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Bill Dally

William James Dally (born August 17, 1960) is an American computer scientist and educator. He is the chief scientist and senior vice president at Nvidia and was previously a professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at Stanford University and MIT. Since 2021, he has been a member of the President's Council of Advisors on Science and…

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Awards
Maurice Wilkes Award (2000) · ACM Fellow (2002) · IEEE Fellow (2002) · Seymour Cray Award (2004) · Charles Babbage Award (2006)
Education
Virginia Tech (BS) · Stanford University (MS) · California Institute of Technology (PhD)
Born
William James Dally (1960-08-17) August 17, 1960 (age 66)
Doctoral advisor
Charles Seitz
Doctoral students
Andrew A. Chien · Stephen W. Keckler
Thesis
A VLSI Architecture for Concurrent Data Structures (1986)

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Awards · 9
Bill Dally → AAA&S Fellow (2007), ACM Fellow (2002), Benjamin Franklin Medal (2025), Charles Babbage Award (2006), Eckert–Mauchly Award (2010), IEEE Fellow (2002), Maurice Wilkes Award (2000), Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering (2025), Seymour Cray Award (2004)
Workplaces · 6
Bill Dally → Bell Labs, MIT, Nvidia, Stac Electronics, Stanford, Stream Processors, Inc.
Education · 3
Bill Dally → California Institute of Technology (PhD), Stanford University (MS), Virginia Tech (BS)
Doctoral students · 2
Bill Dally → Andrew A. Chien, Stephen W. Keckler
Born · 1
Bill Dally → William James Dally (1960-08-17) August 17, 1960 (age 66)
Doctoral advisor · 1
Bill Dally → Charles Seitz
Thesis · 1
Bill Dally → A VLSI Architecture for Concurrent Data Structures (1986)

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Bill DallyAwardsEckert–Mauchly Award (2010)1.00infobox
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Bill DallyAwardsQueen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering (2025)1.00infobox
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Bill DallyDoctoral studentsStephen W. Keckler1.00infobox
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