Edward G. Coffman Jr. Scientist

Edward Grady "Ed" Coffman, Jr. is a computer scientist. He began his career as a systems programmer at the System Development Corporation (SDC) during the period 1958–65. His PhD in Engineering at UCLA in 1966 was followed by a series of positions at Princeton University (1966–69), The Pennsylvania State University (1970–76), Columbia University (1976–77), and the University of California, Santa Barbara (1977–79). In 1979, he joined the Mathematics Center at Bell Laboratories where he stayed until his retirement as a Distinguished Member of Technical Staff 20 years later. After a one-year stint at the New Jersey Institute of Technology, he returned to Columbia University in 2000 with appointments in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, and Industrial Engineering and Operations Research. He retired from teaching in 2008 and is now a Professor Emeritus still fully engaged in research and in professional activities.

Personal facts

Edward G. Coffman Jr.
Birth dateJanuary 01, 1934
Birth place
Los Angeles
Education
University of California Los Angeles
Known for
Computer engineering
Operations research

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Scientist

awards
Association for Computing Machinery
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Canadian Operational Research Society
doctoral advisor
Field of study
Computer science
Electrical engineering
Operations research

Topical connections

Edward G. Coffman Jr. on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://awards.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1016856&srt=all&aw=143&ao=OSTCONTR&yr=1987
  2. http://awards.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1016856&srt=all&aw=144&ao=DISTGSVC&yr=2004
  3. http://www.sigmetrics.org/achievementaward-2003.shtml