Father of Distributed Computing
Distributed computing is a foundational element for most modern day computing. It paved the way for processing to be shared across multiple computers and, nowadays, within the cloud. Most technology companies, including IBM, Google, Amazon, and Facebook, use distributed computing to provide highly scalable and reliable computing power for their systems and services. Yet, Bill Gates did not invent distributed computing, nor did Steve Jobs. In fact, it was pioneered in the mid-1970s by an unsung hero of computer science, Leslie Lamport. Know aged 73 Leslie Lamport was recognized with this year’s Turing Award. From Technology Review: This year’s winner of the Turing Award—often referred to as the Nobel Prize of computing—was announced today as Leslie Lamport, a computer scientist whose research made possible the development of the large, networked…