Academic

Peter J. Denning

American computer scientist and writer

Life

1942 – present

Born

January 6, 1942

Nationality

United States

Peter James Denning is an American computer scientist and writer. He is best known for pioneering work in virtual memory, especially for inventing the working-set model for program behavior, which addressed thrashing in operating systems and became the reference standard for all memory management policies. He is also known for his works on principles of operating systems, operational analysis of queueing network systems, design and implementation of CSNET, the ACM digital lib

§Related entries

Academic

Al Gore

Vice President of the United States from 1993 to 2001

1948 – present · United States

Academic

Alan C. Ashton

American computer scientist

1942 – present · United States

Academic

Alexander Y. Tetelbaum

Ukrainian computer scientist, inventor, and academic administrator

1948 – present · United States

Academic

Allan Alcorn

American computer scientist (born 1948)

1948 – present · United States

Academic

Andrew Barto

American computer scientist and professor (born 1948)

1948 – present · United States

Academic

Andrew S. Tanenbaum

American-Dutch computer scientist (born 1944)

1944 – present · United States