Mary Lou Soffa

Mary Lou Ehnot Soffa
Alma materUniversity of Pittsburgh, Ohio State University
Known forWork on programming languages and software engineering
AwardsKen Kennedy Award (2012)
ACM Fellow (1999)
IEEE Fellow (2013)
Scientific career
FieldsComputer Science
InstitutionsUniversity of Virginia
Doctoral advisorGary Lindstrom
Doctoral students
Websitewww.cs.virginia.edu/~soffa/

Mary Lou Ehnot Soffa is an American computer scientist noted for her research on compilers, program optimization, system software and system engineering.

She is also noted for her leadership in broadening participation in computing. She is on the CRA-W Board and was co-chair from 2000 to 2003. With Jan Cuny, she founded the CRA-W Graduate Cohort Program and the CRA-W Associate Professor Program.