Peter G. Neumann
American computer scientist (1932 - 2026) · United States · On the map · Scientists · Died at 93
Peter Gabriel Neumann was an American computer science researcher who studied how computer systems fail and advocated for the principles that make them fail less often..
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2026Died17 May 20261997Norbert Wiener Award for Social and Professional ResponsibilityAward1996EFF AwardAward1994ACM FellowAward1932Born21 September 1932
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Neumann worked on the Multics operating system in the 1960s, and edited the RISKS Digest columns for ACM Software Engineering Notes and Communications of the ACM. He founded ACM SIGSOFT and was a Fellow of the ACM, IEEE, and AAAS.
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United States
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Scientists
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Scientist
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Deceased
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Lived 1932 to 2026 · aged 93
