The Directory of Research and Researchers at Brown: John Savage

A recurring theme in Prof. Savage's work is the development of fundamental limits on computation, a theme that emerged in his study of the complexity of decoders for error correcting codes. His interests also include the design and analysis of algorithms, which has been expressed in several areas including serial and parallel computer aided design, and distributed computing for scientific computation. His current research is on computational nanotechnology, coded computation, and cybersecurity.

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Professor Savage earned his PhD in Electrical Engineering at MIT in 1965 specializing in coding and information theory. He joined Bell Laboratories in 1965 and the faculty of the Division of Engineering at Brown in 1967. In 1979 he co-founded the Department of Computer Science and served as its second chair from 1985 to 1991. By the early 1970s his research interests changed to theoretical computer science. His current research focus is computational nanotechnology, reliable computation with unreliable components, and cybersecurity. He is a Fellow of AAAS and ACM, a Life Fellow of IEEE, and a Guggenheim Fellow. He is serving as a Jefferson Science Fellow during the 2010 academic year in the US State Department.

Professor Savage has been heavily involved in departmental, faculty and university affairs. His recent assignments include Chair of the Faculty (2001-2002), Chair of the Task Force on Faculty Governance (2002-2003) that revised the faculty committee structure in one year, member of the Academic Priorities Committee (2002-2003), Chair of the Search Committee for the Vice President for Public Affairs and University Relations (2003-2004), and President of the Faculty Club Board of Managers (1998-2001).

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JOHN SAVAGE, BSc, MSc, PhD
Professor
Computer Science
Phone: +1 401 863 7642
Phone 2: +1 401 863 7600
E-mail: John_Savage@Brown.EDU

John Savage's Brown Research URL:
http://research.brown.edu/myresearch/John_Savage

On The Web:
John Savage's Home Page

Collaborators at other institutions:
Andre' DeHon

Lee-Ad Gottlieb

Benjamin Gojman

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