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Frederick Phillips Brooks Jr. (April 19, 1931 – November 17, 2022) was an American computer architect, software engineer, and computer scientist, best known for managing development of IBM's System/360 family of mainframe computers and the OS/360 software support package, then later writing candidly about those experiences in his seminal book The Mythical Man-Month. In 1976, Brooks was elected to the National Academy of Engineering for "contributions to computer system design and the ...
Fred Brooks, American computer scientist who won the 1999 A.M. Turing Award, the highest honor in computer science, for his ‘landmark contributions to computer architecture, operating systems, and software engineering.’ Learn more about Brooks’s life and work.
Frederick Phillips Brooks, Jr. was born April 19, 1931, in Durham, North Carolina. Growing up in the Raleigh/Durham region, he earned his AB in physics at Duke University in 1953.
Aug 12, 1995 · Few books on software project management have been as influential and timeless as The Mythical Man-Month.With a blend of software engineering facts and thought-provoking opinions, Fred Brooks offers insight for anyone managing complex projects.
Fred Brooks with a statue created in his honor at the University of North Carolina Department of Computer Science. ACM fellow Frederick (“Fred”) Brooks, recipient of the 1999 A.M. Turing Award, has made landmark contributions to computer architecture, operating systems, and software engineering.
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Oral History of Fred Brooks Interviewed by: Grady Booch Edited by: Dag Spicer Recorded: September 16, 2007 Cambridge, United Kingdom CHM Reference number: X4146.2008
Oct 2, 2020 · Frederick (“Fred”) Brooks, winner of the Association for Computing Machinery's A.M. Turing Award, discusses the creation of IBM's System/360 architecture, wi...
Dec 13, 2022 · Fred Brooks died last month at age 91.Thanks to his best-selling software development management book, The Mythical Man-Month Essays on Software Engineering, he became a programming and management ...
Dec 6, 2022 · Dr Frederick P Brooks Jr, originator of the term "architecture in computing", author of one of the first books to examine the nature of computer programming from a sociotechnical perspective ...
