William A. Wulf, University Professor and AT&T Professor of Engineering, University of Virginia
William Wulf is a University Professor and the AT&T Professor of Engineering in computer science at Virginia. From 1996 to 2007, he was on leave from the university to serve as president of the National Academy of Engineering (NAE), and during 1988-90 he was an assistant director of the National Science Foundation, where he led its efforts in computer and information science and engineering. Prior to these positions, he was on the faculty at Carnegie Mellon University and founder and CEO of Tartan Laboratories, a computer software company. His research focused on computer architecture and computer security as well as on programming languages and optimizing compilers. In recent years he also has been deeply involved in public policy issues and in facilitating the use of information technology to support humanistic scholarship.
In addition to the NAE, he is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, a member of the American Philosophical Society, and a foreign member of the science and/or engineering academies of Australia, China, Japan, Romania, Russia, Spain, and Venezuela. He has written three books and over 100 papers and technical reports.
WILLIAM WULF
Visiting Scholar Itinerary, 2008-2009
Thursday-Friday, September 11-12
DePauw University, Greencastle, Indiana
Wednesday-Thursday, October 8-9
Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo
Thursday-Friday, October 16-17
Union College, Schenectady, New York
Thursday-Friday, February 5-6
University of Rochester, Rochester, New York
Thursday-Friday, March 5-6
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Thursday-Friday, April 16-17
Washington State University, Pullman
Thursday-Friday, April 23-24
Grinnell College, Grinnell, Iowa