Boris Beizer (1934-2018) was an American

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and author. He received his B.S. degree in

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from the

City College of New York The City College of the City University of New York (also known as the City College of New York, or simply City College or CCNY) is a public university within the City University of New York (CUNY) system in New York City. Founded in 1847, Cit ...

in 1956, an MS in Electrical Engineering (1963) and a PhD in

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from the

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in 1966. He wrote many books and articles on topics such as system architecture and software testing. His books ''Software Testing Techniques'' and ''Software System Testing and Quality Assurance'' are frequently consulted references on the subject. He directed testing for the FAA's Weather Message Switching Center and several other large communications systems. He was a speaker at many testing conferences and was also known for his seminars on testing. He consulted on software testing and quality assurance with many organizations throughout the world.

Personal life

Boris Beizer was born in

Brussels Brussels (french: Bruxelles or ; nl, Brussel ), officially the Brussels-Capital Region (All text and all but one graphic show the English name as Brussels-Capital Region.) (french: link=no, Région de Bruxelles-Capitale; nl, link=no, Bruss ...

Belgium Belgium, ; french: Belgique ; german: Belgien officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. The country is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeast, France to ...

. He emigrated to the United States in May, 1941.

List of publications (partial)

* '' Software Quality Reflections'' Essays, dialogues and poems, 2000 * ''Black-box testing: techniques for functional testing of software and systems'' (1995) ; Japanese edition, Nikei * ''The frozen keyboard: living with bad software'' (1988) * ''Personal computer quality: a guide for victims and vendors'' (1986) * ''Software system testing and quality assurance'' (1984) * ''Software testing techniques'' (1983) ; expanded Second edition 1990; Japanese Edition Nikei * ''Micro-analysis of computer system performance'' (1978) ; Russian Edition * ''Communications Processor System'' (1977) with Kenneth Hagstrom * ''The architecture and engineering of digital computer complexes, Volume 1'' (1971), Volume 2; Polish and Russian Editions * ''Engineering applications of Boolean algebra'' (1958) with Stephen W. Leibholz Novels under pseudonym Ethan I. Shedley * *

References

External links

Software Development Quotations by Boris Beizer
{{DEFAULTSORT:Beizer, Boris University of Pennsylvania School of Engineering and Applied Science alumni Software testing people City College of New York alumni 1934 births 2018 deaths Belgian emigrants to the United States