Professor Andrew Stuart Tanenbaum was born and grew up in suburban White Plains, New York. He received his S.B. degree in Physics from MIT in 1965. He received his Ph.D. degree in physics from the University of California, Berkeley in 1971. As of 2004 he teaches courses about Computer Organization and Operating Systems and supervises the work of Ph.D. candidates at the VU University Amsterdam. He is best known as the author of MINIX, a free Unix-like operating system for teaching purposes, and for his computer science textbooks, regarded as standard texts in the field. He is a Fellow of the ACM, Fellow of the IEEE, a Member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, Academy Professor, Coauthor of the Best Paper for High Impact at the 2006 IEEE Percom conference, Winner of the 2006 IEEE James H. Mulligan, Jr. Education Medal, Winner of the 2003 TAA McGuffey Award for classic textbooks, Winner of the 2002 TAA Texty Award for new textbooks, Winner of the 1997 ACM SIGCSE for contributions to computer science education, Winner of the 1994 ACM Karl V. Karlstrom Outstanding Educator Award, Coauthor of the 1984 ACM SOSP Distinguished Paper Award and Coauthor of the Best Paper Award at the USENIX LISA Conference in Dec. 2006. His career work includes about 150 published papers, 18 books (which have been translated into over 20 languages), and the creation of a large body of open-source software, including the Amsterdam Compiler Kit, Amoeba, Globe, and MINIX.
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Professor Spiros Simitis is Professor of Labour and Civil law, Computer Science and Law at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main and Director of the Research Centre for Data Protection at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main. His other titles include: Dr. iur. Philipps at the University of Marburg, 1956, Habilitation, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Frankfurt am Main, 1963, Professor of Civil-, Commercial-, Comparative and Private International Law, Justus Liebig University, Gießen, 1964 - 1969, Professor of Labour and Civil law, Computer Science and Law, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, since 1969, Director of the Research Centre for Data Protection at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Visiting Professor i.a.: Yale Law School, since 1980; University of Paris 1990-2001, Dr. iur. h.c. University of Thracia, 1992, Dr. iur. h.c. University of Athens, 2003, Honorary Member of the Board of the German Lawyers Association, 2002, Corresponding Member of the Athens Academy of Sciences, 2003, Member of the Research Council of the European University Institute, Florence, 1990 - 1996, Member of the Strategy Commission of the European University Institute, Florence 1999 - 2001, Member of the German Council for Private International Law, since 1966, Member of the Board of the German Lawyers Association, 1970 - 1982, Secretary General of the International Civil Status Commission, 1966 - 1980, Data Protection Commissioner of the State of Hesse, 1975 - 1991, Chairman of the Data Protection Experts Committee of the Council of Europe, 1982 - 1986, Consultant of the Commission of the European Community in matters of Data Protection, since 1988, Consultant of the International Labour Office for the drafting of a regulation concerning the processing of employee data, 1994 - 1995, Chairman of the High Level Experts Group on Social Rights of the European Commission, 1998 - 1999 and Chairman of the German National Ethics Council, 2001 -2005.
Professor Andrew Stuart Tanenbaum was born and grew up in suburban White Plains, New York. He received his S.B. degree in Physics from MIT in 1965. He received his Ph.D. degree in physics from the University of California, Berkeley in 1971. As of 2004 he teaches courses about Computer Organization and Operating Systems and supervises the work of Ph.D. candidates at the VU University Amsterdam. He is best known as the author of MINIX, a free Unix-like operating system for teaching purposes, and for his computer science textbooks, regarded as standard texts in the field. He is a Fellow of the ACM, Fellow of the IEEE, a Member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, Academy Professor, Coauthor of the Best Paper for High Impact at the 2006 IEEE Percom conference, Winner of the 2006 IEEE James H. Mulligan, Jr. Education Medal, Winner of the 2003 TAA McGuffey Award for classic textbooks, Winner of the 2002 TAA Texty Award for new textbooks, Winner of the 1997 ACM SIGCSE for contributions to computer science education, Winner of the 1994 ACM Karl V. Karlstrom Outstanding Educator Award, Coauthor of the 1984 ACM SOSP Distinguished Paper Award and Coauthor of the Best Paper Award at the USENIX LISA Conference in Dec. 2006. His career work includes about 150 published papers, 18 books (which have been translated into over 20 languages), and the creation of a large body of open-source software, including the Amsterdam Compiler Kit, Amoeba, Globe, and MINIX.
Professor Spiros Simitis is Professor of Labour and Civil law, Computer Science and Law at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main and Director of the Research Centre for Data Protection at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main. His other titles include: Dr. iur. Philipps at the University of Marburg, 1956, Habilitation, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Frankfurt am Main, 1963, Professor of Civil-, Commercial-, Comparative and Private International Law, Justus Liebig University, Gießen, 1964 - 1969, Professor of Labour and Civil law, Computer Science and Law, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, since 1969, Director of the Research Centre for Data Protection at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Visiting Professor i.a.: Yale Law School, since 1980; University of Paris 1990-2001, Dr. iur. h.c. University of Thracia, 1992, Dr. iur. h.c. University of Athens, 2003, Honorary Member of the Board of the German Lawyers Association, 2002, Corresponding Member of the Athens Academy of Sciences, 2003, Member of the Research Council of the European University Institute, Florence, 1990 - 1996, Member of the Strategy Commission of the European University Institute, Florence 1999 - 2001, Member of the German Council for Private International Law, since 1966, Member of the Board of the German Lawyers Association, 1970 - 1982, Secretary General of the International Civil Status Commission, 1966 - 1980, Data Protection Commissioner of the State of Hesse, 1975 - 1991, Chairman of the Data Protection Experts Committee of the Council of Europe, 1982 - 1986, Consultant of the Commission of the European Community in matters of Data Protection, since 1988, Consultant of the International Labour Office for the drafting of a regulation concerning the processing of employee data, 1994 - 1995, Chairman of the High Level Experts Group on Social Rights of the European Commission, 1998 - 1999 and Chairman of the German National Ethics Council, 2001 -2005.
