HP Fellows

Pioneers in their fields, the HP Fellows set the standards for technical excellence and drive the direction of research in their respective disciplines. They are creating the future in fundamental areas, from computer architecture, nanometer-scale electronics and data compression, to the dynamics of information.

Here's a brief look at their work and lives:

HP Senior Fellows

Bernardo Huberman is leading a new research effort in information dynamics, examining the relationship between the local actions and the global behavior of large distributed systems such as the Internet. Huberman, a Fellow of the American Physical Society, is one of the creators of the field of ecology of computation.

Norman Jouppi is recognized for his groundbreaking work in the design and analysis of high-performance micro processors and memory systems. He is currently leading the HP Labs effort to design and develop advanced architectures for data systems.

Chandrakant Patel, known for his pioneering work in energy-efficient computing, is responsible for strategically engaging in thermo-mechanical research for future microprocessors, workstations, servers and data centers. His research now focuses on developing a "smart" data center that integrates power, cooling and system architecture.

Robert E. Tarjan is a well-known expert in the design and analysis of computer algorithms. He is a member of Hewlett Packard's Office of Strategy and Technology. Among other honors, Tarjan received the first Nevanlinna Prize in Information Science in 1983 and the Turing Award in 1986.

Stan Williams leads HP's quantum science research, exploring new approaches to nanometer-scale electronics that could become the integrated circuits of the future. Among other honors, Williams is a winner of the Feynman Prize for Nanotechnology and the Julius Springer Award for Applied Physics.

Other HP Fellows in HP Labs

Ray Beausoleil is recognized for his groundbreaking work in the area of nanophotonics for integrated circuit applications. He was the key technical contributor to the launch of HP Labs' Information and Quantum Systems Laboratory's optical interconnects program.

Umesh Dayal is a widely known expert in data management, data mining, and business-process management who has made fundamental contributions to the field. He currently leads the intelligent enterprise research program, which combines decision technologies, business-process management and enterprise solutions technologies.

Goetz Graefe is a widely known expert in is one of the most accomplished and influential technologists in the areas of database query optimization and query processing. He is currently pursuing research in business intelligence, specifically on improving robustness, reliability and total cost of ownership of HP's business intelligence products.

Jeff Mogul has contributed extensively to the understanding and design of Internet protocols and servers, especially but not exclusively concerning HTTP. He likes to work at the boundary between networks and operating systems, and at the boundary between corporate and academic research.

Partha Ranganathan is recognized for his vision and leadership in server and datacenter system architecture innovation. He has consistently made key research contributions by bridging research from multiple interdisciplinary areas. He’s also widely recognized as one of the world’s leading experts in the area of energy efficiency and server architectures.

Ronald Schafer is recognized as one of the world's leading authorities on digital signal processing. Schafer, who co-authored the digital signal processing field's definitive guide and did some of the earliest research in the field, is currently exploring problems of acoustic signal processing for audio communication and entertainment.

Bruce Walker is recognized for pioneering achievements in Unix clustering, cluster file systems and SSI (Single System Image) clustering.