Mark Dean (computer scientist)
Mark E. Dean | |
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Born | Jefferson City, Tennessee, United States | March 2, 1957
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Occupation | Computer engineer |
Children | Mark Dean II |
Mark E. Dean (born March 2, 1957) is an American inventor and computer engineer. He was part of the team that developed the ISA bus, and he led a design team for making a one-gigahertz computer processor chip.[1] He holds three of nine PC patents for being the co-creator of the IBM personal computer released in 1981.[2] In August 2011, writing in his blog, Dean stated that he now uses a tablet computer instead of a PC.[3][4]
Early life
Mark E. Dean was born in Jefferson City, Tennessee. Dean displayed an affinity for technology and invention at a young age.[5] When Mark was young, he and his dad constructed a tractor from scratch.[6]
Education
Dean holds a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from the University of Tennessee, a master's degree in electrical engineering from Florida Atlantic University and a Ph.D. in electrical engineering from Stanford University.[7]
Recognition
Dean is the first[8] African-American to become an IBM Fellow, which is the highest level of technical excellence at the company. In 1997, he was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame.[7][9]
Career
Currently, he is the interim dean of the Tickle College of Engineering [10] and is the John Fisher Distinguished Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the University of Tennessee.[11] He was previously CTO for IBM Middle East and Africa[12] and was an IBM Vice President overseeing the company's Almaden Research Center in San Jose, California prior to that.[13] Dean now holds more than 20 patents.[14][15] Dean was part of the team that developed the interior architecture (ISA systems bus) that enables multiple devices, such as modems and printers, to be connected to personal computers.
References
- ^ McCoy, Frank (1999-12-26). "He refined the desktop PC. Now he wants to kill it". U.S. News & World Report. Archived from the original on 2012-10-20. Retrieved 2011-08-12.
A year later, Dean led a team that built a 1,000-megahertz chip [...]
- ^ Maulsby, Richard (1997-10-15). "Four American Inventors to Receive Ronald H. Brown American Innovator Awards" (Press release). United States Patent and Trademark Office. Retrieved 2013-07-11.
Dean, just 40, holds more than 25 patents, including three of IBM's original nine PC patents.
- ^ Angel, Jonathan (2011-08-10). "Thirty years later, the personal computer's obsolete, IBM PC designer says". linuxfordevices.com. Archived from the original on 2012-09-04. Retrieved 2011-08-12.
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I recently traded in my PC for a tablet computer [...]
- ^ "Mark Dean: Early Life and Education". Biography.com. Retrieved 2017-02-18.
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- ^ a b "High-tech's Invisible Man'". US Black Engineer & IT. 25 (5). Career Communications Group: 14. February 2002. ISSN 1088-3444.
- ^ Carter Sluby, Patricia (2009). The inventive spirit of African Americans: patented ingenuity (illustrated ed.). Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 177. ISBN 978-0-275-96674-4.
- ^ "Mark Dean". National Inventors Hall of Fame.
- ^ "Parker Taking New Role at Office of Science and Technology Policy". The University of Tennessee,Knoxville. 2018-08-15. Retrieved 2018-08-17.
- ^ "Personal Computer Inventor to Join College of Engineering Faculty". Tennessee Today. The University of Tennessee, Knoxville. 2013-08-07. Retrieved 2013-10-12.
- ^ Evans, Bob (2011-08-11). "Personal Computers Becoming Obsolete, Says IBM PC Architect". Forbes. Retrieved 2011-08-12.
One of IBM's primary designers for its iconic PC says he's chucked the PC in favor of a tablet [..] Now CTO for IBM Middle East and Africa, Dean [...]
- ^ "Mark Dean - Computer Scientist of the African Diaspora". Department of Mathematics, University of Buffalo. Retrieved 2017-02-21.
- ^ "Mark Dean: Innovation with IBM". Biography.com.
- ^ "Dr. Mark Dean: Computer Inventions". Black-inventor.com. Retrieved 2017-02-21.
External links
- Brown, Alan S. (Spring 2015). "Mark E. Dean: From PCs to Gigahertz Chips" (PDF). The Best of Tau Beta Pi. Tau Beta Pi.
- "Dr. Mark Dean". Department of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, The University of Tennessee Knoxville.
- African-American engineers
- American engineers
- African-American inventors
- American inventors
- African-American scientists
- American scientists
- American computer scientists
- 1957 births
- Living people
- People from Jefferson City, Tennessee
- IBM Fellows
- Members of the United States National Academy of Engineering
- Computer hardware engineers
- Harvard University faculty
- University of Tennessee faculty
- University of Tennessee alumni
- Florida Atlantic University alumni
- Stanford University alumni
- National Inventors Hall of Fame inductees