Coke Reed
Coke S. Reed | |
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 Reed in front of a Data Vortex Technologies DV206 Supercomputer | |
| Born | Coke Stevenson Reed March 8, 1940 Austin, Texas, U.S. |
| Education | The University of Texas at Austin (BS, MS, and PhD) |
| Occupations | Mathematician, inventor |
| Known for | Topology, dynamical systems, Inventor of the Data Vortex |
| Scientific career | |
| Hubert Stanley Wall | |
Coke Stevenson Reed is an American mathematician and inventor from Austin, Texas. He is the inventor of the proprietary Data Vortex network. Implementations of this network into supercomputers use a novel topology and switch logic based on his and Krystyna Kuperberg's solution to a problem posed by Stan Ulam in the Scottish Book.
Coke completed his Ph.D. at the University of Texas at Austin under Hubert Stanley Wall.[1]
Biography
[edit]Coke Stevenson Reed is an American mathematician and the inventor and Founder of Data Vortex Technologies, a privately held US company composed largely of former members of the United States defense community.[2]
In his work with the Department of Defense and Department of Energy, Reed developed a thorough understanding of the existing pitfalls of computer networks and performance. His career has included positions at the Institute for Defense Analyses, Los Alamos National Laboratories, the United States Space Program, and the Microelectronics and Computer Technology Corporation. At Los Alamos, Reed worked in Physics and mathematics.[3] Reed received his PhD in 1966 under Dr. Hubert S. Wall at the University of Texas at Austin.[4] His academic appointments have included the University of Texas, Auburn University, Georgia Tech, the University of Colorado Boulder, and Princeton University.
His contributions to national security were recognized in 1990 by the Department of Defense when he was awarded the Exceptionally Meritorious Civilian Service Award Medal.[citation needed]
Reed has worked on implementation of the Data Vortex in novel spaces, such as exploration into knowledge-based computing, shared memory, and streaming dynamic graph analysis.[citation needed]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Coke Reed - the Mathematics Genealogy Project".
- ↑ "Data Vortex Technologies – Meet the Team". Archived from the original on April 22, 2017. Retrieved July 14, 2016.
- ↑ "Data Vortex Talk Bio Reed 2015" (PDF). June 16, 2015 – via mathcomp.uni-heidelberg.de.
- ↑ Fitzpatrick, Ben (May 26, 1998). "Coke S. Reed Interview Transcript" – via repositories.lib.utexas.edu.
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