Hsiang-Tsung Kung 孔祥重 Election Year 1990 John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Harvard University
150 Western Avenue
Allston, MA 02134
USA Tel: +1 617-496-6211
Current Positions
William H. Gates Professor of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, Harvard University
Education
B.S., National Tsing Hua University (1968)
Ph.D., Carnegie Mellon University (1973)
Professional Experience
Carnegie Mellon University:
Research Associate (1973-1974), Assistant Professor (1974-1978), Associate Professor (1978-1982), Professor (1982-1985), Shell Distinguished Professor (1985-1992)
Harvard University:
Gordon McKay Professor (1992-1997), William H. Gates Professor of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering (1997-Present)
Specialties
Computer Science
Awards and Honors
Guggenheim Fellowship (1983-1984)
IEEE Computer Society Charles Babbage Award (1990)
Pittsburgh Intellectual Property Law Association Inventor of the Year Award (1991)
Shell Distinguished Chair in Computer Science (1985-1991)
Achievement Award, Chinese Institute of Engineers, USA (1988)
Academician, Academia Sinica, Taiwan (1990)
Member, National Academy of Engineering, USA (1992)
ACM Special Interest Group in Operating Systems (SIGOPS) Hall of Fame Award (2015)
IEEE Computer Society Technical Community on Distributed Processing (TCDP) Award (2023)