William A. Wulf

Dr. Wulf is a University Professor and the AT&T Professor of Engineering and Applied Science at the University of Virginia. Among his activities at the University were a complete revision of the undergraduate Computer Science curriculum, research on computer architecture and computer security, and an effort to assist humanities scholars exploit information technology.

In his time away from academe, Dr. Wulf served as President of the National Academy of Engineering from 1996-2007. In 1988-90 Dr. Wulf was Assistant Director of the National Science Foundation (NSF) where he headed the Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE).

Prior to joining Virginia, Dr. Wulf founded Tartan Laboratories, a software company, and served as its Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. The technical basis for Tartan was research by Dr. Wulf while he was a Professor of Computer Science at Carnegie-Mellon University, where he was Acting Head of the Department from 1978-1979. At Carnegie-Mellon Dr. Wulf's research spanned programming systems and computer architecture.

While at Carnegie-Mellon and Tartan, Dr. Wulf was active in the "high tech" community in Pittsburgh. He helped found the Pittsburgh High Technology Council and served as Vice President and Director from its creation. He also helped found the CEO Network, the CEO Venture Fund, and served as an advisor to the Western Pennsylvania Advanced Technology Center. In 1983 he was awarded the Enterprise "Man of the Year" Award for these and other activities.