Barbara Mary Chapman (born 1954) is a computer scientist specializing in

parallel programming Parallel computing is a type of computing, computation in which many calculations or Process (computing), processes are carried out simultaneously. Large problems can often be divided into smaller ones, which can then be solved at the same time. ...

, and parallel

programming language A programming language is a system of notation for writing computer programs. Programming languages are described in terms of their Syntax (programming languages), syntax (form) and semantics (computer science), semantics (meaning), usually def ...

s and

compiler In computing, a compiler is a computer program that Translator (computing), translates computer code written in one programming language (the ''source'' language) into another language (the ''target'' language). The name "compiler" is primaril ...

s, including the development of

OpenMP OpenMP is an application programming interface (API) that supports multi-platform shared-memory multiprocessing programming in C, C++, and Fortran, on many platforms, instruction-set architectures and operating systems, including Solaris, ...

and

OpenACC OpenACC (for ''open accelerators'') is a programming standard for parallel computing developed by Cray, CAPS, Nvidia and PGI. The standard is designed to simplify parallel programming of heterogeneous CPU/ GPU systems. As in OpenMP, the prog ...

. Originally from New Zealand, she was educated in New Zealand, Germany, and Ireland. She works in the US as a professor of computer science at

Stony Brook University Stony Brook University (SBU), officially the State University of New York at Stony Brook, is a public university, public research university in Stony Brook, New York, United States, on Long Island. Along with the University at Buffalo, it is on ...

, affiliated with its Institute for Advanced Computational Science, and as a distinguished technologist for the

Cray Cray Inc., a subsidiary of Hewlett Packard Enterprise, is an American supercomputer manufacturer headquartered in Seattle, Washington. It also manufactures systems for data storage and analytics. Several Cray supercomputer systems are listed ...

Programming Environment of

Hewlett Packard Enterprise The Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company (HPE) is an American multinational information technology company based in Spring, Texas. It is a business-focused organization which works in servers, storage, networking, containerization software and ...

Education and career

Chapman was born in 1954 in New Zealand. After receiving a bachelor's degree in mathematics with first class honours from the

University of Canterbury The University of Canterbury (UC; ; postnominal abbreviation ''Cantuar.'' or ''Cant.'' for ''Cantuariensis'', the Latin name for Canterbury) is a public research university based in Christchurch, New Zealand. It was founded in 1873 as Canterbur ...

, she completed a Ph.D. in 1998 at

Queen's University Belfast The Queen's University of Belfast, commonly known as Queen's University Belfast (; abbreviated Queen's or QUB), is a public research university in Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. The university received its charter in 1845 as part of ...

with a dissertation involving

middleware Middleware is a type of computer software program that provides services to software applications beyond those available from the operating system. It can be described as "software glue". Middleware makes it easier for software developers to imple ...

for

distributed memory In computer science, distributed memory refers to a Multiprocessing, multiprocessor computer system in which each Central processing unit, processor has its own private Computer memory, memory. Computational tasks can only operate on local data ...

. Her dissertation, ''Software Support for Advanced Applications on Distributed Memory Multiprocessor Systems'', was supervised by Ronald Perrott. She directed the Center for Advanced Computing and Data Systems at the

University of Houston The University of Houston (; ) is a Public university, public research university in Houston, Texas, United States. It was established in 1927 as Houston Junior College, a coeducational institution and one of multiple junior colleges formed in ...

before moving to a joint position at Stony Brook and the

Brookhaven National Laboratory Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) is a United States Department of Energy national laboratories, United States Department of Energy national laboratory located in Upton, New York, a hamlet of the Brookhaven, New York, Town of Brookhaven. It w ...

in 2015. She was named head of Brookhaven's Computer Science and Mathematics Group in 2016. In 2022 she stepped down from her position at Brookhaven, while keeping her affiliation with Stony Brook, to become a distinguished technologist for the

Programming Environment of

Recognition

Chapman was named as a Fellow of the

American Association for the Advancement of Science The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) is a United States–based international nonprofit with the stated mission of promoting cooperation among scientists, defending scientific freedom, encouraging scientific responsib ...

in its 2024 class of fellows.

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Chapman's research group at Stony Brook * {{DEFAULTSORT:Chapman, Barbara Year of birth missing (living people) Living people New Zealand computer scientists New Zealand women scientists American computer scientists American women computer scientists University of Canterbury alumni Alumni of Queen's University Belfast University of Houston faculty Stony Brook University faculty Brookhaven National Laboratory staff Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science