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<B><H1>W. Richards Adrion</H1></B>
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<DL><DT> Professor, <!WA1><A HREF = "http://www.cs.umass.edu/">Department of Computer Science</A> 
<DT> Director,
<DD> Centers for Real-Time and Intelligent Complex Computing Systems (<!WA2><A HREF = "http://www.cs.umass.edu/~adrion/Criccs_centers.html">CRICCS</A>)
<DT> 307 Lederle Graduate Research Center
<DT> Box 34610 University of Massachusetts, Amherst 
<DT> Amherst, MA 01003-4610 
<DT> Phone: [phone]
<dt>Internet: <!WA3><a href=mailto:[e-mail]>[e-mail]</a></DL>
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<H3><!WA4><A HREF = "http://www.cs.umass.edu/~adrion/adrion-research.html">Research Interests</A></H3>

My current research is in two areas: the analysis and verification of concurrent, real-time computing systems and applications and models for technology transfer and diffusion.  

<H3>Selected Recent Publications</H3>
<DL><DT> "A Three-Pronged Strategy for Technology Creation, Transfer and Absorption", Proceedings of the IFIP Conference on Diffusion, Transfer & Implementation of Information Technology, October, 1993. (with P. McOwen).
<DT> "From Discipline in Crisis to Mature Science: Evolving Needs for Computing Research Infrastructure", IEEE Computer, December 1992. (with E. Lazowska and A. van Dam)
<DT> "From Basic Research in Computer Science to the Marketplace", Industry and Higher Education, Vol.5, No. 1 (1991) (with J. Chernoff and P. McOwen).
<DT> "Testing of Concurrent and Real-Time Systems", Proceedings of the ONR Workshop on Testing, Analysis and Verification, San Diego, August 1989.
<dt> <!WA5><A HREF = "http://www.cs.umass.edu/~adrion/adrion-pubs.html">More publications</A>
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<H3><!WA6><A HREF = "http://www.cs.umass.edu/~adrion/adrion-education.html">Education</A></H3>
William Richards Adrion received his B.S. and M.E.(E.) in Electrical
Engineering from Cornell University in 1966 and 1967, respectively,
and the Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from The University of Texas
at Austin in 1971.
<H3><!WA7><A HREF = "http://www.cs.umass.edu/~adrion/adrion-experience.html">Experience</A></H3>
Adrion is Professor of Computer Science at the
University of Massachusetts, Amherst and Director of the Center for
Research on Intelligent Complex Computing Systems. He served as chair of
the department from 1986-1994. Adrion is
a founder and chairman of the board of the Applied
Computing Systems Institute of Massachusetts---a corporation designed to transfer technology
developed at the University of Massachusetts. Previously, he has held
permanent and visiting  positions with The University of Texas, Austin,
Oregon State University, National Science Foundation, National Bureau of
Standards, American University, Georgetown University, the University
of California, Berkeley and the Universite' de Paris-Sud Laboratoire de
Recherche en Informatique.  Adrion was the founder and served
as Editor in Chief of</I>
ACM Transactions on Software Engineering
and Methodology</I> and is a director of the Computing Research
Association.
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