Frederick (Fred) P. Brooks Jr.
Photo by Jerry Markatos
Most Recent Affiliation(s):
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Department of Computer Science, Professor of Computer Science
Location:
- Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America
Bio:
SIGGRAPH 1999
Fred Brooks is Kenan Professor of Computer Science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He grew up in North Carolina, graduated summa cum laude in physics from Duke and took his S.M. and Ph.D. in computer science at Harvard under Howard Aiken. He joined IBM upon graduation and was one of the architects of the IBM Stretch and Harvest computers. From 1961-65 he was Corporate Project Manager for the System/360, including development of the System/360 computer family hardware, and the Operating System/360 software. For this work he shared the National Medal of Technology with Bob Evans and Erich Bloch.
He joined UNC in 1964, where he founded the Department of Computer Science and chaired it for its first 20 years. His research has been in computer architecture, software engineering, and interactive 3-D computer graphics (“virtual reality”). His best-known book is The Mythical Man- Month: Essays in Software Engineering (1975, 1995); his latest is Blaauw and Brooks, Computer Architecture: Concepts and Evolution, (1997). Dr. Brooks has served on the National Science Board and the Defense Science Board. He is a member of the National Academy of Engineering, a foreign member of the Royal Academy of Engineering (UK) and the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, and a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. His career work has been recognized by the Bower Science Award of the Franklin Institute, the John von Neumann Medal of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineer and the Allen Newell and Distinguished Service awards of the Association for Computing Machinery. He became a Christian at age 31. He and Mrs. Brooks are faculty advisors for a graduate-student chapter of InterVarsity Christian Fellowship.
SIGGRAPH 1993
Frederick P. Brooks, Jr., is Kenan Professor of Computer Science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He grew up in North Carolina, studied physics at Duke and computer science at Harvard under Howard Aiken. He joined IBM upon graduation and was one of the architects of the IBM Stretch and Harvest computers. From 1961-65 he was Corporate Project Manager for the System/360, including development of the System/360 computer family hardware, and the Operating System/360 software. For this work, he shared the National Medal of Technology with Bob Evans and Erich Bloch. He joined UNC in 1964, where he founded the Department of Computer Science and chaired it for its first 20 years. His research has been in computer architecture, software engineering, and interactive 3-D computer graphics. His best-known book is The Mithical Man-Month: Essays in Software Engineering. He was a founder of the Microelectronics Corporation of North Carolina, the North Carolina Educational Computing Service, and the Triangle Universities Computation Center.
Dr. Brooks has served on the National Science Board and the Defense Science Board. He is a member of the National Academy of Engineering, a foreign member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Art, and Sciences and a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Learning Category: Jury Member:
Experience(s):
![Physiological Reaction and Presence in Stressful Virtual Environments](https://history.siggraph.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/2002-ETech-75-Meehan-Physiological-Reaction-and-Presence-in-Stressful-Virtual-Environments-01-150x150.jpg)
Type: [E-Tech]
Physiological Reaction and Presence in Stressful Virtual Environments
Organizer(s): [Meehan] [Whitton] [Razzaque] [Zimmons] [Insko] [Combe] [Lok] [Scheuermann] [Naik] [Jerald] [Harris] [Antley] [Brooks]
