Sebastian Elbaum
{{short description|American computer scientist}}
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Sebastian Elbaum is an Argentinian-American computer scientist. He is a professor at the University of Virginia. Dr. Elbaum was elected as a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers in "recognition of his contributions of testing techniques for evolving systems. He was also named to the 2022 class of ACM Fellows, "for contributions to the analysis and testing of evolving systems and robotic systems".{{cite web|url=https://www.acm.org/media-center/2023/january/fellows-2022|title=Global computing association names 57 fellows for outstanding contributions that propel technology today|publisher=Association for Computing Machinery|date=January 18, 2023|access-date=2023-01-18}}"
Early life and education
Elbaum received his Ph.D. from the University of Idaho and a Systems Engineering degree from Catholic University of Córdoba.{{cite web |title=Sebastian Elbaum |url=https://engineering.virginia.edu/faculty/sebastian-elbaum |website=engineering.virginia.edu |date=15 August 2018 |access-date=May 5, 2021}}
Career
Upon completing his education, Elbaum accepted a faculty position at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln where he co-founded two international recognized labs, the E2 Software Engineering Lab and the Nimbus Robotics Lab. He received a $36,500 Google Faculty Research Award and National Science Foundation Award for his project "Solving the Search for Code with Inputs and Outputs" for one year.{{cite web |title=Congratulations to Sebastian Elbaum! |url=https://newsroom.unl.edu/announce/cse/1513/9026 |website=newsroom.unl.edu |access-date=May 5, 2021 |date=September 19, 2012}}{{cite web |title=Sebastian Elbaum Receives NSF Award |url=https://newsroom.unl.edu/announce/cse/1422/8273 |website=newsroom.unl.edu |access-date=May 5, 2021 |date=August 8, 2012}} The following year, he collaborated with Carrick Detweiler for their project "Co-Aerial Ecologist: Robotic Water Sampling and Sensing in the Wild" project as part of the National Robotics Initiative.{{cite web |last1=Fedderson |first1=Troy |title=Detweiler, Elbaum lead project to build water-collecting drone |url=https://news.unl.edu/newsrooms/today/article/detweiler-elbaum-lead-project-to-build-water-collecting-drone/ |website=news.unl.edu |access-date=May 5, 2021 |date=September 3, 2013}} In 2015, Elbaum was appointed to the rank of Willa Cather/Charles Bessey Professorship.{{cite web |title=9 faculty earn professorships |url=https://news.unl.edu/newsrooms/unltoday/article/9-faculty-earn-professorships/ |website=news.unl.edu |access-date=May 5, 2021 |date=March 9, 2015}}
Elbaum eventually left the University of Nebraska–Lincoln in 2018 to accept a similar position at the University of Virginia. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Elbaum was elected a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers in "recognition of his contributions of testing techniques for evolving systems."{{cite web |last1=Book |first1=Audra |title=Elbaum was selected for his contributions of testing techniques for evolving systems. |url=https://engineering.virginia.edu/news/2021/02/uva-engineering-professor-sebastian-elbaum-named-ieee-fellow |website=virginia.edu |access-date=May 5, 2021 |date=February 25, 2021}} He was named to the 2022 class of ACM Fellows, "for contributions to the analysis and testing of evolving systems and robotic systems".{{cite web|url=https://www.acm.org/media-center/2023/january/fellows-2022|title=Global computing association names 57 fellows for outstanding contributions that propel technology today|publisher=Association for Computing Machinery|date=January 18, 2023|access-date=2023-01-18}}
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External links
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Category:American computer scientists
Category:2022 fellows of the Association for Computing Machinery
Category:University of Idaho alumni
Category:University of Virginia faculty
Category:University of Nebraska–Lincoln faculty