Peter G. Neumann
Peter G. Neumann | |
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| Born | 1932 (age 91–92) |
| Alma mater | Harvard University |
| Known for | RISKS Digest Multics operating system |
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| Fields | Computer science |
| Institutions | SRI International |
| Thesis | Efficient Error-Limiting Codes (1961) |
| Doctoral advisor | Anthony Gervin Oettinger[1] |
Peter Gabriel Neumann (born 1932) is a computer-science researcher who worked on the Multics operating system in the 1960s.[2] He edits the RISKS Digest columns for ACM Software Engineering Notes and Communications of the ACM.[3] He founded ACM SIGSOFT and is a Fellow of the ACM, IEEE,[4] and AAAS.[5]
Early life and education
From 1950 to 1958, Neumann studied at Harvard University. In 1961, he was granted a Ph.D. after completing a Fulbright scholarship in Germany (1958–1960). While a student at Harvard, he had a two-hour breakfast with Albert Einstein, on 8 November 1952, discussing simplicity in design.[6]
Career
Neumann worked at Bell Labs from 1960 to 1970. He has worked at SRI International in Menlo Park, California since 1971.
Before the RISKS mailing list, Neumann was known for the Provably Secure Operating System (PSOS).[7]
Neumann worked with Dorothy E. Denning in the 1980s to develop a computer intrusion detection system known as IDES that was a model for later computer security software.[citation needed]
Memberships and awards
Neumann has long served as moderator of RISKS Digest and is a member of the ACCURATE project.[citation needed]
Neumann is the founding editor of ACM Software Engineering Notes (SEN), and is a Fellow of the ACM.[8]
Selected publications
- Neumann, Peter G., Computer-Related Risks, Addison-Wesley/ACM Press, ISBN 0-201-55805-X, 1995.
References
- ^ Peter G. Neumann at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
- ^ R. C. Daley and P. G. Neumann (1965). "A General-Purpose File System For Secondary Storage". 1965 Fall Joint Computer Conference. Archived from the original on 2013-01-02.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2018-01-01. Retrieved 2012-07-23.
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{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ Markoff, John (2012-10-30). "Killing the Computer to Save It". The New York Times. New York Times. p. D1.
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- ^ Association for Computing Machinery. "ACM: Fellows Award / Peter G Neumann". Association for Computing Machinery. Archived from the original on 4 October 2006.
External links
- Home page
- Short biography
- RISKS Forum archive
- Peter G. Neumann oral history, Charles Babbage Institute, University of Minnesota
- John Markoff (2012-10-30). "Killing the Computer to Save It (profile of Neumann)". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2012-11-09.
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