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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]

Education

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]

Awards

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]

References

  1. ^ "Eric Brewer". Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. University of California, Berkeley. Archived from the original on April 30, 2021. Retrieved June 4, 2018.
  2. ^ "Eric Brewer". LinkedIn. Retrieved June 4, 2018.
  3. ^ "Lessons from Internet Services: ACID vs. BASE". Archived from the original on 2008-06-24. Retrieved 2008-11-06.
  4. ^ "A Fallen Tech Highflier Sifts Through Bubble Memories". Los Angeles Times. July 5, 2004.
  5. ^ "About the Website USA.gov". USA.gov. Archived from the original on February 11, 2018. Retrieved June 4, 2018.
  6. ^ Patra, Rabin; Nedevschi, Sergiu; Surana, Sonesh; Sheth, Anmol; Subramanian, Lakshminarayanan; Brewer, Eric (April 11–13, 2007). "WiLDNet: Design and Implementation of High Performance WiFi Based Long Distance Networks". 4th USENIX Symposium on Networked Systems Design & Implementation. Cambridge, Massachusetts: 87–100 (NSDI ’07). Archived from the original on 2021-04-30. Retrieved 2021-04-30.
  7. ^ Cloud Native [@eric_brewer] (May 10, 2011). "I will be leading the design of the next gen of infrastructure at Google. The cloud is young: much to do, many left to reach" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  8. ^ Membership Directory, 2010, Pi Lambda Phi Inc.
  9. ^ Wilson, Robin (March 3, 2000). "They May Not Wear Armani to Class, but Some Professors Are Filthy Rich". The chronicle of higher education. Archived from the original on 2021-04-30. Retrieved 2021-04-30.
  10. ^ "1999 Young Innovators Under 35". Technology Review. 1999. Archived from the original on October 15, 2012. Retrieved August 15, 2011.
  11. ^ "ACM Fellows". Association for Computing Machinery. Archived from the original on 2018-01-28. Retrieved 2008-01-21.
  12. ^ "Eric A. Brewer". Association for Computing Machinery. Archived from the original on 2008-02-14. Retrieved 2008-01-21.
  13. ^ "Dr. Eric A. Brewer". National Academy of Engineering. Archived from the original on 2008-10-24. Retrieved 2008-01-21.
  14. ^ "Media Center". www.acm.org. Archived from the original on 2021-04-26. Retrieved 2021-04-30.
  15. ^ "List of recipients of the ACM-InfoSys Foundation Award". ACM (the Association for Computing Machinery). Archived from the original on 2 April 2012. Retrieved 25 June 2010.
  16. ^ "The Mark Weiser Award". ACM SIGOPS. Archived from the original on 17 June 2019. Retrieved 5 July 2019.
  17. ^ "ETH Day 2013". Archived from the original on 2019-11-19. Retrieved 2021-04-30.

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