Hans Kaufmann (computer scientist)
Hans Kaufmann (born December 22, 1910 in Königsberg , East Prussia ; † March 20, 2012 in Pöcking ) was a German computer scientist .
Life
Kaufmann studied physics in Göttingen and Jena. In 1933 he was awarded a Dr. phil. nat. PhD . After a year as a research assistant at Georg Joos , he worked from 1934 in the central laboratory for communications technology at Siemens & Halske AG in Berlin. He dealt with communications and control technology and from 1954 on the development of data processing systems. The Siemens computer developed under his leadership in 1958 was the first fully transistorized computer in Europe. Until 1976 he was fully authorized director of Siemens AG and there most recently head of the central laboratory for data processing.
Honors
- 1976: Honorary doctorate (Dr.-Ing. E. h.) From RWTH Aachen
Fonts
- About the paramagnetic Faraday effect on alums. JA Barth, Leipzig 1933, at the same time: Dissertation, University of Jena, 1933, also in: Annalen der Physik . Volume 5, Volume 18, Issue 3, 1933, pp. 251-264
- (Ed.): Data storage. Oldenbourg, Munich and Vienna 1973, ISBN 3-486-34261-4
- The ancestors of the computer. Econ-Verlag, Düsseldorf and Vienna 1974, ISBN 3-430-15277-1
- Toledo. Ways and Effects of Arab Science in Europe. Econ-Verlag, Vienna and Düsseldorf 1977, ISBN 3-430-15278-X
literature
- Who is who? The German who's who. most recently in Volume 47, Schmidt-Römhild, Lübeck 2008, ISBN 978-3-7950-2046-0 , p. 624
- TH Aachen honors Dr. Hans Kaufmann. In: frequency. Journal for vibration and low-voltage technology. Volume 30, 1976, p. 132
- Computer week. Issue 7/1976, February 13, 1976 ( digitized version )
Individual evidence
- ^ Obituary notice in the Süddeutsche Zeitung
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kaufmann, Hans |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German computer scientist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 22, 1910 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Koenigsberg , East Prussia |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 20, 2012 |
| Place of death | Poecking |