Fred Brooks

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author computer scientist human software engineer university professor

Fred Brooks was an influential American computer scientist and software engineering pioneer best known for managing IBM’s System/360 project and authoring the classic book "The Mythical Man-Month."

Aliases (3)

Frederick P. Brooks Jr. ×3
Fred P. Brooks Jr. ×1
Frederick Phillips Brooks Jr. ×1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	author → computer scientist → human → software engineer → university professor →
academicDegree	Bachelor of Science → PhD in Applied Mathematics →
awardReceived	ACM Software System Award → Harvey Prize → IEEE John von Neumann Medal → National Medal of Technology → Turing Award →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1931-04-19 →
dateOfDeath	2022-11-17 →
doctoralAdvisor	Howard Aiken →
educatedAt	Duke University → Harvard University →
employer	IBM → University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill →
familyName	Brooks →
fieldOfWork	computer architecture → computer science → software engineering →
fullName	Frederick Phillips Brooks Jr. →
givenName	Frederick →
knownFor	Brooks's law → founding UNC Department of Computer Science → leading development of IBM OS/360 → managing IBM System/360 project →
languageOfWorkOrName	English →
memberOf	American Academy of Arts and Sciences → National Academy of Engineering → National Academy of Sciences → Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences →
notableWork	Computer Architecture: Concepts and Evolution → No Silver Bullet: Essence and Accidents of Software Engineering → The Design of Design → The Mythical Man-Month →
placeOfBirth	Durham, North Carolina, United States →
placeOfDeath	Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States →
positionHeld	Kenan Professor of Computer Science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill → founding chair of the Department of Computer Science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill → manager of IBM OS/360 development → project manager of IBM System/360 →
religion	Christianity →
sexOrGender	male →
workLocation	Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States → Yorktown Heights, New York, United States →

Referenced by (7)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
The Mythical Man-Month → The Mythical Man-Month ("Frederick P. Brooks Jr.") →	author
John Fritz Medal ("Frederick P. Brooks Jr.") → Royal Aeronautical Society Gold Medal ("Fred P. Brooks Jr.") →	notableRecipient
Gerrit Blaauw ("Frederick P. Brooks Jr.") →	coAuthor
Fred Brooks ("Frederick Phillips Brooks Jr.") →	fullName
IBM System/360 →	projectManager