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American computer scientist (born 1940) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Robert Samuel Fabry (born December 2, 1940) is an American computer scientist. As a student at the University of Chicago, he worked on COMIT II and MADBUG, an interactive debugger for MAD both of which ran on CTSS.[1]
Robert S. Fabry | |
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Born | December 2, 1940 |
Nationality | American |
Alma mater | University of Chicago |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Computer science |
Institutions | University of California, Berkeley |
Thesis | List-structured Addressing (1971) |
Doctoral advisor | Victor Yngve |
Later, while a computer science professor at the University of California, Berkeley, Fabry conceived the idea of obtaining DARPA funding for a radically improved version of AT&T Unix and founded the Computer Systems Research Group.[2][3][4]
In 1983, Bob turned over administrative control of the CSRG to professors Domenico Ferrari and Susan Graham.[5]
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