10 Facts About Douglas Comer

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Douglas Earl Comer is a professor of computer science at Purdue University, where he teaches courses on operating systems and computer networks.

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Douglas Comer has written numerous research papers and textbooks, and currently heads several networking research projects.

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3.

Douglas Comer designed and implemented X25NET and Cypress networks, and the Xinu operating system.

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4.

Douglas Comer is director of the Internetworking Research Group at Purdue, editor of Software - Practice and Experience, and a former member of the Internet Architecture Board.

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5.

Douglas Comer holds a BS in Mathematics and Physics from Houghton College earned in 1971 and a PhD in Computer Science from Pennsylvania State University earned in 1976.

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Douglas Comer is a Distinguished Professor of Computer Science and professor of electrical and computer engineering at Purdue University in the US.

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Douglas Comer is well known for his series of ground breaking textbooks on computer networks, the Internet, computer operating systems, and computer architecture.

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Douglas Comer's books have been translated into sixteen languages, and are widely used in both industry and academia.

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9.

Douglas Comer is a Fellow of the ACM and the recipient of numerous teaching awards.

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10.

Douglas Comer has authored numerous research papers and seventeen popular textbooks that have been translated into sixteen languages.

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