A Conversation with Fred Schneider

Abstract

Fred Schneider, an expert in concurrent and distributed systems and in computer and cybersecurity, shares insights about how his professional interests evolved, and provides sweeping views about how his field and department have changed.

Fred B. Schneider joined Cornell Computer Science in 1978 and is currently (2016) Chair of CS. His research has focused on various aspects of trustworthy systems, from operating systems to formal methods to legal and economic measures for improving trustworthiness.

Fred is a member of the National Academy of Engineering and a foreign member of the Norwegian Academy of Technological Science. He has an honorary doctorate from the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and he received two awards for seminal research (IEEE Piore award and the SOSP Hall of Fame award).

Besides being recognized for technical contributions, Fred has served on numerous government and industry boards and committees, and he just received the “Service to CRA Award” for his contributions to the Computing Research Association.

Here, Fred shares insights about how his professional interests evolved and provides sweeping views about how his field and department have changed.

Running Time: 43 min. http://hdl.handle.net/1813/41370