▁After ▁gradu ation ▁from ▁Car neg ie ▁M ell on , ▁Fre eman ▁was ▁a ▁research er , ▁professor , ▁and ▁administrator ▁at ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁California , ▁Ir v ine ' s ▁Department ▁of ▁Information ▁& ▁Computer ▁Science ▁from ▁ 1 9 7 1 ▁to ▁ 1 9 8 7 , ▁where ▁he ▁focused ▁on ▁artificial ▁intelligence ▁and ▁software ▁engineering ▁research , ▁fund ed ▁primarily ▁by ▁the ▁National ▁Science ▁Foundation . ▁Fre eman ▁is ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁found ers ▁of ▁software ▁engineering ▁education , ▁starting ▁a ▁course ▁on ▁the ▁subject ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 4 . ▁During ▁the ▁course ▁of ▁his ▁career ▁at ▁U C ▁Ir v ine , ▁Fre eman ▁also ▁admin ister ed ▁the ▁under grad uate ▁and ▁gradu ate ▁programs ▁and ▁served ▁as ▁the ▁department ▁chair . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 8 7 , ▁Fre eman ▁became ▁the ▁director ▁of ▁the ▁National ▁Science ▁Foundation ' s ▁Division ▁of ▁Computer ▁and ▁Comput ation ▁Research ; ▁in ▁this ▁post , ▁he ▁managed ▁about ▁$ 2 0 ▁million ▁in ▁gr ants ▁each ▁year , ▁and ▁helped ▁develop ▁the ▁High ▁Performance ▁Comput ing ▁and ▁Communic ations ▁program . ▁ ▁For ▁a ▁year ▁after ▁his ▁post ▁at ▁NS F , ▁Fre eman ▁served ▁as ▁a ▁Vis iting ▁Dist ingu ished ▁Professor ▁at ▁George ▁Mason ▁University ▁( 1 9 8 9 – 1 9 9 0 ) ▁to ▁assist ▁in ▁the ▁creation ▁of ▁a ▁computing ▁program ▁at ▁that ▁university . ▁ ▁Rec ent ▁career ▁From ▁ 1 9 9 2 ▁to ▁ 1