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Andrew Chien is the William Eckhardt Distinguished Service Professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Chicago and Director of the CERES Center for Unstoppable Computing. He leads the Large-scale Sustainable Systems Research Group focused on significant advancements in cloud software, resource management, and sustainable computing. Chien has held prominent roles including Senior Computer Scientist at Argonne National Laboratory, and he served as Editor-in-Chief of Communications of the ACM from 2017 to 2022. He has held various academic positions, such as Professor of Computer Science at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where he contributed to the development of supercomputing applications. His academic influence extends to advisory roles in national research initiatives, having served on multiple boards and committees for organizations like the National Science Foundation and DARPA. Chien has been recognized as a fellow of multiple prestigious institutions including ACM, IEEE, and AAAS. He earned his degrees from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, culminating in a Doctorate in Computer Science.
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