Dr. Jonathan Aldrich

Professor

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Biography

Jonathan Aldrich works at the intersection of programming languages and software engineering. His research explores the ways to express how software affects the ability to engineer software at scale. A particular theme of his work is improving software quality and programmer productivity through ways to express the structural and behavioral aspects of software design in source code. He has contributed to object-oriented typestate verification, modular reasoning techniques for aspects of stateful programs, and new object-oriented language models. His work on specifying and verifying software architecture has received notable recognition, including the 2006 NSF CAREER award and the 2007 Dahl-Nygaard Junior Prize. Currently, he is excited about working on the design of Wyvern, a new modularly extensible programming language, and on several projects including the general-purpose language focused on security and modularity.

Research Interests

Requirements for Carnegie Mellon University

Doctorate Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3.5
GRE General
Verbal
Required:158
Quantitative
Required:149
Analytical Writing
Required:4
Overall
Required:4
Prerequisites
Bachelor's degree in Psychology or related field Research experience/publications
Application Checklist
  • Online application
  • Statement of Purpose
  • Three letters of recommendation
  • Transcripts
  • GRE scores (optional but reported in profile)
  • English Proficiency (TOEFL/IELTS/Duolingo)
Specialization Notes

Admission is extremely competitive with no strict GPA cut-offs; holistic review is used.