Department of Computer Science
   151 Engineer's Way
   Charlottesville, VA 22904
     
   Office: Olsson 215
   Phone: (434) 982-2209
   Fax: (434) 982-2214
   E-mail: jwd@virginia.edu

I am Professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Virginia.

I have several on going research projects. Please contact me if you are interested in more information..

• I was a principal investigator of the National Compiler Infrastructure (NCI) project funded by DARPA and NSF. Zephyr, a tool suite for compiler and architecture research, is the centerpiece of this work. The NCI work is continuing under both industrial and government funding. 
• I am also a principal investigator of a recently funded NSF project to design and build new software development environments for high-performance embedded applications (e.g., wireless video, digital cameras,  etc.). This is joint work with Doug Jones of University of Illinois and David Whalley of Florida State University.
• I am also working on dynamic optimization with a focus on performance-driven computing. This is joint work with Bruce Childers and Mary Lou Soffa both of University of Pittsburgh.

I am also the coauthor of two introductory programming textbooks. C++ Program Design, 3e, a best-selling introductory programming textbook that teaches programming and object-oriented design using C++ . It includes a simple graphics package, called EzWindows, that exposes beginning programmers to event-based programming.

Java Program Design was published early summer 2003. This textbook teaches programming and object-oriented design using Java. Accompanying the textbook are instructor Powerpoint slides, a solution manual for the exercises, and a bank of test questions.

Last updated: 07 October 2003 by Jack W. Davidson