Grad Cohort Workshop
clarke@cs.umass.edu
Lori A. Clarke is a professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and co-director of the Laboratory for Advanced Software Engineering Research (LASER). She is a Fellow of the ACM, a Fellow of the IEEE, and a board member of the Computing Research Association’s Committee on the Status of Women in Computing Research (CRA-W). She is a former board member and vice chair of the Computing Research Association (CRA), co-chair of CRA-W, IEEE Publication Board member, associate editor of ACM TOPLAS and IEEE TSE, member of the CCR NSF advisory board, ACM SIGSOFT secretary/treasurer, vice-chair and chair, IEEE Distinguished Visitor, and ACM National Lecturer. She received a 2009 College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics Outstanding Faculty Service Award, a 2004 Distinguished Engineering Alumni Award from the University of Colorado, Boulder, the 2002 SIGSOFT Distinguished Service Award, a 1993 University Faculty Fellowship, and a 1991 University of Massachusetts Distinguished Faculty Chancellor's Medal. She has written numerous papers, served on many program committees, and was program co-chair of the 14th and general chair of the 25th International Conference on Software Engineering. She has been a Principal Investigator on a number of NSF and DARPA projects.
Dr. Clarke's research is in the area of software engineering, primarily focusing on finite-state verification of distributed systems and requirements engineering. Recently she has been investigating applying software engineering technologies to detect errors and vulnerabilities in complex processes in domains such as medicine, scientific workflow, and digital government. She is also involved in several efforts to increase participation of underrepresented groups in computing research.