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An interview with computer scientist and computer programmer Peter G. Neumann is presented. Background is presented on Neumann's career and achievements in computer science. He discusses his reasons for starting a career in computer science after having studied applied mathematics at Harvard Univers...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:	Communications of the ACM Vol. 56; no. 12; pp. 126 - 128
Main Author:	Hoffmann, Leah
Format:	Interview
Published:	Association for Computing Machinery Dec2013
Subjects:	Neumann, Peter, 1932- Computer science Applied mathematics Computer operating systems SRI International Computer programmers
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost

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Summary:	An interview with computer scientist and computer programmer Peter G. Neumann is presented. Background is presented on Neumann's career and achievements in computer science. He discusses his reasons for starting a career in computer science after having studied applied mathematics at Harvard University. He describes how he became involved with the Multics computer operating system (OS) project at Bell Laboratories. His reasons for leaving Bell Laboratories and joining nonprofit research center SRI International are also discussed.