Eric A. Brewer | |
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Alma mater |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology University of California, Berkeley |
Known for | CAP theorem |
Awards |
ACM Fellow NAE Member |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Computer science |
Institutions |
University of California, Berkeley |
Thesis | Portable High-Performance Supercomputing: High-Level Platform-Dependent Optimization (1994) |
Doctoral advisor | William E. "Bill" Weihl |
Doctoral students |
Nikita Borisov Ian Goldberg David A. Wagner Matt Welsh |
Website |
www |
Eric Allen Brewer is professor emeritus of computer science at the University of California, Berkeley [1] and vice-president of infrastructure at Google. [2] His research interests include operating systems and distributed computing. He is known for formulating the CAP theorem about distributed network applications in the late 1990s. [3]
In 1996, Brewer co-founded Inktomi Corporation (bought by Yahoo! in 2003) and became a paper billionaire during the dot-com bubble. [4] Working with the United States federal government during the presidency of Bill Clinton, he helped to create USA.gov, which launched in 2000. [5] His research also included a wireless networking scheme called WiLDNet, which promises to bring low-cost connectivity to rural areas of the developing world. [6] He has worked at Google since 2011. [7]
Brewer received a Bachelor of Science in electrical engineering and computer science (EECS) from UC Berkeley where he was a member of the Pi Lambda Phi fraternity. [8] Later he earned a Master of Science and PhD in EECS from MIT. He received tenure from UC Berkeley in 2000. [9]
In 1999, he was named to the MIT Technology Review TR100 as one of the top 100 innovators in the world under the age of 35. [10]
In 2007, Brewer was inducted as a Fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery "for the design of scalable, reliable internet services." [11] [12] That same year, he was also inducted into the National Academy of Engineering "for the design of highly scalable internet services." [13]
Brewer is the 2009 recipient [14] of the ACM-Infosys Foundation Award in the Computing Sciences [15] "for his contributions to the design and development of highly scalable Internet services."
In 2009, Brewer received the SIGOPS Mark Weiser Award. [16]
In 2013, the ETH Zurich honored him with the title Dr. sc. tech. ( honoris causa). [17]
Eric A. Brewer | |
---|---|
Alma mater |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology University of California, Berkeley |
Known for | CAP theorem |
Awards |
ACM Fellow NAE Member |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Computer science |
Institutions |
University of California, Berkeley |
Thesis | Portable High-Performance Supercomputing: High-Level Platform-Dependent Optimization (1994) |
Doctoral advisor | William E. "Bill" Weihl |
Doctoral students |
Nikita Borisov Ian Goldberg David A. Wagner Matt Welsh |
Website |
www |
Eric Allen Brewer is professor emeritus of computer science at the University of California, Berkeley [1] and vice-president of infrastructure at Google. [2] His research interests include operating systems and distributed computing. He is known for formulating the CAP theorem about distributed network applications in the late 1990s. [3]
In 1996, Brewer co-founded Inktomi Corporation (bought by Yahoo! in 2003) and became a paper billionaire during the dot-com bubble. [4] Working with the United States federal government during the presidency of Bill Clinton, he helped to create USA.gov, which launched in 2000. [5] His research also included a wireless networking scheme called WiLDNet, which promises to bring low-cost connectivity to rural areas of the developing world. [6] He has worked at Google since 2011. [7]
Brewer received a Bachelor of Science in electrical engineering and computer science (EECS) from UC Berkeley where he was a member of the Pi Lambda Phi fraternity. [8] Later he earned a Master of Science and PhD in EECS from MIT. He received tenure from UC Berkeley in 2000. [9]
In 1999, he was named to the MIT Technology Review TR100 as one of the top 100 innovators in the world under the age of 35. [10]
In 2007, Brewer was inducted as a Fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery "for the design of scalable, reliable internet services." [11] [12] That same year, he was also inducted into the National Academy of Engineering "for the design of highly scalable internet services." [13]
Brewer is the 2009 recipient [14] of the ACM-Infosys Foundation Award in the Computing Sciences [15] "for his contributions to the design and development of highly scalable Internet services."
In 2009, Brewer received the SIGOPS Mark Weiser Award. [16]
In 2013, the ETH Zurich honored him with the title Dr. sc. tech. ( honoris causa). [17]