Texas A&M University Computer Science and Engineering Assistant Professor Dr. Jeff Huang has been selected by the Scientific Committee of the Heidelberg Laureate Forum Foundation (HLFF) to participate in the 3rd Heidelberg Laureate Forum. Only the 200 most qualified young researchers are granted the opportunity to experience the unique atmosphere of the Heidelberg Laureate Forum.
According to the foundation's website, “In times when communication is increasingly relegated to technical platforms and digital media it is particularly important to create an environment for personal communication among people who are dedicated to science, among role models and young researchers. For physics, chemistry and life sciences the Lindau Meetings have provided such an opportunity for over 60 years now. Doing the same thing for the oldest scientific discipline, mathematics, and one of the youngest, computer science, is arguably overdue, and the Heidelberg Laureate Forum will try to close that gap.”
The prestigious forum will be held from Aug. 23-28 in Heidelberg, Germany where accepted young researchers will have the opportunity to personally meet the winners of the most prestigious prizes in their fields. The event combines scientific, social and outreach activities for an unforgettable experience.
Twenty-four laureates attended last year’s Forum, including Martin Hairer and Manjul Bhargava, both 2014 Fields Medalists, and 2013 ACM A.M. Turing Award winner, Leslie Lamport. This year several award winners will also be in attendance including 2015 Abel Prize recipient, Louis Nirenberg, and Leslie G. Valiant, who won both the Nevanlinna Prize in 1986 and the ACM A.M. Turing Award in 2010. The Forum format consists of formal lectures in the morning and the remainder of the day is set aside for the young researchers to meet informally with the Laureate scientists, as well as with their peers from around the world.
Huang joined the department and Parasol Laboratory in fall 2014. He received his bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from the National University of Defense Technology, China, and his Ph.D. in computer science from Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. His research interests include software engineering, programming languages, concurrency and runtime verification.
He has received the ACM SIGPLAN PLDI Distinguished Paper Award, the ACM SIGSOFT Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award, ACM SIGPLAN Research Highlights, and most recently the Google Faculty Research Award.