Gerald John "Jerry" Popek(September 22, 1946 – July 20, 2008) was an Americancomputer scientist,known for his research onoperating systemsandvirtualization.
Gerald J. Popek | |
|---|---|
| Born | September 22, 1946 |
| Died | July 20, 2008(aged 61) |
| Alma mater | New York University Harvard University |
| Known for | Popek and Goldberg virtualization requirements |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Computer Scientist |
| Institutions | UCLA Locus Computing Corporation United Online |
WithRobert P. Goldberghe proposed thePopek and Goldberg virtualization requirements,[1]a set of conditions necessary for a computer architecture to supportsystem virtualization.
Academia
editBorn inPassaic, New Jersey[2]Popek graduated fromRutherford High SchoolinRutherford, New Jerseyin 1964, where he was the class valedictorian.[citation needed]He graduated fromNew York Universityin 1968 with a B.S. in Nuclear Engineering.[3] In 1970 he completed an M.S. in Applied Mathematics fromHarvard University.In 1973 he completed a Ph.D, also in Applied Mathematics, at Harvard and moved toUCLA.At UCLA he worked on virtualisation, network security, reliable operating systems and Databases. He became Director of the Center for Experimental Computer Science.
Around 1980 he worked on theLOCUSdistributed operating system,[4]an early implementation of thesingle-system imageidea.
Between April 1981 and June 1983 Popek served on theDARPA"steering committee" forBSDUNIXformed byDuane Adamsof DARPA to guide the design work leading to4.2BSD.Other members of the committee wereBob Fabry,Bill JoyandSam LefflerfromUCB,Alan NemethandRob GurwitzfromBBN,Dennis RitchiefromBell Labs,Keith LantzfromStanford,Rick RashidfromCarnegie-Mellon,Bert HalsteadfromMITandDan LynchfromISI.[5]
Commercial
editIn order to pursue the commercial opportunities of LOCUS he formed theLocus Computing Corporationin 1982, taking on the roles ofChief technical officerand Chairman.[6] In 1995 Locus was acquired byPlatinum TechnologyInc. in a share swap.[7]Dr Popek took on the role of CTO of Platinum. In 1999 he left Platinum to become CTO ofCarsDirect.com,"the first Internet car company"[8] In 2000 he left CarsDirect.com to joinNetZeroalso as CTO[9] In 2001 NetZero merged with its competitorJunoto formUnited OnlineInc.[10]and Dr Popek became Executive Vice President and CTO of the new company.[11]
Awards
editIn June 2009 he was posthumously awarded the 2009USENIXLifetime Achievement Award.[12]
References
edit- ^Popek, Gerald J.; Goldberg, Robert P. (1973). "Formal requirements for virtualizable third generation architectures".Proceedings of the fourth symposium on Operating system principles - SOSP '73.p. 121.doi:10.1145/800009.808061.S2CID12680060.
- ^The UCLA Computer Science Department Quarterly,University of California, Los Angeles,Fall 1987 / Winter 1988, Vol. 16 No. 1. Accessed October 29, 2017. "Dr. Popek was born in Passaic, New Jersey and received the B.S. in Nuclear Engineering with honors from New York University in 1968."
- ^"Popek's page at the UCLA Laboratory for Advanced Systems Research".Retrieved2008-09-23.
- ^Popek, G.; Walker, B.; Chow, J.; Edwards, D.; Kline, C.; Rudisin, G.; Thiel, G. (1981). "LOCUS a network transparent, high reliability distributed system".ACM SIGOPS Operating Systems Review.15(5): 169.doi:10.1145/1067627.806605.
- ^"20 Years of Berkeley Unix: From AT&T-Owned to Freely Redistributable - DARPA Support".O'Reilly.Retrieved2008-09-23.
- ^"Locus Computing Corp. (company profile)".EDN.1989.Retrieved2008-09-23.[dead link]
- ^"PLATINUM technology And Locus Computing Finalize Acquisition; Locus Computing officially becomes a PLATINUM technology subsidiary".Business Wire.1995-08-17.
- ^"CarsDirect.com Names Internet Pioneer New Chief Technology Officer; Gerald Popek Joins from Platinum Technology to Lead Technology Team at First Internet Car Company".Business Wire.1999.Retrieved2008-09-24.
- ^"NetZero Names Internet Pioneer Gerald Popek New Chief Technology Officer; Former CarsDirect.com Executive To Lead Technology Team for Leading Free ISP".Business Wire.2000-10-23.Retrieved2008-09-24.
- ^"NetZero, Juno to unite in merger".Retrieved2008-09-24.
- ^"EXECUTIVE PROFILE Gerald J. Popek Chief Technology Officer and Executive Vice President, United Online Inc".[dead link]
- ^"Flame Award".usenix.org.6 December 2011.Retrieved2016-05-30.