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Thanks to CTOnews.com netizens, assassins for their clues delivery! CTOnews.com, Nov. 19, 1999 Turing Award winner, member of the National Academy of Sciences, computer scientist Frederick Phillips Brooks, Jr, who made landmark contributions to computer architecture, operating system and software engineering. Died at the age of 91 (April 19, 1931-November 17, 2022).

The official account of the computer Science Department of the University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill, which Fred Brooks founded and led for a long time, posted an obituary on Twitter, "our department has issued an obituary to its founder Frederick P. Brooks, Jr." I would like to express my condolences over the death of the doctor, who is a pioneer in computer science and A.M. Winner of the Turing Award, the National Technical Medal and many other awards. He is kind and humble, and he is everyone's friend and mentor. "

Dr. Brooks grew up in Greenville, North Carolina, received a bachelor's degree from Duke University and a doctorate from Harvard University, where he was mentored by computing pioneer Howard Aiken. He joined IBM in New York in 1956 to manage the IBM System / 360 series of computers, which was revolutionary in the computer industry. In the course of the project, Dr. Brooks made the decision to switch from 6-bit to 8-bit bytes, which made the use of lowercase letters the industry standard.

In 1962, while working on the IBM System / 360 project, Dr. Brooks visited UNC-Chapel Hill (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) for an interview and gave a guest lecture entitled "Ten Research questions in computer Science". This left a deep impression on the management, which led to the establishment of the UNC computer Science Department. Brooks returned a year later and agreed to lead the new department, which became the second independent computer science department in the United States to award a doctorate. When the department was founded, he was only 33 years old, and the department was originally named "Information Science" because the name of the new discipline had not yet been determined.

When IBM provided a $100000 grant to help the new department develop, Dr. Brooks insisted that the money be evenly distributed among the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Duke University and North Carolina State University to build a mainstay of computer science in the Triangle Research Park. This collaboration has led to decades of resource sharing and research collaboration, and today all three universities have highly ranked computer science programs. Dr. Brooks is also believed to have played a key role in persuading IBM to build the Triangle Research Park and eventually become the largest office building in the world.

In 2008, UNC-Chapel Hill built a second building to expand the computer science department. The new building was named after Dr. Brooks, who was still working in the department at that time. However, he never moved into the newer office in the Brooks building, but humbly insisted on maintaining his office in Sitterson Hall until his retirement.

During his 20 years as dean of the department, Dr. Brooks also led a research group on interactive computer graphics and virtual environments. In addition to his research, he is also an outstanding mentor to many colleagues and students. More than 40 students completed their doctorates under his guidance, and many others benefited from his advice. He also advises on many academic developments in universities and liberal arts colleges. He continued to teach and advise graduate students in his 80s and eventually retired in 2015 after 51 years of service with the university.

Fred Brooks has been recognized throughout his life for his professional achievements and outstanding contributions to computer architecture.

Including the National Medal of Technology in 1985, the Bauer Award at Franklin College in 1995, and A.M. In 1999. Turing Award. The Turing Award jury said the award was to recognize Brooks's "landmark contribution to computer architecture, operating system and software engineering." The Franklin College Bauer Award said he defined "the concept of computer architecture, which separates computer software from hardware, allowing these two basic areas of the computer age to develop dynamically and independently." "

Brooks was also elected IEEE Fellow,1970 in 1968 and IEEE McDowell Award in 1968, Academician of American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1976, National Academy of Engineering in the same year, ACM Outstanding Service Award in 1987, Von Neumann Medal in 1993, ACM Fellow and Royal Academy of Engineering in 1994, and National Academy of Sciences in 2001.

CTOnews.com learned that Brooks also wrote the Myth of Man and Moon, which was officially published in 1975, a collection of essays summing up the experience of developing System / 360 systems for IBM. However, because the book provides people with insightful insights, thought-provoking views, and a large number of software engineering practices, it has been widely spread as soon as it is published.

In 1995, four new chapters were added to the 20th anniversary edition of the Myth of Man and Moon. In addition to the Myth of Man and Moon, Brooks has written or co-authored many books and papers, including automatic data processing, No Silver bullet: the Nature and attachment work of Software Engineering, computer Architecture, and Design originals.

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