Norman Abramson
Norman M. Abramson | |
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Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences | |
| Institutions | University of Hawaiʻi |
| Thesis | Application of "comparison of experiments" to radar detection and coding problems (1958) |
| Doctoral advisor | Willis Harman |
| Doctoral students | Thomas M. Cover Robert A. Scholtz |
Norman Manuel Abramson (April 1, 1932[1] – December 1, 2020) was an American engineer and computer scientist, most known for developing the ALOHAnet system for wireless computer communication.
Early life
Abramson was born on April 1, 1932, in
He was schooled in the Boston public schools and attended
Career
Abramson was a research engineer at the
One of Abramson's first projects at the University of Hawaiʻi was to develop radio technology to help the school send and receive data from its remote geographic location to the continental United States, funded by the
Abramson continued to serve as a professor at Hawaii until 1994 when he retired.[2] Abramson went on to co-found Aloha Networks in San Francisco, where he served as a CTO.
Personal life and death
Abramson had two children with his wife, Joan: a son, Mark, and a daughter, Carin. Abramson's daughter predeceased him by six years.[2]
Abramson died on December 1, 2020, in his San Francisco home due to complications from skin cancer that had
Awards
- 1972: IEEE Sixth Region Achievement Award for contributions to Information Theory and Coding.
- 1980: IEEE Fellow Award for development of the ALOHA-System.
- 1992: Pacific Telecommunications Council 20th Anniversary Award for leadership in the PTC.
- 1995: IEEE Koji Kobayashi Computers and Communications Award for development of the ALOHA System.
- 1998: Golden Jubilee Award for Technological Innovation from the IEEE Information Theory Society, for "the invention of the first random-access communication protocol".[4]
- 2000:
- 2007: IEEE Alexander Graham Bell Medal.
- 2011: C&C Prize.
Publications
- Information theory and coding (McGraw-Hill, 1963)
- Computer communication networks (Prentice-Hall, 1973). Editor with Franklin F. Kuo
References
- ^ IEEE(1964)
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Lohr, Steve (December 11, 2020). "Norman Abramson, Pioneer Behind Wireless Networks, Dies at 88". The New York Times. Retrieved December 11, 2020.
- ^ U.S. patent 3,114,130 and U.S. patent 3,163,848.
- IEEE Information Theory Society. Retrieved July 14, 2011.
- ^ "Award Winners (chronological)". Eduard Rhein Foundation. Archived from the original on July 18, 2011. Retrieved July 14, 2011.
- ^ "Technology Award 2000 - Prof. Dr. Norman Abramson". Eduard Rhein Foundation. Retrieved July 14, 2011.
External links
- Engineering and Technology History Wiki
- Biography from IEEE
- Oral history interview with Severo Ornstein, Charles Babbage Institute, University of Minnesota. Ornstein discusses the computing contributions of Wesley Clarkand Norman Abramson.
- Norman Abramson and ALOHAnet
- Norman Abramson at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
- Author profile in the database zbMATH
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