineering & Computer Science* European Energy Certificate System...
faculty of the University of California, Berkeley
University of California, Berkeley
The University of California, Berkeley , is a teaching and research university established in 1868 and located in Berkeley, California, USA...
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Selected awards
- 1988: IEEE FellowIEEE FellowAn IEEE member is elevated to the grade of IEEE Fellow for "unusual distinction in the profession and shall be conferred by the Board of Directors upon a person with an extraordinary record of accomplishments in any of the IEEE fields of interest"...
- 2001: ACM Fellow for "his highly cited paper on cache memories, for his contributions to performance measurement, and for his leadership in professional society activities"
- 2003: A. A. Michelson Award by the Computer Measurement GroupComputer Measurement GroupThe Computer Measurement Group , founded in 1974, is a worldwide non-profit organization of data processing professionals whose work involves measuring and managing the performance of computing systems...
- 2006: Harry H. Goode Memorial Award by the IEEE Computer SocietyIEEE Computer SocietyThe IEEE Computer Society is a professional society of IEEE. Its purpose and scope is “to advance the theory, practice, and application of computer and information processing science and technology” and the “professional standing of its members.” The CS is the largest of 38 technical societies...
for "leadership in the measurement and evaluation of cache and memory system performance" - 2008: IEEE Reynold B. Johnson Information Storage Systems AwardIEEE Reynold B. Johnson Information Storage Systems AwardThe IEEE Reynold B. Johnson Information Storage Systems Award is a Technical Field Award of the IEEE given each year to an individual, multiple recipients, or team up to three in number that has made outstanding contributions to information storage systems. The award is named in honor of Reynold...
for "contributions to the performance analysis of computer storage systems, including improvements to disk caches, prefetching and data placement"