Richard M. Fujimoto
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Richard Masao Fujimoto is a
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 researcher in
reverse computation Reverse computation is a software application of the concept of reversible computing. Because it offers a possible solution to the heat problem faced by chip manufacturers, reversible computing has been extensively studied in the area of computer a ...
,
distributed computing Distributed computing is a field of computer science that studies distributed systems, defined as computer systems whose inter-communicating components are located on different networked computers. The components of a distributed system commu ...
, and
big data Big data primarily refers to data sets that are too large or complex to be dealt with by traditional data processing, data-processing application software, software. Data with many entries (rows) offer greater statistical power, while data with ...
. He is a Regents’ Professor, Emeritus, in the School of Computational Science and Engineering (CSE) at the
Georgia Institute of Technology The Georgia Institute of Technology (commonly referred to as Georgia Tech, GT, and simply Tech or the Institute) is a public university, public research university and Institute of technology (United States), institute of technology in Atlanta, ...
. He was also the founding chair of Georgia Tech's school of CSE. Fujimoto's research has provided the basis for the development of new algorithms and computational techniques for discrete event simulations, including the development of the Georgia Tech Time Warp software, which was adopted for use by
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to create a commercial air traffic simulator. Fujimoto also led the development and definition of the time management services in the
High Level Architecture The High Level Architecture (HLA) is a standard for distributed simulation, used when building a simulation for a larger purpose by combining (federating) several simulations. The standard was developed in the 1990s under the leadership of the US ...
(HLA) for modeling and simulation which was standardized under IEEE 1516.


Selected awards

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IEEE The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) is an American 501(c)(3) organization, 501(c)(3) public charity professional organization for electrical engineering, electronics engineering, and other related disciplines. The IEEE ...
Fellow, 2020, "For his work in the field of parallel and distributed discrete event simulation" * I/ITSEC Fellow, 2019 *
ACM Fellow ACM Fellowship is an award and fellowship that recognises outstanding members of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). The title of ACM Fellow A fellow is a title and form of address for distinguished, learned, or skilled individuals ...
, 2017, "For achievements in modeling and simulations"


References

Living people Year of birth missing (living people) American computer scientists Georgia Tech faculty 2017 fellows of the Association for Computing Machinery Fellows of the IEEE {{US-scientist-stub