Robert P. Goldberg
| Robert P. Goldberg | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1944/1945 Brooklyn, NY |
| Died | February 25, 1994 Boston, MA |
| Fields | Computer Scientist |
| Institutions |
Harvard University MIT BGS Systems Inc. |
| Alma mater | Harvard University |
| Known for | Popek and Goldberg virtualization requirements |
Robert P. Goldberg (1944/1945 – February 25, 1994) was an American computer scientist, known for his research on operating systems and virtualization.
With Gerald J. Popek he proposed the Popek and Goldberg virtualization requirements, a set of conditions necessary for a computer architecture to support system virtualization. In his Ph.D. thesis "Architectural Principles for Virtual Computer Systems" he also invented the classification for Hypervisors which is now widely adopted in the area of virtual computer systems and computer science in general.
Dr. Goldberg was born in Brooklyn, New York City, in about 1945. He received the B.S. degree in Mathematics from MIT in 1965 and the MA and Ph.D. degress in Applied Mathematics from Harvard University, in 1969 and 1973, respectively.
In his Ph.D. thesis "Architectural Principles for Virtual Computer Systems" published 1974 he invented the classification for Hypervisors which is now widely adopted in the area of virtual computer systems and computer science in general. In 1974 with Gerald J. Popek he proposed the Popek and Goldberg virtualization requirements, a set of conditions necessary for a computer architecture to support system virtualization.
From 1966 to 1972 he was a member of the research staff at MIT, first at Lincoln Laboratories and then at Project MAC. From 1971 to 1972, Dr. Goldberg served as a consultant to the Director of Engineering at Honeywell's Boston Computer Operations.
His teaching experience included lectoreships at Brandeis University and Northeastern University. Dr. Goldberg was a member of ACM. He was the organizer of the Virtual Machine session at the 1973 National Computer Conference, was the Program Chairman and Proceedings Editor for the ACM SIGARCH-SIGOPS Workshop on Virtual Computer Systems, 1973 and has written and lectured extensively on many different aspects of virtual machine systems.
Dr. Goldberg was a member of the Honeywell Information Systems Technical Office in Waltham,MA and also a Lecturer on Computer Science at Harvard University. His research interest included computer architectures, operating system design and evaluation, and data management systems at that time.
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