Francine Berman

Who is Francine Berman?

Francine Berman is an American computer scientist, and a leader in digital data preservation and cyber-infrastructure. In 2009, she was the inaugural recipient of the IEEE/ACM-CS Ken Kennedy Award "for her influential leadership in the design, development and deployment of national-scale cyberinfrastructure, her inspiring work as a teacher and mentor, and her exemplary service to the high performance community". In 2004, Business Week called her the "reigning teraflop queen".

Berman is the former Director of the San Diego Supercomputer Center, and High Performance Computing Endowed Chair and a former Professor of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of California, San Diego. Since 2009, she has served as Vice President for Research and Professor of Computer Science at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. In 2011, Berman was appointed co-Chair of the National Academies Board on Research Data and Information.