Bryant York Recognized for Outstanding Contributions to Society

Professor Bryant York recently received an Outstanding Achievement and Advocacy Award from the University of Massachusetts Department of Computer Science for Outstanding Contributions to Society. He received the award for his leadership in computer science education, commitment to diversity in computing disciplines and continuing service to computing research nationally and internationally. Congratulations, Bryant. Bryant York (M.S. 1976, Ph.D. 1981), Professor, Computer Science Department and Co-Director, Laboratory for Learning and Adaptive Systems, Portland State University Bryant York is Professor of Computer Science at Portland State University and a long-term contributor to education, to increasing diversity, and to promoting research. He is on the Computer Research Association (CRA) Board of Directors, is the Chair of the Coalition to Diversify Computing, and is a Founding Director of the Institute for African American eCulture. In addition, he is a member of the NSF Advisory Committee for the Education and Human Resources Directorate, having previously served on the NSF Computer Information Science and Engineering advisory board. He received the first African American Researchers in Computer Science (AARCS) Footprints Award, the CRA Habermann Award, and the first Richard A. Tapia Achievement Award for Scientific Scholarship. Dr. York’s research focuses on the design of parallel and distributed algorithms for large-scale scientific computations. In his Adaptive Learning Lab, he and his students are integrating machine learning, data mining and traditional AI techniques to improve aspects of human cognition. He was a researcher at IBM Research Labs and Digital Equipment Corporation for several years. He was named an ACM Fellow in 2006. Dr. York received an A.B. in Mathematics from Brandeis University in 1967, the M.S. in Management from MIT in 1971, and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Computer Science from the University of Massachusetts Amherst in 1976 and 1981, respectively.