Hubert Zimmermann

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Hubert Zimmermann
Born(1941-11-15)15 November 1941
Died9 November 2012(2012-11-09) (aged 70)
France
NationalityFrench
Alma materTélécom ParisTech
École Polytechnique
Scientific career
FieldsComputer Science

Hubert Zimmermann (15 November 1941 – 9 November 2012) was a French software engineer and a pioneering figure in computer networking.

Biography

Education:

Zimmermann was educated at

École Nationale Supérieure des Télécommunications.[1]

Early Career and Contributions:

His career began at

OSI reference model which became a popular way to describe network protocols, and published a paper on the model in 1980 and one with John Day in 1983.[5][6]

France Telecom:

He then worked for

France Télécom
in 1980 through 1986.

Chorus Systemes:

Zimmerman was a founder of Chorus Systèmes SA in 1986, which commercialised the Chorus distributed microkernel operating system that had been created at INRIA.[7] Chorus Systèmes was purchased by Sun Microsystems in 1997, where he was director of telecom software engineering for 5 years. Then he invested in entrepreneurial high-tech companies such as Arbor Venture Management, Boost Your StartUp, Gingko Networks and UDcast.[8]

Awards and Recognition:

In 1991, Zimmermann was awarded the

SIGCOMM Award for "20 years of leadership in the development of computer networking and the advancement of international standardization".[9]

Death:

On 9 November 2012, Zimmermann died in France.[10]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Connect-World Asia-Pacific I 2007". Archived from the original on 13 March 2008. Retrieved 2 August 2013.
  2. ^ M. Rozier; V. Abrossimov; F. Armand; I. Boule; M. Gien; M. Guillemont; F. Herrmann; C. Kaiser; S. Langlois; P. Leonard; W. Neuhauser (1991). "Overview of the CHORUS Distributed Operating Systems" (PDF). Chorus systemes. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 February 2015. Retrieved 30 July 2013.
  3. ^ a b Andrew L. Russell (30 July 2013). "OSI: The Internet That Wasn't". IEEE Spectrum. Vol. 50, no. 8.
  4. ISSN 1558-0857
    . The authors wish to thank a number of colleagues for helpful comments during early discussions of international network protocols, especially R. Metcalfe, R. Scantlebury, D. Walden, and H. Zimmerman; D. Davies and L. Pouzin who constructively commented on the fragmentation and accounting issues; and S. Crocker who commented on the creation and destruction of associations.
  5. S2CID 16013989
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  6. S2CID 30875675
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  7. ^ Rozier, M.; V. Abrossimov; F. Armand; I. Boule; M. Gien; M. Guillemont; F. Herrmann; C. Kaiser; S. Langlois; P. Leonard; W. Neuhauser (Fall 1988). "CHORUS Distributed Operating Systems" (PDF). USENIX Computing Systems: 305–370.
  8. ^ "Hubert Zimmermann nous a quittés!". Alumni page. INRIA. Archived from the original on 2013-01-16. Retrieved 30 July 2013.
  9. ^ "SIGCOMM '99 - Awards Panel Member". Retrieved 2009-04-25.
  10. ^ Michel Gien, forwarded by John Day (11 November 2012). "Very Sad News". Internet History Mailing list. Retrieved 30 July 2013.
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