Geoffrey C. Fox
Geoffrey Fox | |
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Geoffrey Fox at Indiana in 2004 | |
| Born | Geoffrey C. Fox June 7, 1944 |
| Alma mater | Cambridge University |
| Known for | Cyberinfrastructure, E-Science, High Performance Computing, Matrix Multiplication |
| Awards | ACM Fellow Fellow of the American Physical Society Mayhew Prize (1964) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Computer science, physics |
| Institutions | California Institute of Technology, Syracuse University, Florida State University, Indiana University, University of Virginia |
| Thesis | Scattering of Particles with Spin And Electromagnetic Interactions (1967) |
| Doctoral advisor | Richard J. Eden |
| Other academic advisors | Richard Feynman |
Geoffrey Charles Fox (born 7 June 1944) is a British-born American theoretical physicist and computer scientist known for his contributions to parallel computing, data-intensive computing, and high-performance computing (HPC).
He is a professor at the Computer Science Biocomplexity Institute at the University of Virginia and also served as the Director of the Digital Science Center.
He has authored over 1200 publications in physics and computer science, including his book Parallel Computing Works!. He was awarded Ken Kennedy Award in 2019 by Association for Computing Machinery and the IEEE Computer Society.