Kathleen Fisher
Kathleen Shanahan Fisher | |
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Nationality | American |
Alma mater | Stanford University |
Known for | Moby programming language |
Awards | ACM Fellow |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Computer science |
Institutions | AT&T Labs Tufts University |
Doctoral advisor | John C. Mitchell |
Kathleen Shanahan Fisher is an American computer scientist who specializes in programming languages and their implementation.
Professor Fisher is Chair of Computer Science at
Early life and education
Fisher was born in 1969 in
Career
Early career
After graduation Fisher started working at AT&T Labs Research.[1] In April 2002 she was promoted to Principal Member of Technical Staff. From July 2008 to March 2011, she was also a Consulting Professor in Computer Science at Stanford.[1]
DARPA
In 2011 she left AT&T Labs to become a Program Manager at
Tufts University
Concurrent to her research at DARPA, Fisher accepted a job as a Professor of Computer Science at Tufts University where she still works today as the Department Chair. Her current research focuses on developing domain-specific languages, program synthesis, and using formal methods to secure software.[5] At Tufts she has taught Programming Languages as well as seminars in Programming Language Design.[5]
Honors and awards
Fisher has received many honors, including:[1]
- 2021 Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.[11]
- SIGPLAN Distinguished Service Award, 2013.
- Distinguished PLDI Paper, 2012.
- SIGPLAN CACM Research Highlights Nominated Paper, 2012.
- PLDI Best Paper Award, 2011.
- ACM Fellow, 2010.
- SIGPLAN CACM Research Highlights Nominated Paper, 2008.
- ACM Distinguished Scientist, 2007.
- Best Research Paper Award, KDD, 2000.
- NSF Mathematical Sciences Postdoctoral Research Fellowship, 1996, declined.
- The University of California President’s Postdoctoral Fellowship, 1996, declined.
- The Student Service Award, Stanford Computer Science Department, 1995.
- Hertz Foundation Fellowship, 1994 to 1996.
- Finch Fellowship, 1993.
- NSF Graduate Research Fellowship, 1991 to 1994.
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h Curriculum vitae, retrieved 2020-02-06.
- ^ "International Conference on Functional Programming 2004: Information". www.icfpconference.org. Retrieved 2019-09-05.
- ^ OOPSLA Committee Archived 2015-06-12 at the Wayback Machine, retrieved 2015-06-10.
- ^ "Organizing Committee - PLDI 2019". pldi19.sigplan.org. Retrieved 2019-09-05.
- ^ a b c Research Page, retrieved 2020-02-06.
- ACM FellowAward Citation, retrieved 2015-06-10.
- ^ a b CRA Interview, retrieved 2020-02-06.
- ^ Kathleen Fisher at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
- ^ Ph.D Thesis, retrieved 2020-02-06.
- ^ a b Silver Bullets Interview, retrieved 2020-02-06.
- ^ "2021 Fellows". American Association for the Advancement of Science. Retrieved 2022-01-28.
External links
- Home page
- Kathleen Fisher publications indexed by Google Scholar