The Languages and Compilers Group at Columbia.

The Columbia Esterel Compiler

Apple2fpga: A reconstruction of an Apple II+ on a FPGA

Stephen A. Edwards is a tenured associate professor in the Computer Science Department of Columbia University. He obtained his Ph.D from the University of California, Berkeley in 1997, his MS from Berkeley in 1994, and his BS from the California Institute of Technology in 1992, all in Electrical Engineering. Before pursuing his academic career in 2001, he worked for two Electronic Design Automation (EDA) companies, Simplex Solutions, now part of Cadence, and Synopsys.

Professor Edwards and his group explore automating the creation of software for embedded systems: application-specific computers hiding in a growing number of industrial and consumer systems. They have developed numerous compilation techniques for the Esterel synchronous language for real-time control and are also developing domain-specific languages for device drivers and communication protocols.

Current PhD students:
  Baolin Shao 2008-
  Sungjun Kim 2008-
  Nalini Vasudevan 2007-

Graduated PhD students:
  Marcio Buss 2004-2008
  Jia Zeng 2002-2008
  Cristian Soviani, 2002-2007

Former Postdoc:
  Olivier Tardieu, 2004-2006

Brother:
  Prof. Ryan Edwards, Queens College, CUNY

Wife:
  Nina Edwards, Illustrator

Prof. Edwards supported in part by the National Science Foundation.