Peter G. Neumann

Peter G. Neumann
Born1932 (age 91–92)
Alma materHarvard University
Known forRISKS Digest
Multics operating system
Scientific career
FieldsComputer science
InstitutionsSRI International
Thesis Efficient Error-Limiting Codes  (1961)
Doctoral advisorAnthony Oettinger[1]

Peter Gabriel Neumann (born 1932) is a computer-science researcher who worked on the Multics operating system in the 1960s.[2] He edits the RISKS Digest columns for ACM Software Engineering Notes and Communications of the ACM.[3] He founded ACM SIGSOFT and is a Fellow of the ACM, IEEE,[4] and AAAS.[5]

  1. ^ Peter G. Neumann at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
  2. ^ R. C. Daley and P. G. Neumann (1965). "A General-Purpose File System For Secondary Storage". 1965 Fall Joint Computer Conference. Archived from the original on 2013-01-02.
  3. ^ "Risks Forum - ACM Queue". Archived from the original on 2018-01-01. Retrieved 2012-07-23.
  4. ^ "IEEE - Fellows - N". Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). Archived from the original on 2012-09-26. Retrieved 2012-01-03.
  5. ^ "AAAS - the World's Largest General Scientific Society". Archived from the original on 2014-01-15. Retrieved 2011-05-21.