Bernard Galler
Bernard Galler | |
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 Bernard A. Galler (2004) | |
| Born | October 3, 1928 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Died | September 4, 2006(aged 77) Ann Arbor, Michigan,U.S. |
| Education | University of Chicago(BS,PhD) University of California, Los Angeles(MS) |
| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | University of Michigan |
| Doctoral advisor | Paul Halmos Marshall Stone |
Bernard A. Galler(October 3, 1928 – September 4, 2006) was an American mathematician and computer scientist at theUniversity of Michiganwho was involved in the development of large-scale operating systems and computer languages including theMAD programming languageand theMichigan Terminal Systemoperating system.[1][2][3]
Education and career
[edit]Galler attended theUniversity of Chicagowhere he earned a BSc in mathematics at theUniversity of Chicago(1947), followed by a MSc fromUCLAand a PhD from theUniversity of Chicago(1955), advised byPaul HalmosandMarshall Stone.He joined the mathematics department at theUniversity of Michigan(1955) where he taught the firstprogrammingcourse (1956) using anIBM 704.Galler helped to develop the computer language called theMichigan Algorithm Decoder(1959-) in use at several universities. He formed the Communication Sciences dept (1965), renamed Computer Sciences (CS), which became the Computer and Communications (CCS) dept (1984), and Computer Science Department in the 70s, where he retired in 1994.
Galler's class developed the realtime course scheduling program called Computer Registration Involving Student Participation (CRISP) which allowed students to register for courses without waiting in long lines.[4]The University used the CRISP application for over fifteen years.
From 1968 to 1970, Prof. Galler was the President of theAssociation for Computing Machinery(ACM). In 1994 he was inducted as aFellowof theAssociation for Computing Machinery.He was the founding editor of the journalIEEE Annals of the History of Computing(1979–87). He was also the President of theSoftware Patent Institute(1992). For fifteen years, he served as an expert witness in numerous important legal cases around the country involving computer software issues.
Personal life
[edit]Galler was married to Enid Harris, played violin in several orchestras and chamber groups, co-founded the Ypsilanti Youth Orchestra (2001) for children whose schools did not have string music education. He was president of the Orchestra Board at the University of Michigan and a member of the Ann Arbor chapter ofRotary International.He died frompulmonary embolism.[5]
The Bernard A. Galler Fellowship Fund[6]has been established at the University of Michigan Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science to "attract and support outstanding graduate students pursuing an advanced degree in computer science."
References
[edit]- ^"A career interview with Bernard Galler".IEEE Annals of the History of Computing.23(1): 22–33. 2001.doi:10.1109/85.910847.
- ^Atsushi Akera (2008)."The Life and Work of Bernard A. Galler (1928–2006)"(PDF).IEEE Annals of the History of Computing.30(1): 4–14.doi:10.1109/MAHC.2008.15.S2CID22790110.
- ^Arden, B. W.;Galler, B. A.;O'Brien, T. C.;Westervelt, F. H.(January 1966)."Program and Addressing Structure in a Time-Sharing Environment".Journal of the ACM.13(1). New York:Association for Computing Machinery:1–16.doi:10.1145/321312.321313.eISSN1557-735X.ISSN0004-5411.S2CID9302487.
- ^"CRISP: An Interactive Student Registration System"[permanent dead link],B.A. Galler, et al., University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1973, Note: Paper presented at the ACM Annual Conference (Atlanta, Georgia, August 1973)
- ^"In memory of Bernard Galler, 1928-2006"ArchivedNovember 16, 2006, at theWayback Machine,Ann Arbor Newsas captured and reproduced by Edward Vielmetti in his weblog, Vacuum, September 7, 2006
- ^Bernard A. Galler Fellowship Fund,Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Michigan, accessed February 5, 2013
External links
[edit]- Galler, Bernard (1962).The Language of Computers(PDF).McGraw-Hill.LCCN62-13811.
- Oral history interview with Bernard A. GallerCharles Babbage Institute,University of Minnesota, Minneapolis. Galler describes the development of computer science at the University of Michigan from the 1950s through the 1980s and discusses his own work in computer science. Galler also discusses Michigan's relationship withARPANET,CSNET,andBITNET.He describes the atmosphere on campus in the 1960s and early 1970s and his various administrative roles at the university. Galler discusses his involvement with theAssociation for Computing Machinery,theAmerican Federation of Information Processing Societies,the founding of theCharles Babbage Institute,and his work with theAnnals of the History of Computing.
- A Day in the Life of Bernard Galler,ACM Crossroads (no date)
- The Mathematics Genealogy Project: Bernard Galler,Department of Mathematics, North Dakota State University
- Bernard A. Galler,DBLP Computer Science Bibliography
- Bernard Galler's obituaryArchivedDecember 31, 2012, at theWayback Machinein the University Record, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, November 8, 2006.
- 1928 births
- 2006 deaths
- American computer scientists
- 20th-century American educators
- 20th-century American mathematicians
- 21st-century American mathematicians
- Deaths from pulmonary embolism
- Scientists from Chicago
- Academics from Ann Arbor, Michigan
- University of Chicago alumni
- University of Michigan faculty
- Presidents of the Association for Computing Machinery
- University of California, Los Angeles alumni
- Engineers from Illinois
- Mathematicians from Illinois
- 1994 Fellows of the Association for Computing Machinery