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Jack Dennis

By mahshad
  • Bachelor of Science from MIT

    Bachelor of Science from MIT

  • Master of Science form MIT

    Master of Science form MIT

  • Placed in charge of computers

    Placed in charge of computers

    He was placed in charge of computers in engineering department. He made allowance for students to access TX-0 and PDP-1.
  • Graduated from MIT as Doctor of Science.

    Graduated from MIT as Doctor of Science.

  • Became a member of electrical engineering faculty at MIT.

    Became a member of electrical engineering faculty at MIT.

  • created one of the first interactive time-shared computer systems

    created one of the first interactive time-shared computer systems

    He designed an extensive set of hardware alterations to MIT’s PDP-1 to create one of the first interactive time-shared computer systems
  • became one of the founding members of the Multics project

    became one of the founding members of the Multics project

    Multics project was an early timesharing operating system, to which he contributed several key concepts.
  • Became a full professor at MIT.

    Became a full professor at MIT.

  • Won Eckert-Mauchly Award

    Won Eckert-Mauchly Award

    He won the award for contributions to the field of computer architecture, and becoming a Fellow of the IEEE and of the ACM.
  • Retired from MIT

    Retired from MIT

  • Started working as an independent consultant and research scientist

    Started working as an independent consultant and research scientist

    worked on projects related with parallel computer hardware and software.
  • Worked with the NASA Research Institute for Advanced Computer Science

    Worked with the NASA Research Institute for Advanced Computer Science

    He worked there as Visiting Scientist.
  • Became a member of the National Academy of Engineering (NAE)

    Became a member of the National Academy of Engineering (NAE)

  • Has been selected for ACM

    Has been selected for ACM

    Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Special Interest Group on Operating Systems (SIGOPS) Hall of Fame.
  • IEEE John von Neumann Medal, 2013[

    IEEE John von Neumann Medal, 2013[