Alexander L. Wolf
Alexander L. Wolf (born 12 September 1956) is an American computer scientist known for his research in software engineering, distributed systems, and computer networking. He is credited, along with his collaborators, with introducing the modern study of software architecture, content-based publish/subscribe messaging, content-based networking, automated process discovery, and the software deployment lifecycle. Wolf's 1985 Ph.D. dissertation developed language features for expressing a module's import/export specifications and the notion of multiple interfaces for a type, both of which are now common in modern computer programming languages.
Alexander Lee Wolf | |
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| Born | September 12, 1956 New York, New York, US |
| Alma mater | Stuyvesant High School Queens College, City University of New York University of Massachusetts Amherst |
| Known for | Software architecture Publish/subscribe Content-based networking Process discovery Software deployment |
| Awards | ACM SIGSOFT Outstanding Research Award (2014) ACM SIGSOFT Distinguished Service Award (2012) ACM SIGSOFT Research Impact Award (2008, 2011) University of Massachusetts Amherst Department of Computer Science Outstanding Alumni Research Award (2010) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Computer Science |
| Institutions | AT&T Bell Laboratories University of Colorado Boulder University of Lugano Imperial College London University of California, Santa Cruz |
| Thesis | Language and Tool Support for Precise Interface Control (1985) |
| Doctoral advisor | Lori A. Clarke Jack C. Wileden |
| Website | https://users.soe.ucsc.edu/~alw/ |
Wolf is Past President of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) and an ACM Fellow, IEEE Fellow, and BCS Chartered Fellow.