Farnam Jahanian

Farnam Jahanian
10th President of the Carnegie Mellon University
Assumed office
2017
Preceded by Subra Suresh
Personal details
Born Iran
Nationality Iranian-American
Spouse(s) Tris Jahanian
Children 3
Occupation Computer scientist, academic administrator
Known for President of Carnegie Mellon University
Education
Scientific career
Fields Computer science
Institutions
Thesis Specification and analysis of timing properties in real-time systems (1988)
Doctoral advisor Aloysius K. Mok

Farnam Jahanian is an Iranian-born American computer scientist and academic. He serves as the 10th president of Carnegie Mellon University.

Early life

Farnam Jahanian was born in Iran.[1] He emigrated to the United States in 1977 after completing high school. Jahanian received a Bachelor of Science degree in computer science from the University of Texas at San Antonio in 1982.[2] He earned a master's degree in 1987 and a PhD in computer science in 1989 from the University of Texas at Austin.[3]

Career

Jahanian began his career at the Thomas J. Watson Research Center.[3] In 1993, he joined the department of computer science and engineering at the University of Michigan, and was later promoted as the Edward S. Davidson collegiate professor.[3] He was also the department chair from 2007 to 2011.[3] At the same time, he was the co-founder and chairman of Arbor Networks from 2001 to 2010.[3]

Jahanian was the head of the National Science Foundation Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering from 2011 to 2014.[3] He was the vice president for research from 2014 to 2015, then provost and chief academic officer of Carnegie Mellon University from 2015 to 2017.[3] Since July 1, 2017, he has served as its president, succeeding Subra Suresh, first as interim president[3][4] and later, since March 8, 2018, as president.[5][2]

Jahanian was named a "great immigrant" by the Carnegie Corporation of New York in 2016.[6]

One of the most cited papers of Jahanian is "Safety analysis of timing properties in real-time systems".[7]

Personal life

Jahanian has a wife, Tris, and three children.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "A Wordless Way to Teach Math". The Chronicle of Higher Education. July 31, 2016. Retrieved October 12, 2017.
  2. 1 2 Post-Gazette, Pittsburgh (March 8, 2018). "Carnegie Mellon University names Farnam Jahanian as its new president". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Leadership: President: Farnam Jahanian (interim)". Carnegie Mellon University. Retrieved October 12, 2017.
  4. ↑ Schacker, Bill (June 14, 2017). "CMU names interim president". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved October 12, 2017.
  5. ↑ "Farnam Jahanian Named President of Carnegie Mellon University". Carnegie Mellon University. March 8, 2018.
  6. ↑ "2016 Great Immigrants Honorees: The Pride of America". Carnegie Foundation. June 30, 2016. Retrieved October 12, 2017.
  7. ↑ http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/6313045/?reload=true
Academic offices
Preceded by
Subra Suresh		 President, Carnegie Mellon University
2017present		 Succeeded by
Incumbent



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