Frederick P. Brooks, Jr.
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Kenan Professor
Department of Computer Science
Brooks Computer Science Building, CB #3175
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3175 USA
brooks@cs.unc.edu
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Selected Publications
Books
Brooks, Jr., F.P. The Design of Design: Essays from a Computer Scientist. New York: Addison-Wesley, 2010, 400 pages.
Blaauw, G.A., F.P. Brooks, Jr. Computer Architecture: Concepts and Evolution.
Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley, 1997, 1213 pages.
Brooks, Jr., F.P. The Mythical Man-Month: Essays on Software Engineering,
20th Anniversary Edition. Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley, 1995, 322 pages.
Brooks, Jr., F.P., K.E. Iverson. Automatic Data Processing, System/360 Edition. New York:
Wiley, 1963.
Papers
Burns, E., S. Razzaque, A.T. Panter, M. C. Whitton, M. R. McCallus, F. P. Brooks,
Jr. 2006: "The Hand Is More Easily Fooled than the Eye: Users Are More
Sensitive to Visual Interpenetration than to Visual-Proprioceptive Discrepancy,"
Journal on Presence: Teleoperators and Virtual Environments, 15,
1: 1-15, February 2006.
Meehan, Michael, S. Razzaque, B. Insko, M. Whitton, F. P. Brooks 2005: "Review
of Four Studies on the Use of Physiological Reaction as a Measure of Presence
in Stressful Virtual Environments," Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback,
30, 3: 239-258, September 2005.
Whitton, M., Cohn, J., Feasel, J., Zimmons, P., Razzaque, S., Poulton, S.,
McLeod, B., Brooks, F. 2005:
"Comparing VE Locomotion Interfaces," in Proceedings of IEEE Virtual
Reality 2005, (Bonn, Germany, March 2005), 123-130, IEEE Computer Society.
Burns, E., Razzaque, S., Panter, A. T., Whitton, M. C., McCallus, M. R., &
Brooks, F. P. 2005: "The Hand is Slower than the Eye: A quantitative exploration
of visual dominance over proprioception," Proceedings of IEEE Virtual
Reality 2005, (Bonn, Germany, March 2005), 3-10, IEEE Computer Society.
Brooks, Jr., F.P. 2004: "On
Computer Architecture," 2004 Eckert-Mauchly Award Acceptance Speech
at 31st Annual International Symposium on Computer Architecture (Munich, Germany,
June 22).
Lok, Benjamin, Samir Naik, Mary Whitton, and Frederick Brooks 2004: "Experiences
in Extemporaneous Incorporation of Real Objects in Immersive Virtual Environments,"
Beyond Glove and Wand Based Interaction Workshop Manual, 107-110, IEEE
Virtual Reality 2004, Chicago, IL.
Lok, Benjamin, Samir Naik, Mary Whitton, and Frederick P. Brooks, Jr. 2004:
"Effects of Handling Real Objects and Avatar Fidelity on Cognitive Task
Performance and Sense of Presence in Virtual Environments," Journal
on Presence: Teleoperators and Virtual Environments, 12,
6: 615-628.
Lok, B., F.P. Brooks, Jr., S. Naik, M.C. Whitton 2003: "Effects of Handling
Real Objects and Self-Avatar Fidelity on Cognitive Task Performance in Virtual
Environments," Proceedings of IEEE Virtual Reality 2003 (Los Angeles,
CA, March 22-26, 2003), 125-132, IEEE Computer Society.
Meehan, M., S. Razzaque, M.C. Whitton, F.P. Brooks, Jr. 2003: "Effect
of Latency on Presence in Stressful Environments," Proceedings of IEEE
Virtual Reality 2003 (Los Angeles, CA, March 22-26, 2003), 141-148, IEEE
Computer Society.
Brooks, Jr., F.P. 2003: "Three Great Challenges for Half-Century-Old Computer
Science." Journal of the ACM, 50, 1: 25-26.
