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David Patterson
Biography
David Patterson is a Google Distinguished Engineer since 2016, a University of California, Berkeley, Pardee Professor Emeritus, the RIOS Laboratory director, and the RISC-V International vice chair.

His most influential Berkeley projects likely were RISC and RAID. He has received service awards for his roles as ACM President, Berkeley CS Division Chair, and CRA Chair, and awards for his teaching. The most prominent of his seven co-authored books is "Computer Architecture: A Quantitative Approach." David and co-author John Hennessy shared the 2017 ACM A.M Turing Award, the 2021 BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award, and the 2022 NAE Charles Stark Draper Prize for Engineering. The Turing Award is often referred to as the “Nobel Prize of computing” and the Draper Prize is considered the “Nobel Prize of engineering.”

David received his BA, MS, and PhD from the University of California, Los Angeles.
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1:30pm - 3:00pm CST Tuesday, 18 November 2025 240-241-242
AI, Machine Learning, & Deep Learning
Power Use Monitoring & Optimization
SC Community Hot Topics
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