Steven Muchnick
Steven Stanley Muchnick(1945-2020) was a notedcomputer scienceresearcher, best known as author of the 1997 treatise oncompilers,"Advanced Compiler Design and Implementation."[1]
Background
[edit]In 1974, Muchnick was awarded a PhD in computer science fromCornell University.After graduation, he became a professor at theUniversity of Kansas,located inLawrence, Kansas.[2]During his tenure at that institution, he wrote several research papers, many of which were published in theJournal of the ACM.
Muchnick eventually departed from his teaching profession. He then went on to apply his knowledge of compilers as a vital member of the teams that developed twocomputer architectures—PA-RISCatHewlett-PackardandSPARCatSun Microsystems.
Upon completion of the initial work on each architecture, he served as the leader of the advanced compiler design and implementation groups for these systems.
Later Muchnick became involved in the prevention of HIV infections.[3][4]In 2010 he was a member of the San Francisco HIV Prevention Planning Center.[5]
References
[edit]- ^Muchnick, Steven Stanley(August 15, 1997).Advanced Compiler Design and Implementation.Morgan Kaufmann Publishers.ISBN978-1-55860-320-2.
- ^"Profs devise computer aid for advising".The Journal World's Kansas University Edition.August 1977.RetrievedDecember 18,2010.
- ^"A celebration of life Steve Muchnick".
- ^"Steven Muchnik Interview".The International Foundation for Alternative Research in AIDS, Inc. (IFARA). Archived fromthe originalon July 26, 2011.RetrievedJanuary 12,2011.
- ^"2010 Council Members".San Francisco Department of Public Health, HIV Prevention Section. Archived fromthe originalon July 24, 2010.RetrievedJanuary 12,2011.
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