'Nobel Prize in Computing' goes to distributed computing wrangler Leslie Lamport

Gespeichert in:

Bibliographische Detailangaben
Veröffentlicht in:	Network World (Online) (Mar 18, 2014), p. n/a
1. Verfasser:	Brown, Bob
Veröffentlicht:	Foundry
Online-Zugang:	Citation/Abstract Full Text
Tags:	Tag hinzufügen Keine Tags, Fügen Sie das erste Tag hinzu!

Beschreibung
Abstract:	ACM President Vint Cerf, in a statement, noted that "as an applied mathematician, [Leslie Lamport] had an extraordinary sense of how to apply mathematical tools to important practical problems. By finding useful ways to write specifications and prove correctness of realistic algorithms, assuring a strong foundation for complex computing operations, he helped to move verification from an academic discipline to a practical tool." Specifically, Lamport's claims to fame include the notion of Byzantine failure, temporal logic language (TLA+) and LaTex, a document preparation system used in computer science and other fields. Lamport's 1978 paper "Time, Clocks, and the Ordering of Events in a Distributed System" - is one of computer science's most highly cited.
ISSN:	1944-7655
Quelle:	Advanced Technologies & Aerospace Database