John L. Hennessy

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John LeRoy Hennessy (born September 22, 1952 in Huntington , New York ) is an American professor of electrical engineering and computer science . He is a co-founder of MIPS Computer Systems Inc. From 2000 to 2016, Hennessy was President of Stanford University . A year earlier, he followed Condoleezza Rice on the post of Provost at the same university. Hennessy has been a member of the Google / Alphabet Board of Directors since 2006 and its chairman since February 2018.

He received his bachelor's degree from Villanova University , his master's and Ph.D. at Stony Brook University .

He is the author of several specialist books, such as Computer Architecture. A Quantitative Approach together with David A. Patterson , with whom he received the John von Neumann Medal in 2000 “for initiating a computer architecture revolution through research, popularization and commercialization of architectural innovations” . Hennessy was awarded the IEEE Medal of Honor in 2012. In addition to this monograph, both published an introductory textbook on computer architecture. In 2001 he received the Eckert-Mauchly Award and in 2001 the Seymour Cray Award . He was also elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 1992 , the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1995 , the National Academy of Sciences in 2002 and the American Philosophical Society in 2008.

Fonts

  • David Patterson, John Hennessy: Computer Organization and Computer Design: The Hardware / Software Interface . 5th edition. De Gruyter, 2016, ISBN 978-3-11-044605-0 .
    • English edition: Computer Organization and Design, The Hardware / Software Interface , ARM Edition, The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Computer Architecture and Design, Morgan Kaufmann, 2017, ISBN 0-12-374493-8 (with contributions by Alexander Perry)
  • David Patterson, John Hennessy: Computer Architecture: A Quantitative Approach , with contributions by David Goldberg, Krste Asanovic, 5th edition, Elsevier 2012 (first 1990)
    • German edition: Computer architecture: analysis, design, implementation, evaluation , Vieweg 1994 (edited by Dieter Jungmann)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ https://www.cnbc.com/2018/02/01/john-hennessy-replacing-schmidt-as-alphabets-new-board-chairman.html
  2. ↑ Management team ( Memento from January 22, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
  3. ^ Members: John L. Hennessy. National Academy of Engineering, accessed September 28, 2018 .
  4. ^ Member History: John L. Hennessy. American Philosophical Society, accessed September 28, 2018 (with biography).

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personal data
SURNAME Hennessy, John L.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hennessy, John LeRoy
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American computer scientist, President of Stanford University
DATE OF BIRTH September 22, 1952
PLACE OF BIRTH Huntington, New York , New York, State