Emery D Berger

Emery D Berger is a Professor at the University of Massachusetts Amherst in the College of Information and Computer Sciences, with notable roles as a Visiting Scientist at Microsoft Research and BarcelonaTech. He earned his PhD from the University of Texas at Austin in 2002.

• Education: PhD in Computer Science, University of Texas at Austin (2002)

His research focuses on systems that enhance software reliability, security, and performance through innovations in programming languages, runtime systems, and operating systems. Key projects include memory managers like Hoard (used in Mac OS X), DieHard (influenced Windows 7), DieHarder (inspired Windows 8 hardening), and the Coz profiler (included in Linux). He also created CSrankings.org, used by over 1 million users since 2016.

Scientific Awards:

• Most Influential Paper Awards at ASPLOS, OOPSLA, and PLDI
• Microsoft Research Fellowship
• NSF CAREER Award
• Lilly Teaching Fellowship
• Google Research Award
• Microsoft SEIF Award
• ACM Fellow (2019)

Berger contributes actively to academic leadership, serving on the SIGPLAN Executive Committee, chairing conference program committees (PLDI 2016, ASPLOS 2021), and acting as Associate Editor for ACM Transactions on Programming Languages and Systems for a decade.