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Bill Dally

ビル・ダリー　/　びる・だりー

Computer scientist

August 17, 1960 (age 65)

computer scientist
engineer
university teacher

My Take

Bill Dally is one of those figures whose fingerprints are everywhere yet whose name most people never see. As Nvidia's chief scientist, his decades of work on parallel computing and chip architecture quietly underpin the entire AI boom we are living through. The pile of honors, the Eckert-Mauchly and Seymour Cray awards, ACM and IEEE fellowships, tells you peers consider him foundational, not merely accomplished. What strikes me most is that he kept one foot in academia at Stanford and MIT, shaping the next generation even while driving industry. I have deep respect for these behind-the-scenes architects who build the future others get famous using.

Overview

William James Dally (born August 17, 1960) is an American computer scientist and educator. He is the chief scientist and senior vice president at Nvidia and was previously a professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at Stanford University and MIT. Since 2021, he has been a member of the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST).

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Bill Dally
Name (Japanese): ビル・ダリー
Reading: びる・だりー
Born: August 17, 1960 (age 65)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Leo / Rat
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: computer scientist / engineer / university teacher / academic / electrical engineer

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: Stanford University

Awards & achievements

2010 Eckert–Mauchly Award
2004 Seymour Cray Computer Engineering Award
2000 Maurice Wilkes Award
2002 ACM Fellow
2001 IEEE Fellow
2006 Charles Babbage Award

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

6. Links

Official sitehttps://profiles.stanford.edu/william-dally
Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%93%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%83%80%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC

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