Biography
Fernando José " Corby " Corbató (July 1, 1926 – July 12, 2019) [ 3 ] was an American computer scientist , notable as a pioneer in the development of time-sharing operating systems . He won the 1990 ACM Turing Award . Corbató was born on July 1, 1926, in Oakland, California , to Hermenegildo Corbató, a Spanish literature professor from Villarreal , Spain , and Charlotte (Jensen) Corbató, a Danish American . [ 4 ] [ 5 ] In 1930, the Corbató family moved to Los Angeles for Hermenegildo's job at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). [ 6 ] In 1943, Corbató enrolled at UCLA, but due to World War II he was recruited by the Navy during his first year. During the war, Corbató "debug[ged] an incredible array of equipment", inspiring his future career. [ 5 ] Fields: Computer scientist Education: University of California, Los Angeles California Institute of Technology BS Massachusetts Institute of Technology MS PhD Award Citation: Turing Award (1990) Computer History Museum Fellow (2012) [ 1 ]
About the Turing Award
The ACM A.M. Turing Award is an annual prize given by the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) for contributions of lasting and major technical importance to computer science. It is generally recognized as the highest distinction in computer science and is colloquially known as the "Nobel Prize of Computing."
Quick Facts
- Award: ACM A.M. Turing Award
- Added: 2026-02-07
- Source: Wikipedia
- Prize: $1,000,000 (USD)
- Presented by: ACM
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Notable Winners
- Donald Knuth (1974)
- Tim Berners-Lee (2016)
- Geoffrey Hinton (2018)
- Yoshua Bengio (2018)
- Yann LeCun (2018)