Scholar
Alex Aiken
Google Scholar ID: 3vKjkoQAAAAJ
Professor of Computer Science, Stanford University
Citations & Impact
Citations
8,536
H-index
45
i10-index
125
Publications
20
Co-authors
79
list available
Publications
Resume (English only)
Academic Achievements
- ACM Fellow
- Recipient of ACM SIGPLAN Programming Languages Achievement Award
- Recipient of Phi Beta Kappa Teaching Award
- Offers a free public compilers course covering compiler construction, language design, semantics, optimization, and history
- Teaches CS242: Programming Languages and CS315B: Programming Supercomputers
Background
- Alcatel-Lucent Professor of Computer Science at Stanford University
- Computer Science Division Director at SLAC
- Research interests focus on programming languages
- Former chair of the Stanford Computer Science Department
- Married to Jennifer Widom; they have a son, Tim, and a daughter, Emily
Miscellany
- Enjoys wilderness hiking; completed the Sierra High Route and trekked west of Lake Tahoe
- Took a sabbatical year (2007–2008) traveling the world with family, with a dedicated trip webpage
- Delivered commencement speeches at Stanford CS graduations in 2015, 2017, and 2018
- Gave a memorial talk for John Backus at PLDI'07
- Authored 'Advice for Program Chairs' based on experience chairing POPL and PLDI
