Hybrid Technology Multi-Threaded Architecture, ParalleX Execution Model, HPX Runtime System, Continuum Computer Architecture, Senior Member of Institute for Electrical and Electronic Engineering(2012)(IEEE) Gordon Bell Prize(1997) Vanguard Award(2016) Fellow of International Supercomputing Conference(2007)(ISC) Thomas Sterling (born December 18, 1949) is a full professor for the Department of Intelligent Systems Engineering (ISE) at Indiana University (IU) Bloomington.

For more than four decades, Thomas Sterling has dedicated his professional contributions to research for advancements in parallel high-performance computing.

Among his other early accomplishments, Dr. Sterling was Principal investigator for the multi-agency multi-institution Hybrid Technology Multi-Threaded Project (HTMT) for advanced research on Petaflops computing systems.

Professor Sterling currently leads advanced research in non-von Neumann parallel architecture, ParalleX execution model, and HPX+ runtime system for scalable dynamic irregular graph-based knowledge-oriented artificial intelligence applications.

Sterling began his undergraduate studies in 1968 at the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn completing his BSEE degree in 1972 (Summa Cum Laude) from the Old Dominion University.