Francine Berman

Francine Berman
Born (1951-02-07) February 7, 1951 (age 73)
Glendale, California, U.S.
Alma materUniversity of Washington (BA, MS, PhD)
Known forCyberinfrastructure, Supercomputer
AwardsKen Kennedy Award, 2009
Digital Preservation Pioneer (National Library of Congress)
Scientific career
FieldsComputer Science
InstitutionsRensselaer Polytechnic Institute, University of California, San Diego, Purdue University, University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Francine Berman (born February 7, 1951)[1] is an American computer scientist, and a leader in digital data preservation and cyber-infrastructure. In 2009, she was the inaugural recipient of the IEEE/ACM-CS Ken Kennedy Award "for her influential leadership in the design, development and deployment of national-scale cyberinfrastructure, her inspiring work as a teacher and mentor, and her exemplary service to the high performance community".[2]  In 2004, Business Week called her the "reigning teraflop queen".[3]

Berman is the former director of the San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC), and High Performance Computing Endowed Chair and a former professor of computer science and engineering at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD). Since 2009, she has served as vice president for research and professor of computer science at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI). In 2011, Berman was appointed co-chair of the National Academies Board on Research Data and Information (BRDI).[4] In August 2021, Berman joined the University of Massachusetts, Amherst to establish a program in public interest technology.[5] Berman is a Fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration (United States).[6]

  1. ^ Dr. FRANCINE BERMAN Archived 2016-05-14 at the Wayback Machine, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
  2. ^ "Francine Berman: 2009 Ken Kennedy Award Recipient". Archived from the original on 2013-08-13. Retrieved 2012-03-06.
  3. ^ "The Superwoman of Supercomputing". Business Week. May 12, 2004. Retrieved 6 March 2012.
  4. ^ "Members of the National Academies Board on Research Data and Information". sites.nationalacademies.org.
  5. ^ "Francine Berman, Expert on Data Cyberinfrastructure and the Internet of Things, to Join University of Massachusetts Amherst Faculty as Stuart Rice Honorary Chair", University of Massachusetts Amherst press release, August 6, 2021.
  6. ^ Incorporated, Prime. "National Academy of Public Administration". National Academy of Public Administration. Retrieved 2023-02-06.