James Larus
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 |
James R. Larus is an American computer scientist specializing in programming languages, compilers, and computer architecture. He is Professor Emeritus at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) where he was Dean of the School of Computer and Communication Sciences (IC) from 2014 to 2021.
Before joining EPFL, Larus was a Principal Researcher at Microsoft Research (MSR) from 1998 to 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.
Previously, Larus was an associate professor at University of Wisconsin–Madison in the Computer Science department.