Dr. Henry Hoffmann

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Biography

Henry Hoffmann is the Liew Family Chair in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Chicago. He leads the Self-aware Computing group, focusing on adaptive techniques for managing power, energy, accuracy, and performance in computing systems. Hoffmann received the Early Career Award from the Department of Energy in 2015 and the President’s Award for Early Career Scientists and Engineers in 2019. He completed his PhD in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at MIT, where his research on self-aware computing was recognized as one of the ten 'World Changing Ideas' by Scientific American in December 2011. Hoffmann also holds a Master's degree from MIT and worked on the Raw processor and multicores. His collaborative research spans traditional areas such as operating systems and computer architecture, and newer areas like control theory and machine learning. He has been involved with the EPiQC project, advancing practical-scale quantum computing, and is a member of the ASPLOS Hall of Fame.

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Experience

Liew Family Chair

2018-01-01 — Present

University of Chicago • Chicago, IL

Tenured faculty member leading research in self-aware computing.

Awards

#2019

Presidential Early Career Award

2019-07-09
#2015

Early Career Award

2015-01-01

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