Fernando J. Corbató
American computer scientist (1926–2019) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Fernando José "Corby" Corbató (July 1, 1926 – July 12, 2019)[3] was an American computer scientist, notable as a pioneer in the development of time-sharing operating systems.
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Fernando J. Corbató | |
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Born | Fernando José Corbató (1926-07-01)July 1, 1926 Oakland, California, U.S. |
Died | July 12, 2019(2019-07-12) (aged 93) |
Alma mater | California Institute of Technology Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
Known for | Multics |
Awards | Turing Award (1990) Computer History Museum Fellow (2012)[1] |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Computer scientist |
Institutions | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
Thesis | A calculation of the energy bands of the graphite crystal by means of the tight-binding method (1956) |
Doctoral advisor | John C. Slater[2] |
Doctoral students | Jerome H. Saltzer |
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