Farnam Jahanian
Farnam Jahanian | |
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| 10th President of Carnegie Mellon University | |
| Assumed office 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Subra Suresh |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Iran |
| Nationality | Iranian-American |
| Spouse | Tris Jahanian |
| Children | 3 |
| Occupation | Computer scientist, academic administrator |
| Known for | President of Carnegie Mellon University |
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| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Computer science |
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| Thesis | Specification and analysis of timing properties in real-time systems (1988) |
| Doctoral advisor | Aloysius K. Mok |
Farnam Jahanian is an Iranian-born American computer scientist and academic. He serves as the 10th president of Carnegie Mellon University.
Early life
Farnam Jahanian was born in Iran.[1] He emigrated to the United States in 1977 after completing high school. Jahanian received a Bachelor of Science degree in computer science from the University of Texas at San Antonio in 1982.[2] He earned a master's degree in 1987 and a PhD in computer science in 1989 from the University of Texas at Austin.[3]
Career
Jahanian began his career at the Thomas J. Watson Research Center.[3] In 1993, he joined the department of computer science and engineering at the University of Michigan, and was later promoted as the Edward S. Davidson collegiate professor.[3] He was also the department chair from 2007 to 2011.[3] At the same time, he was the co-founder and chairman of Arbor Networks from 2001 to 2010.[3]
Jahanian was the head of the National Science Foundation Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering from 2011 to 2014.[3] He was the vice president for research from 2014 to 2015, then provost and chief academic officer of Carnegie Mellon University from 2015 to 2017.[3] Since July 1, 2017, he has served as its president, succeeding Subra Suresh, first as interim president[3][4] and later, since March 8, 2018, as president.[5][2]
Jahanian was named a "great immigrant" by the Carnegie Corporation of New York in 2016.[6]
One of the most cited papers of Jahanian is "Safety analysis of timing properties in real-time systems".[7]
Personal life
Jahanian has a wife, Teresa (known as "Tris"), and three children.[3]
References
- ^ "A Wordless Way to Teach Math". The Chronicle of Higher Education. July 31, 2016. Retrieved October 12, 2017.
- ^ a b Post-Gazette, Pittsburgh (March 8, 2018). "Carnegie Mellon University names Farnam Jahanian as its new president". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "Leadership: President: Farnam Jahanian (interim)". Carnegie Mellon University. Retrieved October 12, 2017.
- ^ Schacker, Bill (June 14, 2017). "CMU names interim president". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved October 12, 2017.
- ^ "Farnam Jahanian Named President of Carnegie Mellon University". Carnegie Mellon University. March 8, 2018.
- ^ "2016 Great Immigrants Honorees: The Pride of America". Carnegie Foundation. June 30, 2016. Retrieved October 12, 2017.
- ^ Jahanian, Farnam; Mok, Aloysius Ka-Lau (1986). "Safety analysis of timing properties in real-time systems". IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering. SE-12 (9): 890–904. doi:10.1109/TSE.1986.6313045.
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