Thomas E. Anderson (born August 28, 1961) is an American

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noted for his research on distributed computing,

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and operating systems.

Biography

Anderson received a B.A. in

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from Harvard University in 1983. He received a

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in computer science from University of Washington in 1989 and a Ph.D in computer science from University of Washington in 1991. He then joined the Department of Computer Science at the University of California, Berkeley as an assistant professor in 1991. While there he was promoted to associate professor in 1996. In 1997, he moved to the University of Washington as an associate professor. In 2001, he was promoted to professor, and in 2009 to the Robert E. Dinning Professor in Computer Science. He currently holds the Warren Francis and Wilma Kolm Bradley Endowed Chair.

Awards

His notable awards include: * ACM

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in 2005 *

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Fellow in 2005 *

IEEE Koji Kobayashi Computers and Communications Award The IEEE Koji Kobayashi Computers and Communications Award is a Technical Field Award of the IEEE established in 1986. This award has been presented annually since 1988 for outstanding contributions to the integration of computers and commun ...

, 2013 * USENIX Lifetime Achievement Award, 2014 * National Academy of Engineering, 2016, for "contributions to the design of resilient and efficient distributed computer systems."

Works

References

External links

* University of Washington web page
Thomas E. Anderson, Department of Computer Science
{{DEFAULTSORT:Anderson, Thomas American computer scientists University of Washington faculty UC Berkeley College of Engineering faculty

Living people Harvard College alumni University of Washington alumni 1961 births People from Orlando, Florida Scientists from Florida Members of the United States National Academy of Engineering