Entry No.: [75]
[SIGGRAPH 2002]
![Advanced Technologies for Virtual Environments](https://history.siggraph.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/1997-ETech-Whitton_Advanced-Technologies-for-Virtual-Environments-01-150x150.jpg)
Type: [E-Tech]
Advanced Technologies for Virtual Environments
Organizer(s): [Whitton] [Bishop] [Brooks] [England] [Fuchs] [Lastra] [Manoch] [Poulton] [Taylor]
Entry No.: [27]
[SIGGRAPH 1997]
![An Interactive Building Walkthrough System](https://history.siggraph.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/1991-Immersive-Pavilion-Brooks_An-Interactive-Building-Walkthrough-System-150x150.jpg)
Type: [VR Experiences]
An Interactive Building Walkthrough System
Organizer(s): Developer(s): [Brooks] [Fuchs]
[SIGGRAPH 1991]
Experience Category Collaboration(s):
![3dm, A 3-Dimensional Modeling System](https://history.siggraph.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/1991-Immersive-Pavilion-Butterworth_3DM-A-3-Dimensional-Modeling-System-150x150.jpg)
Type: [VR Experiences]
3dm, A 3-Dimensional Modeling System
Organizer(s): Developer(s): [Butterworth] [Davidson] [Hench] [Olano]
[SIGGRAPH 1991]
![Flying Through Protein Molecules](https://history.siggraph.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/1991-Immersive-Pavilion-Holloway_Flying-Through-Protien-Molecules-150x150.jpg)
Type: [VR Experiences]
Flying Through Protein Molecules
Organizer(s): Developer(s): [Holloway] [Robinett]
[SIGGRAPH 1991]
![Radiation Therapy Treatment Planning with a Head-Mounted Display](https://history.siggraph.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/1991-Immersive-Pavilion-Balu_Radiation-Therapy-Treatment-Planning-150x150.jpg)
Type: [VR Experiences]
Radiation Therapy Treatment Planning with a Head-Mounted Display
Organizer(s): Developer(s): [Balu] [Chung] [Crittenden] [Yoo]
[SIGGRAPH 1991]
Learning Category: Presentation(s):
![Incorporating dynamic real objects into immersive virtual environments](https://history.siggraph.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/2003-Technical-Papers-Lok_Incorporating-Dynamic-Real-Objects-into-Immersive-Virtual-Environments-150x150.jpg)
Type: [Technical Papers]
Incorporating dynamic real objects into immersive virtual environments Presenter(s): [Lok] [Naik] [Whitton] [Brooks]
[SIGGRAPH 2003]
![Physiological measures of presence in stressful virtual environments](https://history.siggraph.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/2002-Technical-Papers-Meehan_Physiological-Measures-of-Presence-in-Stressful-Virtual-Environments-1-150x150.jpg)
Type: [Technical Papers]
Physiological measures of presence in stressful virtual environments Presenter(s): [Meehan] [Insko] [Whitton] [Brooks]
[SIGGRAPH 2002]
![Understanding Virtual Environments: Immersion, Presence, and Performance](https://history.siggraph.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/2002-49-Course-Cover-Understanding-Virtual-Environments-Immersion-Presence-and-Performance-150x150.jpg)
Type: [Courses]
Understanding Virtual Environments: Immersion, Presence, and Performance Organizer(s): [Slater]
Presenter(s): [Slater] [Biocca] [Brooks] [Whitton] [Ellis] [Mania] [Steed]
Entry No.: [49]
[SIGGRAPH 2002]
![Interactive Walkthroughs of Large Geometric Datasets](https://history.siggraph.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/1999-20-Course-Cover-Interactive-Walkthrough-of-Large-Geometric-Datas-1-150x150.jpg)
Type: [Courses]
Interactive Walkthroughs of Large Geometric Datasets Organizer(s): [Manocha]
Presenter(s): [Manocha] [Aliaga] [Brooks] [Wilson] [Cohen] [Kumar] [Zhang]
Entry No.: [20]
[SIGGRAPH 1999]
![Walking > walking-in-place > flying, in virtual environments](https://history.siggraph.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/1999-Technical-Papers-Usoh_Walking-Walking-in-Place-Flying-in-Virtual-Environments-150x150.jpg)
