Bjarne Stroustrup

Bjarne Stroustrup

Professor of Computer Science

Bjarne Stroustrup is a professor of Computer Science at Columbia University in New York City.

He is the designer and original implementer of C++ as well as the author of The C++ Programming Language (4th Edition) and A Tour of C++ (3rd edition), Programming: Principles and Practice using C++ (3rd Edition), and many popular and academic publications.

Dr. Stroustrup is a member of the US National Academy of Engineering, and an IEEE, ACM, and CHM fellow. He received the 2018 Charles Stark Draper Prize, the IEEE Computer Society's 2018 Computer Pioneer Award, and the 2017 IET Faraday Medal.

He holds a master's in Mathematics from Aarhus University, where he is an honorary professor, and a PhD in Computer Science from Cambridge University, where he is an honorary fellow of Churchill College.

Research Areas

  • Software Systems
  • Networks and Distributed Systems
  • Networked and Distributed Systems
  • Programming Languages

Additional information

  • Professional Experience
    • Professor, Columbia University, New York, July 2022 – present
    • Technical Fellow, Morgan Stanley, New York, January 2019 – April 2022
    • Managing Director, Division of Technology and Data, Morgan Stanley, New York, January 2014 – April 2022
    • Visiting Professor, Columbia University, New York, January 2014 – July 2022
    • Visiting Professor in the Computer Lab and Fellow of Churchill College, Cambridge University, Spring 2012
    • Visiting Professor in the Computer Science Department, Princeton University, Fall 2011
    • The College of Engineering Chair Professor in Computer Science, Department of Computer Science, Texas A&M University, October 2002 – January 2014
    • Department Head, AT&T Laboratories – Research, Florham Park, New Jersey, July 1995 – October 2002
    • Distinguished Member of Technical Staff, AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, NJ, June 1987 – July 1995
    • Member of Technical Staff, AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, NJ, March 1979 – June 1987
  • Professional Affiliations
    • Member, U.S. National Academy of Engineering
    • Fellow, ACM
    • Fellow, IEEE
    • Fellow, Computer History Museum
  • Honors & Awards
    • 2019 Honorary doctor of University Carlos III in Madrid, Spain
    • 2018 The John Scott Legacy Medal and Premium from The Franklin Institute and the City Council of Philadelphia
    • 2018 The Computer Pioneer Award from The IEEE Computer Society
    • 2018 The Charles Stark Draper Prize from The US National Academy of Engineering
    • 2017 The Faraday Medal from the IET (Institute of Engineering Technology)
    • 2015 Fellow of the Computer History Museum
    • 2015 The Dahl-Nygaard senior prize from The European Organization for Object-Oriented Technologies
    • 2010 The University of Aarhus's Rigmor og Carl Holst-Knudsens Videnskapspris
    • 2008 Dr. Dobb's Excellence in Programming award
    • 2005 The William Procter Prize for Scientific Achievement from Sigma Xi (the scientific research society)
    • 2005 Fellow of the IEEE
    • 1993 Fellow of the ACM
  • Education
    • PhD, Computer Science, Cambridge University
    • Cand. Scient., Mathematics with Computer Science, Aarhus University