Harold Stuart Stone (born August 10, 1938 in

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) is an American computer scientist specializing in parallel computer architecture. He is an IEEE Fellow, and a Fellow of the

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(1993).

Education and career

Stone obtained a bachelor in Electrical Engineering at

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in 1960, and his masters and PhD in 1961 and 1963 at the

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. His PhD advisors were Robert B. Ash and

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. He was a faculty member at

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from 1968 until 1974, when he moved to the

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. From 1984 onwards was he a researcher at IBM's

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and later as a NEC Fellow at the

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Books

Stone's books include: * ''High Performance Computer Architecture'', Addison-Wesley 1987, 2. Edition 1993 * ''Introduction to Computer Architecture'', 1975, 2. Edition, Chicago: Science Research Associates 1980 * ''Introduction to Computer Organization and Data Structures'', McGraw Hill 1971 * ''Discrete mathematical structures and their applications'', Chicago: Science Research Associates 1973 * ''Microcomputer Interfacing'', Addison-Wesley 1982 * with Daniel Siewiorek ''Introduction to computer organization and data structures, PDP-11 edition'', McGraw Hill 1975

Recognition

Stone received the

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in 1992, the Taylor L. Booth Award in 1999, and the ''Charles Babbage Award'' in 1991. He is

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and Fellow of the

(1993).

References

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