Robert Shostak
Robert Shostak · Technology & Engineering
Co-formulated the Byzantine Generals problem of fault-tolerant computing; Dijkstra Prize (2005)
1948, Arlington, Virginia, United States
United States
Robert Shostak is recognized among Jewish contributors to Technology & Engineering — Co-formulated the Byzantine Generals problem of fault-tolerant computing; Dijkstra Prize (2005)
Robert Shostak, with Leslie Lamport and Marshall Pease, co-formulated the Byzantine Generals problem and the theory of Byzantine fault tolerance, foundational to reliable distributed and blockchain systems; the work earned the 2005 Dijkstra Prize. He later founded several Silicon Valley companies. He is documented as Jewish in surveys of Jewish computer scientists.
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Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish recipients of the Dijkstra Prize
Co-formulated the Byzantine Generals problem of fault-tolerant computing; Dijkstra Prize (2005)
Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish recipients of the Dijkstra Prize
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