Bacon began working as a programmer at age 16 and worked for a startup during his senior year of high school. At Columbia College, Columbia University, he worked first with David E. Shaw on the NON-VON supercomputer,[1] and then on network algorithms and simulation with Yechiam Yemini, creating the NEST Network Simulator,[2] which served as the basis for a number of other network simulators including Cornell's REAL[3] and thence LBL's ns simulator.
IBM Research
Bacon spent a large portion of his career at IBM's Thomas J. Watson Research Center, starting as a programmer in 1985 working on the Hermes distributed programming language,[4] and eventually becoming a Principal Research Staff Member.
He took a sabbatical in 2009 as a visiting professor of computer science at Harvard.[5]
Much of his work at IBM focused on garbage collection. In 2009 he was inducted as an ACM Fellow "for contributions to real-time systems and to object-oriented language design and implementation".[6]
His work on garbage collecting cyclic structures[11] in reference counted systems has been used in a number of scripting languages, including PHP.[12]
In 2013 he published the first garbage collector implemented completely in hardware,[clarification needed][13] which was selected as an ACM Research Highlight.[14][15]
In addition to garbage collection, his work has focused on the implementation of concurrent and object-oriented languages. His thesis work on Rapid Type Analysis (RTA)[16][17] has been used in many compilers and analysis frameworks to construct call graphs for object-oriented languages, including Soot[18] and Go.[19] In 2004, his work on high-performance locking for Java[20] appeared on the list of the 50 most influentialPLDI papers of all time.[21]
Google
In 2014 he joined Google, where he is now a Principal Engineer, working on the Spanner distributed database system. He is responsible for Spanner's Database engine.
References
^Shaw, David Elliot (1982). The NON-VON Supercomputer, Technical Report CUCS-029-82, Columbia University.
^Dupuy, Alexander; Schwartz, Jed; Yemini, Yechiam; Bacon, David (1990). "NEST: a network simulation and prototyping testbed". Communications of the ACM. 33 (10): 63–74. doi:10.1145/84537.84549. ISSN 0001-0782. S2CID 5311305.
^Strom, Robert E.; Bacon, David F.; Goldberg, Arthur P.; Lowry, Andy; Yellin, Daniel M.; Yemini, Shaula (1991). Hermes - A Language for Distributed Computing. Englewood Cliffs, NJ, USA: Prentice-Hall. ISBN978-0-13-389537-7.
^Bacon, David F.; Cheng, Perry; Rajan, V. T. (2003). "A real-time garbage collector with low overhead and consistent utilization". Proceedings of the 30th ACM SIGPLAN-SIGACT symposium on Principles of programming languages - POPL '03. pp. 285–298. CiteSeerX10.1.1.13.6486. doi:10.1145/604131.604155. ISBN978-1581136289. S2CID 52819687.
^Bacon, David F.; Cheng, Perry; Shukla, Sunil (2013). "And Then There Were None: A Stall-Free Real-Time Garbage Collector for Reconfigurable Hardware". Communications of the ACM. 56 (12): 101–109. doi:10.1145/2534706.2534726. ISSN 0001-0782. S2CID 52901561.
^Moss, Eliot (2013). "The cleanest garbage collection". Communications of the ACM. 56 (12): 100. doi:10.1145/2534706.2534725. ISSN 0001-0782. S2CID 9688334.
^Bacon, David F. (1997). Fast and Effective Optimization of Statically Typed Object-Oriented Languages(PDF) (Ph.D. thesis). University of California, Berkeley.
^Bacon, David F.; Sweeney, Peter F. (1996). "Fast static analysis of C++ virtual function calls". ACM SIGPLAN Notices. 31 (10): 324–341. CiteSeerX10.1.1.69.2267. doi:10.1145/236338.236371. ISSN 0362-1340.
