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Michael D. Ernst is a Professor in the Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering at the University of Washington. His research aims to make software reliable, secure, and easier to produce. His primary technical interests encompass software engineering, programming languages, type theory, security, program analysis, bug prediction, testing, and verification. Ernst's work combines strong theoretical foundations with realistic experimentation, focusing on changing the way software developers work. He is an ACM Fellow (2014) and an IEEE Fellow (2021) and has received several awards including the CRA-E Undergraduate Mentoring Award (2018), the inaugural John Backus Award (2009), and the NSF CAREER Award (2002). His research has earned him recognition with awards such as the ACM SIGSOFT Impact Paper Award (2013) and multiple ISSTA Impact Awards (2018, 2019, 2024). He ranked among the top software engineering researchers worldwide according to Microsoft Academic Search and AMiner.
University of Washington • Seattle, WA
Professor in the Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering, focusing on software reliability and security.
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