David Abramson is an Australian computer scientist. He has been Director of the Research Computing Centre at the

University of Queensland The University of Queensland is a Public university, public research university located primarily in Brisbane, the capital city of the Australian state of Queensland. Founded in 1909 by the Queensland parliament, UQ is one of the six sandstone ...

, Australia, since 2012. He has been involved in computer architecture and high performance computing research since 1979.Professor David Abramson
researchers.uq.edu.auDavid Abramson, Director of the Research Computing Centre
rcc.uq.edu.au Abramson was elevated to

Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers , the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) is an American 501(c)(3) public charity professional organization for electrical engineering, electronics engineering, and ot ...

(IEEE) in 2016 for "contributions to software tools for high performance, parallel, and distributed computing". In 2010 whilst Professor of Computer Science at

Monash University Monash University () is a public university, public research university based in Melbourne, Victoria (state), Victoria, Australia. Named after World War I general Sir John Monash, it was founded in 1958 and is the second oldest university in the ...

, he was elected a

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(FTSE). He is also a Fellow of the

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(FACM), and a Fellow of the

Australian Computer Society The Australian Computer Society (ACS) is an association for information and communications technology professionals with 40,000+ members Australia-wide. According to its Constitution, its objectives are "to advance professional excellence in ...

(FACS). Prior to taking a position at Monash in 1997, he held positions at

Griffith University Griffith University is a public university, public research university in South East Queensland on the Eastern states of Australia, east coast of Australia. The university was founded in 1971, but was not officially opened until 1975. Griffith ...

CSIRO The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) is an Australian Government agency that is responsible for scientific research and its commercial and industrial applications. CSIRO works with leading organisations arou ...

and

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.David Abrahamson Bio
csse.monash.edu.au Abramson has a Bachelor of Science (Honours), a Doctor of Philosophy, and a Doctor of Science, all from Monash University. In 2019 the

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elevated him to the Pearcey Hall of Fame and awarded him the 2019 Pearcey Medal. In 2021, he was awarded the ACM/IEEE Ken Kennedy Award for "innovation in parallel and distributed computing tools with broad applications, as well as leadership contributions to professional service, creating international technical communities, and mentoring."

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