Dan Grossman

Dan Grossman is a Professor and Vice Director at the Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering, University of Washington, where he has been a faculty member since 2003. His expertise spans programming languages, software engineering, and computing education research, with interdisciplinary collaborations in computer architecture and hardware/software interface studies.

• Education: Ph.D. from Cornell University, undergraduate from Rice University
• Service: ACM SIGPLAN Executive Committee, CRA Board (2014–2023), Program Chair for PLDI 2018

His research focuses on bridging theoretical and applied aspects of programming languages, contributing to high-impact publications and curriculum development. He leads a popular MOOC on programming languages and functional programming, which has been available since 2016.

Scientific awards include the J. Ray Bowen Professorship for Innovation in Engineering Education. He has served on over 30 conference program committees and contributed to ACM/IEEE-CS curriculum guidelines.