Brooks, Jr., F.P. 2002: "Studies in Virtual Environments." Keynote
address for the Fifth Presence Workshop (Porto, Portugal, October 9-11).
Brooks, Jr., F.P. 2002: "STRETCH-ing Is Great Exercise: It Gets You in
Shape to Win." Keynote address at STRETCH Development Reunion (Poughkeepsie,
New York, September 28), Annals of the History of Computing. To appear.
Meehan, M., B. Insko, M.C. Whitton, F.P. Brooks Jr., 2002: "Physiological
Measures of Presence in Stressful Virtual Environments," ACM Transactions
on Graphics, 21, 3: 645-652. (Proc. of ACM SIGGRAPH
2002, San Antonio, TX).
Brooks, Jr., F.P. 2001: "The History of IBM Operating System/360,"
Proceedings of SD&M Computer Pioneers Conference, Bonn, Germany.
Brooks, Jr., F.P. 2000: "The
Design of Design," Turing Award address at SIGGRAPH ‘00, (July
2000). Communications of the ACM. To appear.
Brooks, Jr., F.P. 1999: "What’s
Real About Virtual Reality?" IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications,
19, 6: 16-27.
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Miné, Mark R., F.P. Brooks, Jr., C.H. Sequin 1997: "Moving Cows
in Space: Exploiting Proprioception as a Framework for Virtual Environment Interaction,"
Computer Graphics, Proceedings Annual Conference Series, ACM SIGGRAPH,
Los Angeles, CA, 19-26.
Cohen, Jonathan, A. Varshney, D. Manocha, G. Turk, H. Weber, P. Agarwal, F.P.
Brooks, Jr., W. Wright 1996: "Simplification Envelopes," Computer
Graphics, Proceedings Annual Conference Series, ACM SIGGRAPH, New Orleans,
LA, 119-128.
Brooks, Jr. F.P. 1996: "Language Design as Design," in T.J. Bergin
and R.G. Gibson, eds, History of Programming Languages II. New York
and Reading, MA: ACM Press and Addison-Wesley, 4-16.
Brooks, Jr., F.P. 1996: "The
Computer Scientist as Toolsmith II." Keynote/Newell Award address at
SIGGRAPH '94, (Orlando, FL, July 1994). Communications of the ACM,
March 1996, 39, 3: 61-68. Also Computer Graphics (Proc.
of SIGGRAPH ’94), 28, 4 (November 1994): 281-287.
(Also available from the ACM
Digital Library.)
Brooks, Jr., F.P. and I.E. Sutherland, co-chairs, E. Bloch, D. Estrin, J. Hennessy,
B.W. Lampson, E.D. Lazowska, W.A. Lester, J. Preston, W. Sincoskie, L. Smarr,
J.F. Traub. Evolving the High Performance Computing and Communications Initiative
to Support the Nation’s Information Infrastructure. Washington: National
Academy, 1995, 119 pages.
Brooks, Jr., F.P., 1994: "Is
There Any Real Virtue in Virtual Reality?" Public lecture co-sponsored
by the Royal Academy of Engineering and the British Computer Society, November
30, London.
Varshney, A., F.P. Brooks, Jr., W.V. Wright, 1994: "Computing Smooth Molecular
Surfaces," IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications, 14,
5 (September 1994): 19-25.
Taylor II, R.M., W. Robinett, V.L. Chi, F.P. Brooks, Jr., W.V. Wright, R.S.
Williams, E.J. Snyder 1993: "The Nanomanipulator: A Virtual-Reality Interface
for a Scanning Tunneling Microscope," Computer Graphics (Proceedings
of SIGGRAPH 93), August 1993: 127-134.
