Jeffrey Foster
Professor and Chair
Research:
programming languages, software engineering, security, system design and development
Biography:
Jeffrey Foster is a professor in and chair of the Department of Computer Science. He received a doctorate in Computer Science from the University of California at Berkeley and a Master's of Engineering in Computer Science from Cornell University. His research focuses on creating tools for improving software quality and efficiency. He also studies programming languages and system design and development.
Education:
Ph.D., Computer Science, University of California at Berkeley, 2002
M. Eng., Computer Science, Cornell University
B.S., Computer Science, Cornell University
Selected Honors and Awards:
- 2020: Most Influential POPL Paper Award, ACM SIGPLAN-SIGACT Symposium on Principles of Programming Languages (POPL)
- 2017: Outstanding Director of Graduate Studies, University of Maryland at College Park
- 2004: NSF CAREER Award
Selected Professional Activities:
2018-present: ACM SIGPLAN Executive Committee Member
2018: General Chair of ACM Conference on Programming Language Design and Implementation (PLDI)
2016-present: Associate Editor, ACM Transactions on Programming Languages and Systems (TOPLAS)
Service Memberships:
International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP) Working Group 2.4, Software Implementation Technology