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Dan Reed Awarded 2001 Gutgsell Professorship

released April 10, 2001

 

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CHAMPAIGN, IL — Daniel A. Reed, director of the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) and the National Computational Science Alliance (Alliance) has been named a recipient of the Gutgsell Professorship by the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

The professorship is named for Edward William Gutgsell and Jane Marr Gutgsell, who were alumni and generous supporters of the university their entire lives. It was established in 1998 to recognize some of the most distinguished senior faculty members on the Urbana-Champaign campus.

Reed, who came to the university in 1984 as an assistant professor in the computer science department, is widely known for innovative collaborative research and for working with government, private industry, and academia to chart the future of computational science and engineering. In 2000 he became director of NCSA, a center with an international reputation for innovation, and the Alliance, a partnership of more than 50 universities, laboratories, and Fortune 500 companies that is developing the computing and information infrastructure of the 21st century. He is a member of the Center for Grid Application Development Software, the Department of Energy (DOE) Next Generation Internet Initiative, and the DOE Accelerated Strategic Computing Initiative. He also serves on the board of directors of the Computer Research Association and just completed service on the advisory committee of the National Science Foundation's Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering.

"There are a small handful of leaders in the nation who are helping to shape the future. We are fortunate at this campus to have one of them—Dan Reed," said Richard Herman, Provost of the UI's Urbana-Champaign campus. "His leadership of the computer science department, and now NCSA and the Alliance, has brought excellence to this campus and wise decisions to the Alliance. This well-deserved professorship is a sign of that distinction."

As head of the UI computer science department from 1996-2001, he provided strategic direction to one of the country's top computer science programs and helped secure a $32 million donation from alumnus Thomas M. Siebel to expand the department and build a new state-of-the-art facility. Reed is also a member of Illinois Gov. George Ryan's VentureTECH Advisory Committee, which advises the governor on the state's $1.9 billion initiative to develop Illinois as a premier location for IT research and business opportunities.

A ceremony to present Reed with the Gutgsell Professorship will be held Monday, May 7, at 4 p.m. in the Beckman Institute auditorium. A reception will follow at 5 p.m.

Reed received his Ph.D. in 1983 and M.S. in 1980, both from Purdue University, and his B.S. (summa cum laude) from the University of Missouri-Rolla. He is the third faculty member to receive a Gutgsell Professorship. Previous recipients are Harris A. Lewin, professor of animal sciences and director of the biotechnology center, and David E. Daniel, professor of civil and environmental engineering and dean of the College of Engineering.

The National Center for Supercomputing Applications is the leading-edge site for the National Computational Science Alliance. NCSA is a leader in the development and deployment of cutting-edge high-performance computing, networking, and information technologies. The National Science Foundation, the state of Illinois, the University of Illinois, industrial partners, and other federal agencies fund NCSA.

The National Computational Science Alliance is a partnership to prototype an advanced computational infrastructure for the 21st century and includes more than 50 academic, government and industry research partners from across the United States. The Alliance is one of two partnerships funded by the National Science Foundation's Partnerships for Advanced Computational Infrastructure (PACI) program, and receives cost-sharing at partner institutions. NSF also supports the National Partnership for Advanced Computational Infrastructure (NPACI), led by the San Diego Supercomputer Center.

 

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