Douglas Comer
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Douglas Earl Comer (or Douglas Comer) is an author and professor best known for his work in the early development of the Internet.
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[edit] Education and career
Dr Comer holds a BS in Mathematics and Physics from Houghton College earned in 1971 and a PhD in Computer Science from Pennsylvania State University earned in 1976.
He is a Distinguished Professor of Computer Science and professor of electrical and computer engineering at Purdue University in the US.
Comer came back to Purdue University in August 2009, prior to that he was Vice President of Research for computer networking company Cisco Systems.[1]
[edit] Achievements and publications
Douglas Comer headed a number of research projects associated with the creation of the Internet, and is the author of a number of books on Operating Systems, the Internet and TCP/IP networking, and computer architecture.
Dr Comer is also the developer of the Xinu operating system.
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[edit] External links
- Comer's homepage at Purdue University
- Information about all of Comer's books
- List of Dougles Comer's books published by Prentice Hall
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