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Jack Dongarra is an American computer scientist and professor at the University of Tennessee specializing in high-performance computing (HPC). He has led or contributed to the creation of essential numerical software libraries, including LINPACK, BLAS, LAPACK, and the Message Passing Interface (MPI) standard. He also co-founded the TOP500 project, which ranks the world's most powerful supercomputers. Dongarra received the ACM Turing Award in 2021 for his pioneering contributions to HPC.
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Jack Dongarra ranks #33 of 185 in the Computer Scientist ranking, behind Jeffrey Ullman, ahead of Stuart Russell.
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What is Jack Dongarra's contribution to high-performance computing?
Jack Dongarra has driven the field of high-performance computing by creating algorithms and software that leverage linear algebra on advanced computer architectures. He co-developed essential numerical libraries like LAPACK, BLAS, and the Message Passing Interface (MPI).
When did Jack Dongarra win the Turing Award?
He received the ACM Turing Award in 2021 for his pioneering concepts and methods which resulted in world-changing computations. The award recognized his lifelong dedication to making supercomputers and computational science faster and more efficient.
What is the TOP500 list and how is Dongarra involved?
The TOP500 project ranks and details the 500 most powerful non-distributed computer systems in the world, and Dongarra has been an instrumental figure in it since its inception in 1993. He helped establish the LINPACK benchmark, the standard metric used to rank these supercomputers.
Where does Jack Dongarra work?
Dongarra is a University Distinguished Professor of Computer Science in the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department at the University of Tennessee. He also holds distinguished research positions at Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the University of Manchester.
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