Curt Clifton

Curt Clifton is an assistant professor in the Dept. of Computer Science and Software Engineering at Rose-Hulman Inst. of Technology. Dr. Clifton earned his Ph.D. in Computer Science from Iowa State University in 2005. His research interests include language design and implementation and software engineering, with an emphasis on software modularity issues. He is a co-designer and the main implementor of the MultiJava programming language. He has also worked on the Java Modeling Language for behavior and interface specification and on foundations of aspect-oriented programming.

Dr. Clifton also holds a B.S. of Electrical Engineering and a M.S. in Computer Science, both from Iowa State University. Between his undergraduate and graduate study, Dr. Clifton spent six years working in industry as a process engineer for Procter & Gamble, Inc. and as a senior electrical engineer and software team leader for L&S Electric, Inc., a systems integrator for the hydroelectric industry.

Dr. Clifton is a member of the ACM, SIGSOFT, SIGPLAN, and SIGCSE.