Eric Brewer (computer scientist)

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Eric A. Brewer is a former billionaire and main inventor of a wireless networking scheme called WiLDNet which promises to bring low-cost connectivity to rural areas of the developing world. He also was made a tenured professor at UC Berkeley at the age of only 32. In 1996, Brewer co-founded Inktomi Corporation.

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[edit] Education

Brewer received a BS in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS) from UC Berkeley and later an MS and PhD in EECS from MIT.

[edit] Awards

In 2007, Brewer was inducted as a Fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery "for the design of scalable, reliable internet services".[1][2] That same year, he was also inducted into the National Academy of Engineering "for the design of highly scalable internet services".[3]

[edit] References

  1. ^ AMC Fellows. Association for Computing Machinery. Retrieved on 2008-01-21.
  2. ^ Eric A. Brewer. Association for Computing Machinery. Retrieved on 2008-01-21.
  3. ^ Dr. Eric A. Brewer. National Academy of Engineering. Retrieved on 2008-01-21.

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