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Lori A. Clarke

Department of Computer Science
University of Massachusetts
Amherst MA 01003
Phone: (413) 545-1328
Fax: (413) 545-1249

Lori A. Clarke is chair the Department of Computer Science at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and co-director of the Laboratory for Advanced Software Engineering Research (LASER). She is a Fellow of the ACM and IEEE, and a board member of the Computing Research Association’s Committee on the Status of Women in Computing Research (CRA-W). She is a former vice chair of the Computing Research Association (CRA), co-chair of CRA-W, IEEE Publication Board member, associate editor of ACM TOPLAS and IEEE TSE, member of the CCR NSF advisory board, ACM SIGSOFT secretary/treasurer, vice-chair and chair, IEEE Distinguished Visitor, and ACM National Lecturer. She received the 2011 University of Massachusetts Outstanding Accomplishments in Research and Creative Activity Award, the 2009 College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics Outstanding Faculty Service Award, the 2004 University of Colorado, Boulder Distinguished Engineering Alumni Award, the 2002 SIGSOFT Distinguished Service Award, a 1993 University Faculty Fellowship, and the 1991 University of Massachusetts Distinguished Faculty Chancellor's Medal. She has written numerous papers, served on many program committees, and was program co-chair of the 14th and general chair of the 25th International Conference on Software Engineering. She has been a Principal Investigator on a number of NSF, DoD, and DARPA projects.

Dr. Clarke's research is in the area of software engineering, primarily focusing on finite-state verification of concurrent systems and requirements engineering. Recently she has been investigating applying software engineering technologies to detect errors and vulnerabilities in complex processes in domains such as healthcare, scientific workflow, and digital government. She is also involved in several efforts to increase participation of underrepresented groups in computing research.

Education

University of Rochester, B.A. Mathematics, 1969

University of Colorado, Ph.D. Computer Science, 1976

Experience

  • Professor, Department of Computer Science, University of Massachusetts (September 1986–present)
  • Associate Professor, (September 1981–August 1986), Assistant Professor, (September 1976–August 1981)
  • Instructor (September 1975–August 1976)

Awards and Honors

  • 2004 Distinguished Engineering Alumni Award in the Research and Invention Category, University of Colorado, Boulder
  • IEEE Computer Society and ACM SIGSOFT Certificate of Appreciation, May 2003
  • ACM SIGSOFT Distinguished Service Award, 2002
  • ACM Fellow, 1998
  • Distinguished Lectures: University of Nebraska, January 2006, University of Pennsylvania, September 2002; University of California, Irvine, May 2001; Michigan State University, January 2000; Johns Hopkins University, November 1992
  • Keynote Addresses: Monterey Workshop on Software Engineering for Embedded Systems, September 2003, AQuIS, March 1998,Venice, Italy; Quality Week, May 1997, San Francisco, CA
  • ACM Recognition of Service Award, 1994.
  • Faculty Fellowship Award, University of Massachusetts, 1993.
  • Chancellor's Distinguished Faculty Award, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, April 1991.

Member

  • IEEE Computer Society
  • Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
  • ACM Special Interest Group on Programming Languages (SIGPLAN)
  • ACM Special Interest Group on Software Engineering (SIGSOFT)

Professional Activities

 

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