George Coulouris (computer Scientist)
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George F. Coulouris (15 November 1937 – 18 November 2024) was a British
computer scientist A computer scientist is a scientist who specializes in the academic study of computer science. Computer scientists typically work on the theoretical side of computation. Although computer scientists can also focus their work and research on ...
and the son of actor George Coulouris. He was an emeritus professor of Queen Mary, University of London and formerly visiting professor in residence at
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. He was co-author of a textbook on
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. He was instrumental in the development of ICL's Content Addressable File Store (CAFS) and he developed ''em'', the
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editor, which inspired
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to write vi.


Education

In 1960 George Coulouris graduated with an honours degree in
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from
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.


Career

Coulouris worked at
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and other companies before joining the London Institute of Computer Science as a Research Assistant and then
Imperial College London Imperial College London, also known as Imperial, is a Public university, public research university in London, England. Its history began with Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Prince Albert, husband of Queen Victoria, who envisioned a Al ...
as a lecturer in 1965. In 1971 he joined Queen Mary College as a lecturer. He became a reader in 1973 and a professor in 1978. He retired from Queen Mary in 1998, but continued as a visiting professor at the
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.


Personal life and death

Coulouris's name is of Greek heritage, as he was the son of actor George Coulouris, whose father was a Greek immigrant to Britain married to an English woman. George Coulouris's sister was artist
Mary Louise Coulouris Mary Louise Coulouris (17 July 1939 – 20 December 2011) was an American-British artist. Early life and education Mary Louise Coulouris was born in 1939 in New York City, the daughter of actor George Coulouris, and sister of computer scientis ...
. George Coulouris died on 18 November 2024, at the age of 87.


Publications

See list of 101 publications o
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References


External links


Camden Cycling Campaign newsletter November 2024
containing an appreciation of George Coulouris. {{DEFAULTSORT:Coulouris, George 1937 births 2024 deaths Alumni of University College London Academics of Imperial College London Academics of Queen Mary University of London Academics of the University of Cambridge English people of Greek descent