Nico Habermann
Arie Nicolaas Habermann | |
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| Born | 26 June 1932 Edsger Dijkstra |
Arie Nicolaas Habermann (26 June 1932 – 8 August 1993), often known as Nico Habermann, was a noted Dutch computer scientist.[1][2]
Habermann was born in
Edsger Dijkstra
.
In 1968, Habermann was invited to join the department of computer science at Carnegie Mellon University as a visiting research scientist. In 1969 he was appointed an associate professor, and was made full professor in 1974, acting department head in 1979,[3] and department head from 1980 to 1988, after which he was named Dean of the new School of Computer Science (established under Allen Newell and Herbert A. Simon). He also cofounded Carnegie Mellon's Software Engineering Institute (SEI) in 1985.
Habermann's research included
Edsger Dijkstra's THE multiprogramming system, the Family of Operating Systems (FAMOS) at Carnegie Mellon, Berlin's Dynamically Adaptable System (DAS), and Unix
.
Habermann served as visiting professor at the
University of Newcastle upon Tyne (1973) and the Technical University of Berlin (1976), and as adjunct professor at Shanghai Jiao Tong University
(1986–1993).
In 1994, the
A. Nico Habermann Award
to people for work that increases the involvement of underrepresented communities in computer research.
References
- S2CID 26865373.
- ^ "A. Nico Habermann". Annals of the History of Computing. 15 (4): 86. 1993.
- ^ "A. N. Habermann, 62, Computer School Dean". The New York Times. 11 August 1993.
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