George Michael (computational physicist)
George Anthony Michael | |
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Born | February 16, 1926 Buffalo, New York |
Died | June 5, 2008 (age 82) |
Nationality | American |
Alma mater | University of San Francisco |
Employer | Lawrence Livermore Laboratories |
George Anthony Michael (February 16, 1926 – June 5, 2008[1]) was a computational physicist at Lawrence Livermore Laboratories, best known for his role in the development of supercomputing. He was one of the founders of the annual ACM/IEEE Supercomputing Conference, first held in 1988. The George Michael Memorial Fellowship was established in his honor.[2] George was the person primarily responsible for doing the interviews and gathering the materials for the web site: Stories of the Development of Large Scale Scientific Computing at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.
References[]
- ^ https://www.llnl.gov/community/retiree-and-employee-resources/in-memoriam/george-michael
- ^ "ACM/IEEE-CS George Michael Memorial HPC Fellowship Now Accepting Applications". SC13 (ie Supercomputing Conference 2013). 2013. Archived from the original on May 20, 2013. Retrieved April 26, 2013.
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