Wolfgang Giloi

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Grave site, Wannsee cemetery , in Berlin-Zehlendorf

Wolfgang K. Giloi (born October 1, 1930 in Sobernheim ; † May 31, 2009 in Berlin ) was a German computer scientist. He was best known for his research on computer architecture .

Life

Wolfgang Giloi studied electrical engineering at the TH Stuttgart until 1957 and received his doctorate there in 1960. After working as a development engineer and head of the computer center at AEG-Telefunken , he received a 1965 reputation as a professor at the Technical University of Berlin and became head of the Institute for Information Processing. From 1971 to 1977 he was Professor of Computer Science at the University of Minnesota and briefly worked at the Saarland University in Saarbrücken in 1972 and 1974 .

He then returned to the TU Berlin, where he founded the Research Institute for Computer Architecture and Software Technology (FIRST) in 1983 , of which he was director until his retirement in 1996. Together with Ulrich Trottenberg , he played a key role in the development of the SUPRENUM parallel computer .

Giloi was awarded the Federal Cross of Merit 1st Class and a member of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences. In 2003 he received an honorary doctorate from the Technical University of Darmstadt .

Fonts

  • Wolfgang Giloi, Hans Liebig: Logical design of digital systems . 2nd Edition. Springer, Berlin 1980.
  • Wolfgang Giloi: Konrad Zuses Plankalkül as a forerunner of modern programming models . Konrad Zuse Center for Information Technology Berlin, Berlin 1990. (Technical report TR 90-13)
  • Wolfgang Giloi: Programming in APL , 1st edition Walter de Gruyter Berlin, New York 1977
  • Wolfgang Giloi: Computer architecture . 2., completely revised Springer, Berlin / Heidelberg [u. a.] 1993, ISBN 3-540-56355-5 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Mourning for Professor Wolfgang Giloi. In: pressstelle.tu-berlin.de. June 16, 2009. Retrieved July 16, 2014 .
personal data
SURNAME Giloi, Wolfgang
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Giloi, Wolfgang K.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German computer scientist and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH October 1, 1930
PLACE OF BIRTH Sobernheim
DATE OF DEATH May 31, 2009
Place of death Berlin