| George Coulouris | |
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| Born | (1937-11-15)15 November 1937 New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Died | 18 November 2024(2024-11-18) (aged 87) London, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Known for | Content Addressable File Store, Em Unix text editor, Distributed Systems textbook |
| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | Queen Mary, University of London University of Cambridge IBM Imperial College London |
| Website | www www |
George F. Coulouris (15 November 1937 – 18 November 2024) was a British computer scientist and the son of actor George Coulouris. He was an emeritus professor of Queen Mary, University of London and formerly visiting professor in residence at University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory. He was co-author of a textbook on distributed systems. He was instrumental in the development of ICL's Content Addressable File Store (CAFS) and he developed em, the Unix editor, which inspired Bill Joy to write vi.
Education
In 1960 George Coulouris graduated with an honours degree in Physics from University College London.
Career
Coulouris worked at IBM and other companies before joining the London Institute of Computer Science as a Research Assistant and then Imperial College London as a lecturer in 1965.
In 1971 he joined Queen Mary College as a lecturer. He became a reader in 1973 and a professor in 1978. He retired from Queen Mary in 1998, but continued as a visiting professor at the University of Cambridge.
Family
Prof Coulouris's name is of Greek heritage, as he was the son of actor George Coulouris, whose father was a Greek immigrant to Britain married to an English woman. George Coulouris's sister was artist Mary Louise Coulouris.
Publications
See list of 101 publications on Google Scholar
References
- Naguib, H.; Coulouris, G.; Mitchell, S. (2002). "Middleware Support for Context-aware Multimedia Applications". New Developments in Distributed Applications and Interoperable Systems. IFIP International Federation for Information Processing. Vol. 70. p. 9. doi:10.1007/0-306-47005-5_2. ISBN 0-7923-7481-9.
- "George Coulouris: Personal Home Page". www.coulouris.net. Retrieved 18 December 2024.
- Coulouris, G. F.; Evans, J. M.; Mitchell, R. W. (1972). "Towards Content-Addressing in Data Bases". The Computer Journal. 15 (2): 95. doi:10.1093/comjnl/15.2.95.
- Vance, Ashlee (11 September 2003). "Bill Joy's greatest gift to man – the vi editor". The Register. Archived from the original on 18 August 2012. Retrieved 30 June 2012.
- Coulouris, George. "Bits of History". Queen Mary, University of London. Archived from the original on 2 March 2012. Retrieved 2 July 2012.
- George Coulouris publications indexed by Microsoft Academic
- "George Coulouris, Emeritus Professor of Computer Systems". Queen Mary, University of London. Archived from the original on 22 April 2012. Retrieved 30 June 2012.
- "Professor George Coulouris". University of Cambridge. Archived from the original on 5 August 2012. Retrieved 30 June 2012.
- Glenn Collins, "George Coulouris, 85, is Dead: Actor Relished Villainous Roles," New York Times (27 April 1989).
External links
- Camden Cycling Campaign newsletter November 2024 containing an appreciation of George Coulouris.