Maurice Herlihy

Professor of Computer Science

Contact Information

Box 1910
Brown University
Providence, RI 02912
Email: mph at cs.brown.edu
Personal home page:
http://www.cs.brown.edu/~mph/

Research Areas

Operating Systems and Distributed Systems

Parallel Computing

Theory of Computation

Research Topics or Projects

Distributed Computing

Aleph Toolkit

Transactional Memory

Courses Taught

CSCI0310		Introduction to Computer Systems
CSCI1760		Introduction to Multiprocessor Synchronization
CSCI2750		Topics in Parallel & Distributed Computing

About Maurice

Tell us a little about your background: educational, professional, personal, etc.

I have an A.B. from Harvard in Math, and a Ph.D. from MIT in CS. I have worked, in one role or another, in four research labs: Xerox PARC, DEC CRL, Microsoft Cambridge (UK), and Sun Labs New England. I have taught at CMU and Brown.

What do you focus on in your research? Any recent advances?

The shift to multicore architectures changes everything. Multiprocessors and concurrency, once an exotic subculture, has become mainstream.

What do you like teaching classes about?

Things that excite me.

How did you become interested in computer science?

When I graduated, I knew nothing about CS, but I needed a job. I was hired to write FORTRAN programs for minimum wage, and one thing led to another.

What is your favorite thing about Brown?

The enthusiasm of the students.

Any hobbies or passions?

Tango, birding.

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