Bill Pugh
Professor Emeritus at University of Maryland, College Park
Bethesda, Maryland, United States
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Top SchoolBill Pugh is Professor Emeritus of Computer Science with over two decades of experience advancing program analysis, static bug detection, and the engineering of reliable concurrent software. He is a driving force behind the Brendan Iribe Center at UMD, translating academic vision into student-centered spaces like classrooms, commons, and a maker/hacker community. Creator and long-time contributor to the widely used open-source FindBugs project (1M+ downloads), he has helped integrate static analysis into industry workflows at organizations including Google and Apple. His work spans deep research—PhD from Cornell—and practical engineering, from early software at Texas Instruments to advising exposure-notification efforts at Apple. Known for combining rigorous algorithms and data-structure thinking with a strong commitment to CS education, he persistently focuses on making developer tools that catch real-world coding mistakes.
23 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
BS, Computer Science, BS, Computer Science at Syracuse UniversityPhD, Computer Science, PhD, Computer Science at Cornell UniversityHS, HS at Cincinnati Country Day SchoolStanford University
Github Skills (11)
javas10
debug10
develop10
static-analysis10
error-prone10
java10
testing10
unit-test9
junit9
code-analysis9
code-optimization9
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
findbugsproject/findbugs
Apr 2003 - Jul 2015
The new home of the FindBugs project
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:10497 commits in 12 years 5 months
Contributions summary:Bill's commits indicate that they were involved in the development of the FindBugs project, focusing on back-end functionalities. The user's contributions include implementing new features, addressing bug fixes, and making performance optimizations to the core codebase of FindBugs. They primarily worked on codebase enhancements, indicating a focus on improving existing functionality.
findbugs
billpugh/GAEN_Explorer
May 2020 - Nov 2020
Contributions:178 commits, 61 pushes, 1 branch in 6 months
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