Peter G. Neumann
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| Peter G. Neumann | |
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| Fields | Computer science |
| Institutions | SRI International |
| Alma mater | Harvard University |
| Known for | RISKS Digest Multics operating system |
Peter G. Neumann is a researcher who has worked on the Multics operating system in the 1960s[1]. He edits the RISKS Digest columns for ACM Software Engineering Notes and Communications of the ACM. He founded ACM SIGSOFT and is a Fellow of the ACM,[2] IEEE,[3] and AAAS.[4]
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[edit] Early life and education
He studied at Harvard University (1950–1958), gaining a Ph.D. in 1961 after a Fulbright scholarship in Germany (1958–1960).
[edit] Career
He worked at Bell Labs from 1960 to 1970. He has worked at SRI International in Menlo Park, California since 1971.
[edit] Memberships and awards
Neumann has long served as moderator of RISKS Digest, and is a member of the ACCURATE project.
[edit] Selected publications
- Neumann, Peter G., Computer-Related Risks, Addison-Wesley/ACM Press, ISBN 0-201-55805-X, 1995.
[edit] References
- ^ R. C. Daley and P. G. Neumann. ""A General-Purpose File System For Secondary Storage"". http://www.multicians.org/fjcc4.html.
- ^ http://fellows.acm.org/homepage.cfm?alpha=N&srt=alpha
- ^ http://www.ieee.org/membership_services/membership/fellows/alphabetical/nfellows.html
- ^ http://php.aaas.org/about/aaas_fellows/list.php
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