James Larus
James R. Larus is an American computer scientist specializing in the fields of programming languages, compilers, and computer architecture. He is currently at École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) where he has served as the Dean of the School of Computer and Communication Sciences (IC) from 2014 until 2021.
James Larus | |
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| Born | September 15, 1958 |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | Harvard University (AB) UC Berkeley (MSc & PhD) |
| Known for | Singularity (operating system) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | computer science |
| Institutions | Microsoft, University of Wisconsin-Madison, EPFL |
| Website | people |
Before joining EPFL, Larus worked as a Principal Researcher at Microsoft Research (MSR), where he worked from 1998 until 2013. He was at one point the Director of Research and Strategy for Microsoft's eXtreme Computing Group (XCG) where he helped develop the Orleans cloud computing project. He was also one of the two co-leads on Microsoft's Singularity project.
Prior to working for Microsoft, James was an associate professor at University of Wisconsin–Madison in the Computer Science department.