Theo Härder

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Theo Härder
Born (1945-08-28) August 28, 1945 (age 78)
database, transaction processing systems and parallel and distributed computer systems
AwardsKonrad Zuse Medal

Theo Härder (born August 28, 1945 in

University of Kaiserslautern
.

Life and career

Theo Härder studied

IBM Research - Almaden in San Jose, California. In 1977 he returned to TU Darmstadt as a professor at the Department of Computer Science. In 1980 he accepted an appointment at the University of Kaiserslautern in computer science.[1]

Accomplishments

Härder has received numerous awards for outstanding scientific achievements in the field of databases. He participated in the development of System R, the first relational database management system.

In 1983, he and Andreas Reuter coined the acronym ACID to describe the essential characteristics of a distributed relational database (Atomicity, Consistency, Isolation, and Durability).[2]

Awards

Konrad Zuse Medal, 2001

Universität Oldenburg
, 2002

References

  1. ^ http://www-is.informatik.uni-oldenburg.de/FestaktHaerder/Vortraege/HJA_Festakt1.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  2. S2CID 207235758
    . These four properties, atomicity, consistency, isolation, and durability (ACID), describe the major highlights of the transaction paradigm, which has influenced many aspects of development in database systems.
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