Bruce Nelson
Bruce Jay Nelson (born January 19, 1952 , † September 19, 1999 in Tel Aviv ) was an American computer scientist (software for computer networks).
Nelson graduated from Harvey Mudd College with a bachelor's degree in 1974 and Stanford University with a master's degree in computer science in 1976. In 1982 he received his doctorate in computer science from Carnegie Mellon University . While working on his dissertation, he and Andrew Birrell developed the Remote Procedure Call (RPC) at the Xerox Parc Research Center . For this, both received the ACM Software System Award in 1994 (and in 2007 they entered the ACM Operating Systems Hall of Fame). In 1996 he became Chief Science Officer at Cisco Systems . He died in 1999 on a business trip in Tel Aviv due to complications during an emergency operation for aortic dissection .
He was very unconventional and a passionate outdoor activist, mountaineer, apnea diver , world traveler and photographer.
Web links
- Obituary (paloaltoonline.com)
Individual evidence
- ^ Birrell, Nelson Implementing Remote Procedure Calls , ACM Transactions on Computer Systems, Volume 2, 1984, p. 39
- ^ Obituary: "Who was Bruce J. Nelson?" ( Memento of May 14, 2013 in the Internet Archive ), Harvey Mudd College.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Nelson, Bruce |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Nelson, Bruce Jay (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American software developer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 19, 1952 |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 19, 1999 |
| Place of death | Tel Aviv |