Peter J. Denning
Denning's work on operating systems and the working-set model sits close to the resource-management questions that affect isolation, availability, and dependable computing. He also helped explain security and computing to professional audiences.
Peter J. Denning is a computer scientist known for work on operating systems, the working-set model of memory management, computer security, and computing education. He has held academic and professional leadership roles across the discipline.
Systems foundations
Operating systems mediate memory, processes, and resource allocation—the foundation on which many security boundaries depend. Denning's research on working sets contributed to understanding practical memory management in computing systems.
Security and the profession
Denning has also written and spoken widely about the field of computing, including its security challenges and professional responsibilities. That combination of systems research and communication makes his work useful in a historical archive.
Timeline
- 1942-01-06Born in New York, United States.
- 1968Completes a PhD at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
- 1968Publishes the working-set model of program behavior.
- 1970sConducts research and teaching in operating systems and computer security.
- 1992Serves as president of the Association for Computing Machinery.
- 2000sContinues work on computing education and the profession.
Peter J. Denning
- Type
- Person
- Era
- 1960s-Present
- Born
- 1942
- Known for
- Working-set model; Operating systems; Computer security; Computing education
- Tags
- academic-research, operating-systems, computer-security, computing-education
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