Type: [Technical Papers]
Walking > walking-in-place > flying, in virtual environments Presenter(s): [Usoh] [Arthur] [Whitton] [Bastos] [Steed] [Slater] [Brooks]
[SIGGRAPH 1999]
![Moving objects in space: exploiting proprioception in virtual-environment interaction](https://history.siggraph.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/1997-Technical-Papers-Mine_Moving-Objects-in-Space-Exploiting-Proprioception-In-Virtual-Environment-Interaction-150x150.jpg)
Type: [Technical Papers]
Moving objects in space: exploiting proprioception in virtual-environment interaction Presenter(s): [Mine] [Brooks] [Séquin]
[SIGGRAPH 1997]
![Simplification envelopes](https://history.siggraph.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/1996-Technical-Papers-Cohen_Simplification-Envelopes-150x150.jpg)
Type: [Technical Papers]
Simplification envelopes Presenter(s): [Cohen] [Varshney] [Manocha] [Turk] [Weber] [Agarwal] [Brooks] [Wright]
[SIGGRAPH 1996]
![Research Frontiers in Virtual Reality](https://history.siggraph.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/1994-Panels-02-Research-Frontiers-in-Virtual-Reality-150x150.jpg)
Type: [Panels]
Research Frontiers in Virtual Reality Organizer(s): [Bryson] [Feiner]
Presenter(s): [Brooks] [Hubbard] [Pausch] [van Dam]
Entry No.: [02]
[SIGGRAPH 1994]
![Applied Virtual Reality](https://history.siggraph.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/1993-23-Course-Cover-Applied-Virtual-Reality-150x150.jpg)
Type: [Courses]
Applied Virtual Reality Organizer(s): [Cruz-Neira]
Presenter(s): [Cruz-Neira] [Bargar] [Brooks] [Das] [Fisher] [Helman]
Entry No.: [23]
[SIGGRAPH 1993]
![The nanomanipulator: a virtual-reality interface for a scanning tunneling microscope](https://history.siggraph.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/1993-Technical-Papers-Taylor_The-Nanomanipulator-A-Virtual-Reality-Interface-for-a-Scanning-Tunneling-Microscope-150x150.jpg)
Type: [Technical Papers]
The nanomanipulator: a virtual-reality interface for a scanning tunneling microscope Presenter(s): [Taylor] [Robinett] [Chi] [Brooks] [Wright] [Williams] [Snyder]
[SIGGRAPH 1993]
![VIEW: an exploratory molecular visualization system with user-definable interaction sequences](https://history.siggraph.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/1993-SIGGRAPH-Image-Not-Available-150x150.jpg)
Type: [Technical Papers]
VIEW: an exploratory molecular visualization system with user-definable interaction sequences Presenter(s): [Bergman] [Richardson] [Richardson] [Brooks]
[SIGGRAPH 1993]
![Computer Graphics: More Unsolved Problems](https://history.siggraph.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/1991-Panel-02-Computer-Graphics-More-Unsolved-Problems-150x150.jpg)
Type: [Panels]
Computer Graphics: More Unsolved Problems Presenter(s): [Barr] [Brooks] [Card] [Clark] [Forrest] [Hanrahan] [van Dam]
Entry No.: [02]
[SIGGRAPH 1991]
![Project GROPE-Haptic displays for scientific visualization](https://history.siggraph.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/1990-Technical-Papers-Brooks_Project-GROPHaptic-displays-for-scientific-visualization-150x150.png)
Type: [Technical Papers]
Project GROPE-Haptic displays for scientific visualization Presenter(s): [Brooks] [Ouh-Young] [Batter] [Kilpatrick]
[SIGGRAPH 1990]
![Implementing and Interacting with Real-Time Microworlds](https://history.siggraph.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/1989-29-Cover-Implementing-and-Interacting-with-Real-Time-Microworlds-150x150.jpg)
Type: [Courses]
Implementing and Interacting with Real-Time Microworlds Organizer(s): [Zeltzer]
Presenter(s): [Zeltzer] [Brooks] [Deyo] [Fisher] [Sturman]
Entry No.: [29]
[SIGGRAPH 1989]
Role(s):
- Course Presenter
- Emerging Technologies Collaborator
- Emerging Technologies Presenter
- Panel Presenter
- Technical Paper Presenter
- Technical Papers Jury Member