Frederic (Fred) T. Chong is an American

computer scientist A computer scientist is a scientist who specializes in the academic study of computer science. Computer scientists typically work on the theoretical side of computation. Although computer scientists can also focus their work and research on ...

known for research in computer architecture, quantum computing, and computer security. Born in

New Brunswick, New Jersey New Brunswick is a city (New Jersey), city in and the county seat of Middlesex County, New Jersey, Middlesex County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.MIT The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a private research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Established in 1861, MIT has played a significant role in the development of many areas of modern technology and sc ...

in 1990 and a PhD in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from MIT in 1996, with Prof.

Anant Agarwal Anant Agarwal is an Indian computer architecture researcher. He is a professor of electrical engineering and computer science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), where he led the development of Alewife, an early cache coher ...

as his thesis adviser. Chong had faculty positions at

University of California, Davis The University of California, Davis (UC Davis, UCD, or Davis) is a Public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Davis, California, United States. It is the northernmost of the ten campuses of the University ...

and

University of California, Santa Barbara The University of California, Santa Barbara (UC Santa Barbara or UCSB) is a Public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Santa Barbara County, California, United States. Tracing its roots back to 1891 as an ...

before joining the University of Chicago faculty in 2015 as the Seymour Goodman Professor of Computer Architecture. He is the lead PI of EPiQC, an

NSF NSF may stand for: Political organizations *National Socialist Front, a Swedish National Socialist party *NS-Frauenschaft, the women's wing of the former German Nazi party * National Students Federation, a leftist Pakistani students' political g ...

Expeditions in Computing program on

Quantum Computing A quantum computer is a computer that exploits quantum mechanical phenomena. On small scales, physical matter exhibits properties of wave-particle duality, both particles and waves, and quantum computing takes advantage of this behavior using s ...

. He is a Fellow of the ACM and the IEEE. In 2020, Chong co-founded Super.tech and was Chief Scientist for the quantum software company. In 2022, Super.tech was acquired by Infleqtion (formerly ColdQuanta), and Chong is Chief Scientist for Quantum Software.

Awards

*2024: Named Fellow of the ACM "for contributions to quantum computer architecture, compilation and optimization". *2024: Received the Quantrell Award for Undergraduate Teaching and Advising from the

University of Chicago The University of Chicago (UChicago, Chicago, or UChi) is a Private university, private research university in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Its main campus is in the Hyde Park, Chicago, Hyde Park neighborhood on Chicago's South Side, Chic ...

, the oldest undergraduate teaching award in the United States. *2023: Elevated to Fellow Member of the

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

"for contributions to the field of quantum computer architecture, compilation and optimization". *2020: Received the Award for Excellence in Graduate Teaching and Advising from the

. *2019: Intel Outstanding Researcher Award. *2013: Named an ACM Distinguished Member. *2002: University of California, Davis Chancellor's Fellow.

References

External links

* University of Chicago
Frederic T. Chong, Department of Computer Science
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Chong, Frederic T. Living people American computer scientists MIT School of Engineering alumni People from New Brunswick, New Jersey Year of birth missing (living people)