Douglas Comer
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Douglas Earl Comer is a professor of
Education and career
Comer holds a
Achievements
Douglas Comer headed a number of research projects associated with the creation of the Internet, and is the author of a number of books on Operating Systems, the Internet and
Comer is also the developer of the Xinu operating system.
Comer is well known for his series of ground breaking textbooks on computer networks, the Internet, computer operating systems, and computer architecture. His books have been translated into sixteen languages, and are widely used in both industry and academia. Comer's three-volume series Internetworking With TCP/IP is often cited as an authoritative reference for the Internet protocols.
For twenty years, Comer served as editor-in-chief of the research journal Software—Practice And Experience, published by John Wiley & Sons. Comer is a Fellow of the ACM and the recipient of numerous teaching awards.
Research Grants
- Csnet Protocol Development – 1981
- High-Level Network Protocols: Computer Research – 1983
- Feasibility Studies of High-Performance Communication Over Public Packet-Switched Networks – 1984
- Cypress: A Proposed Cost Effective Packet-Switched Interconnection Strategy – 1985
- Shadow Editing – 1986
- Computer Research Equipment – 1987
- Extensible Terascale Facility (ETF): Indiana-Purdue Grid (IP-grid) – 2003
- FIA: Collaborative Research: NEBULA: A Future Internet That Supports Trustworthy Cloud Computing – 2010
Publications
Comer has authored numerous research papers and seventeen popular textbooks that have been translated into sixteen languages.
Networks and Internets (including TCP/IP Protocols)
- Internetworking With TCP/IP Volume III: Client-Server Programming and Applications, AT&T TLI Version – 1996
- Internetworking With TCP/IP Volume III: Client-Server Programming and Applications, BSD Socket Version – 1996
- Internetworking With TCP/IP Volume III: Client-Server Programming and Applications, Windows Sockets Version – 1997
- Internetworking With TCP/IP Volume II: Design, Implementation, and Internals – 1999
- Internetworking With TCP/IP Volume III: Client-Server Programming and Applications, Linux/POSIX Socket Version – 2000
- Hands-on Networking with Internet Applications – 2004
- Network Systems Design Using Network Processors – 2004
- Network Systems Design Using Network Processors, Agere version – 2005
- Automated Network Management Systems – 2006
- Network Systems Design Using Network Processors, Intel 2xxx version – 2006
- The Internet Book: Everything you need to know about computer networking and how the Internet works – 2007
- Internetworking With TCP/IP Volume 1: Principles, Protocols, and Architecture, 6th edition – 2013
- Computer Networks And Internets Sixth Edition – 2014
Computer Architecture And Operating Systems
- Operating System Design Volume 2: Internetworking with XINU – 1987
- Operating System Design Volume 1: The XINU Approach, PC version – 1988
- Operating System Design Volume 1: The XINU Approach, Macintosh version – 1989
- Internetworking With TCP/IP Volume II: Design, Implementation, and Internals – 1994
- Essentials Of Computer Architecture – 2005
- Operating System Design - The XINU Approach, Second edition – 2015
Awards
- Usenix "The Flame" Lifetime Achievement Award (as part of the Software Tools Project) – 1996
- Listed in Purdue University Book of Great Teachers – 1999
- Fellow of the ACM – 2000
- Fellow of the Purdue University Teaching Academy – 2003
- School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Courtesy Appointment – 2003
- Purdue University Distinguished Professor – 2004
- Joel and Ruth Spira Excellence in Teaching Award – 2012
- Internet Hall of Fame - 2019[1]
References
- Comer's homepage at Purdue University
- Information about all of Comer's books
- Comer's description as listed by the Purdue Department of Computer Science
- ^ "2019 INTERNET HALL of FAME INDUCTEES". Internet Society. Retrieved 2021-08-12.