Robert P. Goldberg | |
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| Born | December 4, 1944 Brooklyn, NY |
| Died | February 25, 1994 (age 49) Boston, MA |
| Alma mater | MIT Harvard University |
| Known for | Popek and Goldberg virtualization requirements |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Computer Scientist |
| Institutions | Harvard University MIT BGS Systems Inc. |
Robert P. Goldberg (December 4, 1944 – February 25, 1994) was an American computer scientist, known for his research on operating systems and virtualization.
With Gerald J. Popek, he proposed the Popek and Goldberg virtualization requirements,[1] a set of conditions necessary for a computer architecture to support system virtualization. In his Ph.D. thesis "Architectural Principles for Virtual Computer Systems", he also invented the classification for Hypervisors which is now widely adopted in the area of virtual computer systems and computer science in general.