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Jack Dongarra
Computer scientist

Jack Dongarra

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Creating numerical software used in high-performance computing.

LINPACK and LAPACK · Netlib

Born
18 July 1950
Birthplace
Chicago

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Jack Dongarra

American computer scientist whose algorithms and software libraries helped scientific computation adapt to changing hardware. His collaborative work underpins many widely used mathematical tools.

Early life

Education

Studied mathematics at Chicago State and computer science at Illinois Institute of Technology before completing a New Mexico doctorate with Cleve Moler in 1980.

Career

  1. 1980

    Doctorate

    Completed research in applied mathematics.

  2. 1989

    Tennessee move

    Left Argonne for an academic career at the University of Tennessee.

  3. 2021

    Turing Award

    Received recognition for numerical algorithms and software.

Contributions

LINPACK and LAPACK

Helped build reliable libraries for numerical linear algebra.

Netlib

Worked with Eric Grosse to make mathematical software readily available.

Beyond work

Teaching and collaboration

Originally hoped to become a high-school science teacher in Chicago. He eventually taught at the University of Tennessee for 33 years, valuing the freedom to pursue research and work with colleagues internationally.

Sources & photo creditBiography and career ↗Biographical references ↗Teaching and collaboration — biographical source ↗Distinctive contribution — source ↗

Original photograph. Cropped and displayed in monochrome.

Photo: ICLTSG. CC BY-SA 4.0 · Original image. Cropped and displayed in monochrome.