Peter J. Denning

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Peter J. Denning is professor of computer science and information technology, and university process reengineering coordinator, at George Mason University. He was the founding director of the Research Institute for Advanced Computer Science at the NASA Ames Research Center, a co-founder of CSNET, show more and President of the Association for Computing Machinery 1980-82. show less

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Beyond Calculation: The Next Fifty Years of Computing (1997) — Editor — 115 copies, 1 review

Computational Thinking (The MIT Press Essential Knowledge series) (2019) 63 copies

The Invisible Future: The Seamless Integration Of Technology Into Everyday Life (2001) — Editor — 47 copies, 1 review

The Innovator's Way: Essential Practices for Successful Innovation (2010) 47 copies

Computers Under Attack: Intruders, Worms and Viruses (1990) — Editor — 30 copies, 1 review

Talking Back to the Machine : Computers and Human Aspiration (1999) — Editor — 28 copies

Great Principles of Computing (The MIT Press) (2015) 28 copies

Machines, Languages, and Computation (1978) 18 copies

The Innovator’S Way: Essential Practices For Successful Innovation [Hardcover] Denning & Dunham 1 copy

Operating systems : third generation computer systems : multiprogramming systems, time-sharing systems, operating systems, programming, storage allocation, processes, parallelism,… (1974) 1 copy

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Birthdate: 1942-01-06
Gender: male
Organizations: ACM (Fellow)
Awards and honors: Postel Service Award
Relationships: Denning, Dorothy E. (wife)
Nationality: USA
Birthplace: Queens, New York, USA
Associated Place (for map): New York, USA

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Computers under attack : intruders, worms, and viruses by Peter J. Denning

interesting historically if you're into computers. How charmingly naive they all were about computer security in 1990 when "internet" and "civility" could be used in the same sentence without a negative modifier and "the internet worm/virus" was a singular incident. The technical content is long out-dated, but the stories of the difficulty of identifying the perpetrators of computer attacks and the moral questions are still relevant.

Jan 10, 2019

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The Invisible Future: The Seamless Integration Of Technology Into Everyday Life by Peter J. Denning

Chapters by 18 computer scientists and others.

Dec 22, 2006

bnielsen 8,506 reviews

Beyond calculation : the next fifty years of computing by Peter J. Denning

Indeholder "James Burke: Foreword", "Peter J. Denning, Robert M. Metcalfe: Preface", "Acknowledgements", "Part I: The Coming Revolution", " 1. Gordon Bell, James N. Gray: The Revolution Yet to Happen", " 2. Vinton G. Cerf: When They're Everywhere", " 3. Bob Frankston: Beyond Limits", " 4. Edsger W. Dijkstra: The Tide Not the Waves", " 5. Richard W. Hamming: How to Think About Trends", " 6. Mark Weiser, John Seely Brown: The Coming Age of Calm Technology", "Part II: Computers and Human show more Identity", " 7. Sherry Turkle: Growing Up in the Culture of Simulation", " 8. Donald Norman: Why It's Good That Computers Don't Work Like the Brain", " 9. David Gelernter: The Logic of Dreams", " 10. Franz L. Alt: End-Running Human Intelligence", " 11. Paul W. Abrahams: A World Without Work", " 12. Terry Winograd: The Design of Interaction", "Part III: Business and Innovation", " 13. Bob O. Evans: The Stumbling Titan", " 14. Fernando Flores: The Leaders of the Future", " 15. Larry Druffel: Information Warfare", " 16. Abbe Mowshowitz: Virtual Feudalism", " 17. Donald D. Chamberlin: Sharing Our Planet", " 18. William J. Mitchell, Oliver Strimpel: There and Not There", " 19. Dennis Tsichritzis: The Dynamics of Innovation", " 20. Peter J. Denning: How We Will Learn", "Contributors", "Glossary", "Index".

En række forfattere forsøgte i 1997 på at komme med et bud på fremtiden for computere. Det er ikke ret godt ramt. Cloud computing, blockchain currencies, smart phones. Nej! I det mindste er fiaskoen med femte generations blah-blah så slem, at folk tager masser af forbehold for deres egne profetier. show less

Sep 27, 2013 (Edited)Danish