Ed Lazowska is a Professor, and the Bill & Melinda Gates Chair Emeritus, in the University of Washington’s Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering.
A long-time advocate for increasing participation in the field, he serves on the Executive Advisory Council of the National Center for Women & Information Technology and on the National Academies Committee on Women in Science, Engineering, and Medicine; he served on the study committee that authored the Academies’ 2018 report on the impacts of sexual harassment in academia.
His scholarship concerns the design, implementation, and analysis of computing and communication systems, and, more recently, the techniques and technologies of data-intensive discovery. He also has been active on public policy issues, ranging from STEM education to Federal strategies for research and innovation. He is a Member and Councillor of the National Academy of Engineering and a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, ACM, IEEE, and AAAS.
Ed Lazowska is a Professor, and the Bill & Melinda Gates Chair Emeritus, in the University of Washington’s Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering.
A long-time advocate for increasing participation in the field, he serves on the Executive Advisory Council of the National Center for Women & Information Technology and on the National Academies Committee on Women in Science, Engineering, and Medicine; he served on the study committee that authored the Academies’ 2018 report on the impacts of sexual harassment in academia.
His scholarship concerns the design, implementation, and analysis of computing and communication systems, and, more recently, the techniques and technologies of data-intensive discovery. He also has been active on public policy issues, ranging from STEM education to Federal strategies for research and innovation. He is a Member and Councillor of the National Academy of Engineering and a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, ACM, IEEE, and AAAS.