Andrew S. Tanenbaum 3110 225603028 2008-07-14T14:40:41Z 128.101.220.97 /* electoral-vote.com */ uncitable claim removed {{Infobox person |image=AndrewTanenbaum.JPG |name=Andrew Stuart Tanenbaum |known_for=[[MINIX]], [[Microkernel]]s |occupation=[[Professor]] |birth_place= [[White Plains, New York]] |nationality= [[United States|American]] |residence=[[Amsterdam, Netherlands]] |birth_date=1944 (age 63) |employer=[[Vrije Universiteit]] |other_names=Andy <br /> ast (internet handle) }} '''Andrew Stuart "Andy" Tanenbaum''' (sometimes called '''ast''')<ref name="AndyTanenbaumFirstPost">{{cite newsgroup | author = A. S. Tanenbaum | title = LINUX is obsolete | date = [[1992-01-29]] | newsgroup = comp.os.minix | id = 12595@star.cs.vu.nl | url = http://groups.google.com/group/comp.os.minix/browse_thread/thread/c25870d7a41696d2/f447530d082cd95d?tvc=2 | accessdate = 2006-11-27 }}</ref> (born 1944) is a [[professor]] of [[computer science]] at the [[Vrije Universiteit]], [[Amsterdam]] in the [[Netherlands]]. He is best known as the author of [[MINIX]], a free [[Unix-like]] [[operating system]] for teaching purposes, and for his [[computer science]] textbooks, regarded as standard texts in the field. He regards his teaching job as his most important work.<ref name=teach>[http://www.cs.vu.nl/~ast/brown/followup/ 2004 article] about Linux, the Usenet debate, and the [[Alexis de Tocqueville Institution]]</ref> ==Biography== Tanenbaum was born in [[New York City]] and grew up in suburban [[White Plains, New York]]. He received his [[bachelor of Science|S.B.]] degree in [[Physics]] from [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology|MIT]] in 1965. He received his [[Doctor of Philosophy|Ph.D.]] degree in physics from the [[University of California, Berkeley]] in 1971. He moved to the Netherlands to live with his wife who is Dutch, but he retains his United States [[citizenship]]. [[As of 2004]] he teaches courses about Computer Organization and Operating Systems, and supervises the work of [[Ph.D. candidate]]s. ==Books== He is well recognized for his textbooks on computer science: * ''Computer Networks,'' ISBN 0-13-066102-3 * ''[[Operating Systems: Design and Implementation]],'' (co-authored with Albert Woodhull), ISBN 0-13-142938-8 * ''[[Modern Operating Systems]],'' ISBN 0-13-031358-0 * ''Structured Computer Organization,'' ISBN 0-13-148521-0 * ''Distributed Systems: Principles and Paradigms,'' (co-authored with Maarten van Steen), ISBN 0-13-239227-5 ''Operating Systems: Design and Implementation'' and MINIX<ref>http://www.minix3.org/</ref> were [[Linus Torvalds]]' inspiration for the [[Linux]] kernel. In his autobiography ''[[Just For Fun]]'', Torvalds describes it as "the book that launched me to new heights". These five books have been translated into 20 languages: Basque, Bulgarian, Chinese, Dutch, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Persian, Polish, Portuguese (for Brazil), Portuguese (for Portugal), Romanian, Russian, Spanish (for Latin America), Spanish (for Spain), and Thai. They have appeared in over 120 editions and are used at universities around the world<ref>http://www.cs.vu.nl/~ast/publications</ref>. ==MINIX== In 1987, Tanenbaum wrote the first open-source clone of [[UNIX]], called [[MINIX]] (MIni-uNIX), for the [[IBM PC]]. It was targeted at students and others who wanted to learn how an operating system worked. Consequently, he wrote a book<ref>http://www.amazon.com/dp/0131429388</ref> that listed the source code in an appendix and described it in detail in the text. The source code itself was available on a set of floppy disks. Within three months, a [[USENET]] newsgroup, comp.os.minix<ref>http://groups.google.com/group/comp.os.minix/topics</ref>, had sprung up with over 40,000 readers discussing and improving the system. One of these readers was a Finnish student named [[Linus Torvalds]] who began adding new features to MINIX and tailoring it to his own needs. On [[October 5]], [[1991]], Torvalds announced his own ([[POSIX]] like) operating system, called [[Linux]], which originally used the MINIX file system but is not based on MINIX code<ref>http://www.cs.vu.nl/~ast/brown/</ref>. Although MINIX and Linux have diverged, MINIX continues to be developed, now as a production system as well as an educational one<ref>http://www.usenix.org/publications/login/2006-04/openpdfs/herder.pdf</ref>. The focus is on building a highly modular, reliable, and secure, operating system. The system is based on a microkernel, with only 4000 lines of code running in kernel mode. The rest of the operating system runs as a number of independent processes in user mode, including processes for the file system, process manager, and each device driver. The system continuously monitors each of these processes, and when a failure is detected is often capable of automatically replacing the failed process without a reboot, without disturbing running programs, and without the user even noticing. [[MINIX 3]], as the current version is called, is available under the [[BSD license]] for free at [http://www.minix3.org www.minix3.org]. ==Research projects== Tanenbaum has also been involved in numerous other research projects in the areas of operating systems, distributed systems, and ubiquitous computing, often as supervisor of Ph.D. students or a [[postdoctoral researcher]]. These projects include: *[http://www.cs.vu.nl/pub/amoeba/ Amoeba] *[http://www.cs.vu.nl/globe/ Globe] *[http://www.cs.vu.nl/~guido/mansion/ Mansion] *[http://www.cs.vu.nl/orca/ Orca] *[http://www.few.vu.nl/~leendert/paramecium.html Paramecium] *[[RFID Guardian]] *[http://www.s3ms.org/index.jsp S3MS] *[[Turtle F2F]]! ==Ph.D. students== Tanenbaum has had a number of Ph.D. students who themselves have gone on to become famous computer science researchers. These include [[Henri Bal]], a professor at the [[Vrije Universiteit]] in [[Amsterdam]], [[Frans Kaashoek]], a professor at [[MIT]], [[Sape Mullender]], a researcher at [[Bell Labs]], [[Robbert van Renesse]], a professor at [[Cornell University]], [[Leendert van Doorn]], a fellow at the [[AMD]] Corporation, and [[Werner Vogels]], the Chief Technology Officer at [[Amazon.com]]. ==electoral-vote.com== In 2004 Tanenbaum created [[electoral-vote.com]], a popular web site analyzing [[opinion polls]] for the [[2004 U.S. Presidential Election]], using them to project the outcome in the [[U.S. Electoral College|Electoral College]]. The site also provided an electoral map. Through most of the campaign period he kept his identity secret, referring to himself as "the Votemaster" and acknowledging only that he personally preferred [[John Kerry|Kerry]]. Tanenbaum, a [[Libertarianism|libertarian]] who leans [[United States Democratic Party|Democrat]], revealed his identity on [[November 1]], [[2004]], the day prior to the election, also stating his reasons and qualifications for running the website<ref>http://www.electoral-vote.com/evp2004/info/votemaster-faq.html</ref>. The site also covered the [[United States general elections, 2006|2006 midterm elections]] and correctly predicted the winner of all 33 Senate races that year. It recently began tracking the Presidential, Senate, and House races in 2008. ==Awards== * Fellow of the ACM (1996) * Fellow of the IEEE * Member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences * Academy Professor * Coauthor of the Best Paper Award at the USENIX LISA Conference in Dec. 2006 * Coauthor of the Best Paper for High Impact at the 2006 IEEE Percom conference * Winner of the 2006 IEEE James H. Mulligan, Jr. Education Medal * Winner of the 2003 TAA McGuffey Award for classic textbooks * Winner of the 2002 TAA Texty Award for new textbooks * Winner of the 1997 ACM SIGCSE for contributions to computer science education * Winner of the 1994 ACM Karl V. Karlstrom Outstanding Educator Award * Coauthor of the 1984 ACM SOSP Distinguished Paper Award ==Honorary doctorate== [[Image:Tanenbaum-honorary-doctorate-Romania.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Tanenbaum is 4th from left]] On May 12, 2008, Tanenbaum received an [[honorary doctorate]] from Universitea Politehnica din Bucuresti (University Politehnica of Bucharest). The award was given in the academic senate chamber, after which Tanenbaum gave a lecture on his vision of the future of the computer field. The degree was given in recognition of Tanenbaum's career work, which includes about 150 published papers, 18 books (which have been translated into over 20 languages, including Romanian), and the creation of a large body of open-source software, including the Amsterdam Compiler Kit, Amoeba, Globe, and MINIX. ==Keynote talks== Tanenbaum has been keynote speaker at numerous conferences, most recently * XV [http://www.sinfo.ist.utl.pt/en/ Semana Informática] of the [[Instituto Superior Técnico]], Lisbon, Portugal, Mar. 13, 2008 * [[linux.conf.au]] in Sydney, Australia, Jan. 17, 2007 * ACM Symposium on Operating System Principles, Brighton, England, Oct. 24, 2005 ==Bibliography== *[http://www.prenhall.com/tanenbaum/ Books written by Andrew S. Tanenbaum] published by [[Prentice Hall]] *[http://www.informatik.uni-trier.de/~ley/db/indices/a-tree/t/Tanenbaum:Andrew_S=.html Academic publications by Andrew S. Tanenbaum] from [[DBLP]] *[http://www.cs.vu.nl/~ast/publications/ Publications list] {{wikiquote}} ==References== <!--See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Footnotes for an explanation of how to generate footnotes using the <ref(erences/)> tags--> {{reflist}} ==See also== *[[Tanenbaum-Torvalds debate]] — famous friendly debate between Tanenbaum and [[Linus Torvalds]] regarding kernel design *[[Turtle F2F]] - anonymous [[friend-to-friend]] P2P software == External links == * [http://www.cs.vu.nl/~ast/ Professor Andrew S Tanenbaum] at the [http://www.cs.vu.nl/en/sec/cs/ Dept. of Computer Systems at VU] * [http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/articles/minix Minix Article in Free Software Magazine] contains an interview with Andrew Tanenbaum {{DEFAULTSORT:Tanenbaum, Andrew S.}} [[Category:American technology writers|Tanenbaum, Andrew S]] [[Category:American computer scientists|Tanenbaum, Andrew S]] [[Category:1944 births|Tanenbaum, Andrew S.]] [[Category:Computer systems researchers]] [[Category:Living people|Tanenbaum, Andrew S.]] [[Category:Free software programmers|Tanenbaum, Andrew S.]] [[Category:Fellows of the Association for Computing Machinery|Tanenbaum, Andrew S.]] [[Category:Fellows of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers|Tanenbaum, Andrew S.]] [[Category:People from New York]] [[Category:Massachusetts Institute of Technology alumni]] [[Category:University of California, Berkeley alumni]] [[Category:Kernel programmers]] [[ar:أندرو تانينباوم]] [[be:Эндру Танэнбаўм]] [[be-x-old:Эндру Таненбаўм]] [[bg:Андрю Таненбаум]] [[de:Andrew S. 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