Jerome I. Elkind

Jerome I. Elkind
Other names Jerry Elkind
Known for Computer science
Spouse(s) Linda v. Elkind
Academic background
Education Massachusetts Institute of Technology[1]
Influences J. C. R. Licklider[2]:119
Academic work

Jerome Elkind is an American electrical engineer and computer scientist. In 1988 he was co-founder of the Lexia Institute.

Elkind studied at Massachusetts Institute of Technology gaining a first degree in 1951 and becoming a Doctor of Science in 1957.[3] He went on to join BBN Technologies and participated for them in the 1960 Symposium on Principles of Self-Organization.[4] He then was appointed head of the Computer Science Laboratory at Xerox's Palo Alto Research Center (1971-8).[5][2]:ix Here he held budgetary responsibility for new projects.[2]:165 He also worked with Bob Taylor on the Xerox Alto. He went on to become Vice President of Systems Integration at Xerox.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Jerome I. Elkind ’51, ScD ’56". MIT Energy Initiative. MIT. Retrieved 20 December 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 Hiltzik, Michael (2000). Dealers of Lightning: Xerox Parc and the Dawn of the Computer Age. Harper Business.
  3. ↑ "Jerome I. Elkind ’51, ScD ’56". MIT Energy Initiative. MIT. Retrieved 20 December 2016.
  4. ↑ Hutchinson, Jamie. "“Nerve center” of the cybernetic world Heinz von Foerster and the Biological Computer Laboratory". Biological Computer Laboratory. University of Illinois. Retrieved 24 October 2016.
  5. 1 2 "Jerome Elkind: Executive Profile & Biography - Bloomberg". www.bloomberg.com. Bloomberg. Retrieved 20 December 2016.
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