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Dave Bacon Assistant Research Professor Department of Computer Science & Engineering Department of Physics (Adjunct) University of Washington email: dabacon at cs dot washington dot edu office: 460 CSE office phone: 206-221-6503 office mail: UW, Dept. of CS&E, Box 352350, Seattle, WA 98195-2350 fax: 206-616-3804

Brief Academic Bio

Dave Bacon received his B.S. in physics and in literature with honors from the California Institute of Technology in 1997 and his Ph.D. in theoretical physics from the University of California, Berkeley in 2001. After his Ph.D. he did a postdoc at the Institute for Quantum Information at Caltech from 2001-2004, and then a brief postdoc at the Santa Fe Institute during 2004-2005 after which he joined the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Washington as a Principal Research Scientist. In 2006, he started his current appointment which is as a Assistant Research Professor in the department of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Washington. In 2007 he acquired an Adjunct Assistant Research Professor appointment in the Department of Physics at the University of Washington.

Dave's Path Through Spacetime

May, 1975	Born on a lunar eclipse to parents Nancy and Larry Bacon in Yreka, CA.
1975-1993	Yrekan. Graduated Yreka High School.
1993-1997	Techer. Undergrad at California Insitute of Technology.
1997-2001	Berkeleyite. Graduate student at U.C. Berkeley.
2001-2004	Techer. Postdoctoral scholar at Caltech's Institute for Quantum Information.
2004-2005	Santa Fean. Postdoctoral scholar at the Santa Fe Institute.
2005-2006	Seattlite. Principal research scientist in the Department of Computer Science & Engineering, University of Washington.
2006-present	Seattlite. Research assistant professor in the Department of Computer Science & Engineering, University of Washington.
2007-present	Seattlite. Adjunct research assistant professor in the Department of Physics, University of Washington.