^20 Years of PLDI (1979–1999): A Selection, Kathryn S. McKinley, Editor
External links
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List of publications on DBLP
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For the 19th century physician see David Francis Bacon A major contributor to this article appears to have a close connection with its subject It may require cleanup to comply with Wikipedia s content policies particularly neutral point of view Please discuss further on the talk page January 2017 Learn how and when to remove this template message David Bacon is an American computer programmer David Francis BaconBorn 1963 02 24 24 February 1963 age 60 CitizenshipAmericanAlma materU C BerkeleyAwardsACM FellowScientific careerFieldsComputer scienceInstitutionsIBM Watson Research CenterHarvard Computer Science Dept GoogleThesisFast and Effective Optimization of Statically Typed Object Oriented Languages 1997 Doctoral advisorSusan L Graham Contents 1 Career 1 1 IBM Research 1 2 Google 2 References 3 External linksCareer EditBacon began working as a programmer at age 16 and worked for a startup during his senior year of high school At Columbia College Columbia University he worked first with David E Shaw on the NON VON supercomputer 1 and then on network algorithms and simulation with Yechiam Yemini creating the NEST Network Simulator 2 which served as the basis for a number of other network simulators including Cornell s REAL 3 and thence LBL s ns simulator IBM Research Edit Bacon spent a large portion of his career at IBM s Thomas J Watson Research Center starting as a programmer in 1985 working on the Hermes distributed programming language 4 and eventually becoming a Principal Research Staff Member He took a sabbatical in 2009 as a visiting professor of computer science at Harvard 5 Much of his work at IBM focused on garbage collection In 2009 he was inducted as an ACM Fellow for contributions to real time systems and to object oriented language design and implementation 6 His work on the Metronome 7 hard real time tracing garbage collector became the basis for the IBM WebSphere Real Time Java virtual machine 8 which was used in the software for the Navy s DDG 1000 Destroyer 9 The original research was subsequently selected for the 2013 Most Influential Paper Award of the Symposium on Principles of Programming Languages 10 His work on garbage collecting cyclic structures 11 in reference counted systems has been used in a number of scripting languages including PHP 12 In 2013 he published the first garbage collector implemented completely in hardware clarification needed 13 which was selected as an ACM Research Highlight 14 15 In addition to garbage collection his work has focused on the implementation of concurrent and object oriented languages His thesis work on Rapid Type Analysis RTA 16 17 has been used in many compilers and analysis frameworks to construct call graphs for object oriented languages including Soot 18 and Go 19 In 2004 his work on high performance locking for Java 20 appeared on the list of the 50 most influential PLDI papers of all time 21 Google Edit In 2014 he joined Google where he is now a Principal Engineer working on the Spanner distributed database system He is responsible for Spanner s Database engine References Edit Shaw David Elliot 1982 The NON VON Supercomputer Technical Report CUCS 029 82 Columbia University Dupuy Alexander Schwartz Jed Yemini Yechiam Bacon David 1990 NEST a network simulation and prototyping testbed Communications of the ACM 33 10 63 74 doi 10 1145 84537 84549 ISSN 0001 0782 S2CID 5311305 Keshav S REAL 5 0 Overview Strom Robert E Bacon David F Goldberg Arthur P Lowry Andy Yellin Daniel M Yemini Shaula 1991 Hermes A Language for Distributed Computing Englewood Cliffs NJ USA Prentice Hall ISBN 978 0 13 389537 7 Harvard EconCS Group ACM Fellows David F Bacon Bacon David F Cheng Perry Rajan V T 2003 A real time garbage collector with low overhead and consistent utilization Proceedings of the 30th ACM SIGPLAN SIGACT symposium on Principles of programming languages POPL 03 pp 285 298 CiteSeerX 10 1 1 13 6486 doi 10 1145 604131 604155 ISBN 978 1581136289 S2CID 52819687 IBM WebSphere Real Time IBM and Raytheon Deliver Technology Solution for DDG 1000 Next Generation Navy Destroyers Most Influential POPL Paper Award Bacon David F Rajan V T 2001 Concurrent Cycle Collection in Reference Counted Systems ECOOP 2001 Object Oriented Programming Lecture Notes in Computer Science Vol 2072 pp 207 235 CiteSeerX 10 1 1 32 6283 doi 10 1007 3 540 45337 7 12 ISBN 978 3 540 42206 8 ISSN 0302 9743 PHP Manual Collecting Cycles Bacon David F Cheng Perry Shukla Sunil 2013 And Then There Were None A Stall Free Real Time Garbage Collector for Reconfigurable Hardware Communications of the ACM 56 12 101 109 doi 10 1145 2534706 2534726 ISSN 0001 0782 S2CID 52901561 Moss Eliot 2013 The cleanest garbage collection Communications of the ACM 56 12 100 doi 10 1145 2534706 2534725 ISSN 0001 0782 S2CID 9688334 ACM SIGPLAN Research Highlights Bacon David F 1997 Fast and Effective Optimization of Statically Typed Object Oriented Languages PDF Ph D thesis University of California Berkeley Bacon David F Sweeney Peter F 1996 Fast static analysis of C virtual function calls ACM SIGPLAN Notices 31 10 324 341 CiteSeerX 10 1 1 69 2267 doi 10 1145 236338 236371 ISSN 0362 1340 The Soot framework for Java program analysis Go Documentation package rta Bacon David F Konuru Ravi Murthy Chet Serrano Mauricio 1998 Thin locks ACM SIGPLAN Notices 33 5 258 268 doi 10 1145 277652 277734 ISSN 0362 1340 S2CID 16929488 20 Years of PLDI 1979 1999 A Selection Kathryn S McKinley EditorExternal links EditAuthor profile on Google scholar List of publications on DBLP List of patents Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title David F Bacon amp oldid 1170973237, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
