Ken Kennedy, dead at 61

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: Dan Updegrove <updegrove () mail utexas edu>
Date: February 8, 2007 3:44:49 AM EST
To: Dave Farber <dave () farber net>
Subject: Ken Kennedy, dead at 61

Dave,

Sad news, indeed,

Dan


Ken Kennedy, the founder of Rice University's nationally ranked computer
science program and one of the world's foremost experts on
high-performance computing, died Wednesday at a Houston hospital after a
long battle with cancer. He was 61. "Rice has lost one of its great
intellectual leaders and a great human being," Rice President David
Leebron said. "Ken Kennedy early on realized the power of computers to
address real problems that confront people and the earth. His most
recent contributions included using bioanalysis to help work on health
issues like cancer. Ken leaves a great legacy for Rice and for mankind.
He will be missed."

Kennedy was known the world-over for his expertise in programming
language implementation and high-performance computing - two disciplines
he'd first been exposed to during graduate studies at NYU's Courant
Institute of Mathematics in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Kennedy was
one of the first graduate students in the new field of computer science
and he credited his Ph.D. advisor, Jack Schwartz, with opening his eyes
to the possibilities of high-performance computing.

Kennedy authored more than 200 technical articles and two books. He was
a fellow of the ACM, the American Association for the Advancement of
Science, the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. In recognition of his
achievements in compilation for high-performance computer systems, he
was given the 1995 W. W. McDowell Award, the highest research award of
the IEEE Computer Society.

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