Airey, J., J. Rohlf, F.P. Brooks, Jr. 1990: "Towards Image Realism with
Interactive Update Rates in Complex Virtual Building Environments," Computer
Graphics, Proceedings of 1990 Symposium on Interactive 3D Graphics, 24,
2: 41-50, Snowbird, UT, March 1990. (Best paper award)
Brooks, Jr., F.P. 1988: "Grasping Reality Through Illusion—Interactive
Graphics Serving Science." Invited keynote address at Conferance on Human
Factors in Computing Systems, Washington, D.C., May 17. Proceedings of the
SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, May 1-11. E. Solloway,
D. Frye, and S. Sheppard, eds. Reading, MA: Addison Wesley, 1988.
Brooks, Jr., F.P., chm., V. Basili, B. Boehm, E. Bond, N. Eastman, D.L. Evans,
A.K. Jones, M. Shaw, C.A. Zraket. Report of the Defense Science Board Task
Force on Military Software. Washington: Dept. of Defense, September 1987,
78 pages.
Brooks, Jr., F.P. 1986: "No Silver Bullet—Essence and Accidents
of Software Engineering," Information Processing 86. H.J. Kugler,
ed. Amsterdam: Elsevier Science Publishers B.V. (North Holland): 1069-1076.
(Invited paper, International Federation of Information Processing (IFIP) Congress
'86, Dublin, Ireland, September 1986.) Reprinted in Computer, 20,
4 (April 1987) 10-19. Also reprinted in The Mythical Man-Month, Anniversary
Edition, Frederick P. Brooks, Jr., Addison-Wesley, 1995.
Brooks, Jr., F.P. 1977: "The Computer 'Scientist' as Toolsmith: Studies
in Interactive Computer Graphics," Information Processing '77.
B. Gilchrist, ed. North-Holland Pub. Co., Amsterdam: 625-634. (Invited paper,
International Federation of Information Processing Congress '77, Toronto, Canada,
August 1977.)
Major Honors and Awards
National Medal of Technology (1985)
- A.M. Turing Award, Association for Computing Machinery (1999)
- Bower Award and Prize in Science, Franklin Institute (1995)
- Eckert-Mauchly Award, Association for Computing Machinery and The Institute
- of Electrical and Electronics Engineers–Computer Society (2004)
- Allen Newell Award, Association for Computing Machinery (1994)
- John von Neumann Medal, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
(1993)
- Harry Goode Memorial Award, American Federation of Information Processing
Societies (1989)
- McDowell Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Computer Art, IEEE Computer
Group (1970)
- Distinguished Service Award, Association for Computing Machinery (1987)
- Honorary Doctor of Technical Science, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology,
ETH Zurich (1991)
- Distinguished Fellow, British Computer Society (1994)
- Foreign Member, Royal Academy of Engineering, U.K. (1994)
- Foreign Member, Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (1991)
- Member, National Academy of Science (2001)
- Member, National Academy of Engineering (1976)
- Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1976)
- Guggenheim Fellowship for studies on computer architecture and human factors
- of computer systems, Cambridge University, England (1975)
- Computer Pioneer Award, IEEE Computer Society (1982)
- Fellow (initial inductee), Association for Computer Machinery (1994)
- Fellow, Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (1968)
- Fellow Award, The Computer Museum History Center (2001)
- Thomas Jefferson Award, UNC-Chapel Hill (1986)
- Order of the Golden Fleece, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- Computer Sciences Distinguished Information Services Award, Information
Technology
- Professionals (1970)
- National Science Board (1987-1992)
- Defense Science Board (1983-86)
- Chairman, Military Software Task Force (1985-87)
- Member, Computers in Simulation and Training Task Force (1986-87)
- Member, Artificial Intelligence Task Force (1983-84)
- CyberEdge Journal Annual Sutherland Award (April, 1997)
Funding Agencies
- National Institutes of Health - National Institute of Biomedical
Imaging and Bioengineering
- Computer Integrated Systems for Microscopy & Manipulation
National Science Foundation
- Preparation of Two Books on the Science of Design
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- Office of Naval Research
- VE Technologies for Effective Training
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