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'''Bruce W. Leverett''',<br/>
an American [[FIDE]] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIDE_titles#FIDE_Master_.28FM.29 master of chess] <ref>[http://ratings.fide.com/card.phtml?event=2002906 Leverett, Bruce W FIDE Chess Profile]</ref>, computer scientist, and software engineer at [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panasas Panasas], a provider storage solutions. He received a Ph.D. in computer science from [[Carnegie Mellon University]] in 1981 on [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Register_allocation register allocation in optimizing compilers] <ref>[[Bruce W. Leverett]] ('''1981'''). ''Register allocation in optimizing compilers''. Ph.D. thesis, [[Carnegie Mellon University]], advisor [[Mathematician#WiWulf|William A. Wulf]]</ref>. His research interests in academics and industry, beside [[Optimization|compiler optimization]] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code_generation_%28compiler%29 code generation], include [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memory_management memory management] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_system file systems], where he contributed to the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/POSIX POSIX] compliant [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Episode_filesystem Episode filesystem] <ref>[https://dblp.uni-trier.de/pers/hd/c/Chutani:Sailesh.html Sailesh Chutani], [https://dblp.uni-trier.de/pers/hd/a/Anderson:Owen_T=.html Owen T. Anderson], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_L._Kazar Michael L. Kazar], [[Bruce W. Leverett]], [https://dblp.uni-trier.de/pers/hd/m/Mason:W=_Anthony.html W. Anthony Mason], [https://dblp.uni-trier.de/pers/hd/s/Sidebotham:Robert_N=.html Robert N. Sidebotham] ('''1992'''). ''The Episode File System''. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transarc Transarc], [http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.37.6439 CiteSeerX]</ref>.
As undergraduate at [[Harvard University]] in the early 70s, he wrote the chess program [[Leverett CP]] which participated the [[ACM 1972]]. Labeled by tournament director [[David Levy]] as "the joke of the tournament", Leverett attributed the tie for the last place to "poor programming" <ref>[https://www.thecrimson.com/article/1972/8/22/computers-compete-in-sheraton-chess-match/ Computers Compete in Sheraton Chess Match] by [https://www.thecrimson.com/writer/1200913/Peter__Koretsky/ Peter Koretsky], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Harvard_Crimson The Harvard Crimson], August 22, 1972</ref>.
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