Fernando J. Corbató
Fernando José "Corby" Corbató (July 1, 1926 – July 12, 2019) was an American computer scientist, notable as a pioneer in the development of time-sharing operating systems.
Fernando J. Corbató | |
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| Born | Fernando José Corbató July 1, 1926 Oakland, California, U.S. |
| Died | July 12, 2019 (aged 93) Newburyport, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Alma mater | California Institute of Technology Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Known for | Multics |
| Awards | Turing Award (1990) Computer History Museum Fellow (2012) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Computer scientist |
| Institutions | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Thesis | A calculation of the energy bands of the graphite crystal by means of the tight-binding method (1956) |
| Doctoral advisor | John C. Slater |
| Doctoral students | Jerome H. Saltzer |
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