Kim Bruce
Reuben C. And Eleanor Winslow Professor, Emeritus at Pomona College
Claremont, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolKim Bruce is a seasoned computer science professor and researcher with over four decades of academic leadership, including founding the CS departments at Williams College and Pomona College where he continues as Reuben C. and Eleanor Winslow Professor, Emeritus. His work bridges programming language design, formal semantics, and the pragmatics of natural language, with a longstanding commitment to computer science education and producing high-quality, principled software. Trained with a Ph.D. in Math & CS from the University of Wisconsin–Madison, he combines rigorous theoretical insight with practical teaching, helping students appreciate both the beauty and utility of computing. Notably, his career reflects rare continuity in shaping curricula and departmental culture across institutions, emphasizing language semantics as a foundation for reliable program design.
12 years of coding experience
Ph. D., Math & CS, Ph. D., Math & CS at University of Wisconsin-MadisonB.A., Mathematics, B.A., Mathematics at Pomona College
Github Skills (14)
gleam8
programming-language7
self-hosting7
apl6
compiler6
rule-based5
hosting3
perl3
dom2
webgl2
storage1
file-storage1
editor1
embedding1
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
KimBruce/minigrace
Jun 2018 - Jun 2019
Self-hosting compiler for the Grace programming language
Contributions:32 pushes, 2 branches in 1 year
hostingaplself-hostingcompilerperl
gracelang/objectdraw
Aug 2015 - Nov 2020
Contributions:23 commits, 6 pushes, 1 branch in 5 years 4 months
webglgraphics-librarydomgracegraphics
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