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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2018 - Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom
  • 2005 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 2001 - IEEE John von Neumann Medal "For technical leadership in the creation of timesharing, distributed computing, networking security and program languages."
  • 1994 - ACM Fellow For contributions to the development of distributed, personal computing environments and the technology for their implementation: workstations, networks, operating systems, programming systems, displays, security, and document publishing.
  • 1993 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 1992 - A. M. Turing Award For contributions to the development of distributed, personal computing environments and the technology for their implementation: workstations, networks, operating systems, programming systems, displays, security and document publishing.
  • 1984 - Member of the National Academy of Engineering For outstanding contributions in the development, clarification, and design of computer operating systems, programming languages, and personal computers.
  • 1984 - ACM Software System Award Butler W. Lampson, Robert W. Taylor, Charles P. Thacker

Overview

Butler W. Lampson is affiliated with Microsoft in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields, notably computer science and medicine, with particular emphasis on distributed systems, fault tolerance, and immunology.

The scientist's work involves several main topics including:

  • Mast cells and histamine
  • Distributed systems and fault tolerance
  • Parallel computing and optimization techniques
  • Optimization and search problems
  • Computability, logic, AI algorithms
  • Advanced data storage technologies
  • Syphilis diagnosis and treatment

Lampson has contributed to research in various subfields such as:

  • Computer networks and communications
  • Immunology
  • Hardware and architecture
  • Rheumatology
  • Computational theory and mathematics

The scientist's recent publications include:

  • "There's plenty of room at the Top: What will drive computer performance after Moore's law?" (2020, Science)
  • "PATIENT REPORTED BURDEN OF INDOLENT SYSTEMIC MASTOCYTOSIS IN A MANAGED CARE ORGANIZATION" (2024, Annals of Allergy Asthma & Immunology)
  • "Hints and Principles for Computer System Design" (2020, arXiv (Cornell University))
  • "FAVORABLE EFFICACY AND SAFETY PROFILE OF AVAPRITINIB IS MAINTAINED IN THE CONTEXT OF OMALIZUMAB TREATMENT" (2024, Annals of Allergy Asthma & Immunology)
  • "AVAPRITINIB BENEFIT IN PATIENTS WITH MODERATE SYMPTOMS OF INDOLENT SYSTEMIC MASTOCYTOSIS: SUBGROUP ANALYSIS FROM PIONEER" (2024, Annals of Allergy Asthma & Immunology)

Frequent coauthors of Lampson include:

  • Cem Akin
  • Tracy I. George
  • Huimin Lin
  • Marcus Maurer
  • Karin Hartmann

The publication venues where Lampson has contributed multiple works are:

  • Annals of Allergy Asthma & Immunology
  • Science
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Annales de Dermatologie et de Vénéréologie - FMC

Lampson has been recognized with several awards, including:

  • Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom (2018)
  • Member of the National Academy of Sciences (2005)
  • IEEE John von Neumann Medal (2001) for technical leadership in timesharing, distributed computing, networking security, and programming languages
  • ACM Fellow (1994) for work in distributed personal computing environments and related technologies
  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1993)
  • A. M. Turing Award (1992) for contributions to distributed personal computing environments and their implementation technologies
  • ACM Software System Award (1984) shared with Robert W. Taylor and Charles P. Thacker
  • Member of the National Academy of Engineering (1984) for contributions to computer operating systems, programming languages, and personal computers

Best Publications

  • A note on the confinement problem

    Butler W. Lampson

  • Software version management system

    Eric E. Schmidt;Butler W. Lampson

  • SPKI Certificate Theory

    C. Ellison;B. Frantz;B. Lampson;R. Rivest

  • Authentication in distributed systems: theory and practice

    Butler Lampson;Martín Abadi;Michael Burrows;Edward Wobber

  • A calculus for access control in distributed systems

    Martín Abadi;Michael Burrows;Butler Lampson;Gordon Plotkin

  • SDSI - A Simple Distributed Security Infrastructure

    Butler Lampson;Ronald L. Rivest

  • Digital rights management operating system

    Paul England;John D. DeTreville;Butler W. Lampson

  • IP lookups using multiway and multicolumn search

    Butler Lampson;Venkatachary Srinivasan;George Varghese

  • Loading and identifying a digital rights management operating system

    Paul England;John D. DeTreville;Butler W. Lampson

  • Access control subsystem and method for distributed computer system using locally cached authentication credentials

    Edward Wobber;Martin Abadi;Andrew Birrell;Butler Lampson

  • Experience with processes and monitors in Mesa

    Butler W. Lampson;David D. Redell

  • Multipoint data communication system with collision detection

    Robert M. Metcalfe;David R. Boggs;Charles P. Thacker;Butler W. Lampson

  • Report on the programming language Euclid

    B. W. Lampson;J. J. Horning;R. L. London;J. G. Mitchell

  • Crash Recovery in a Distributed Data Storage System

    Butler W. Lampson;Howard E. Sturgis

  • There’s plenty of room at the Top: What will drive computer performance after Moore’s law?

    Charles E. Leiserson;Neil C. Thompson;Joel S. Emer;Joel S. Emer;Bradley C. Kuszmaul

  • Atomic Transactions

    Butler W. Lampson

  • The Digital Distributed System Security Architecture

    Morrie Gasser;Andy Goldstein;Charlie Kaufman;Butler Lampson

  • Alto: A personal computer

    Chuck Thacker;Ed McCreight;Butler Lampson;Robert Sproull

  • Computer security in the real world

    B.W. Lampson

  • Hints for computer system design

    Butler W. Lampson

  • Hints for Computer System Design

    B.W. Lampson

Frequent Co-Authors

Martín Abadi
Martín Abadi Google (United States)
Paul England
Paul England Microsoft (United States)
Paul J. Leach
Paul J. Leach Microsoft (United States)
Adam Tauman Kalai
Adam Tauman Kalai Microsoft (United States)
Sumit Gulwani
Sumit Gulwani Microsoft (United States)
David B. Lomet
David B. Lomet Microsoft (United States)
Gerald J. Popek
Gerald J. Popek University of California, Los Angeles
Aditya Krishna Menon
Aditya Krishna Menon Google (United States)

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