American computer scientist
Severo M. Ornstein (born 1930) is an American retired computer scientist and the son of composerLeo Ornstein . In 1955, he joined MIT'sLincoln Laboratory as a programmer and designer for theSAGE air-defense system. He later joined theTX-2 group and became a member of the team that designed theLINC . He moved with the team toWashington University in St. Louis where he was one of the principal designers of macromodules.[ 1]
Returning to Boston he joinedBolt, Beranek and Newman .[citation needed WhenARPA issued a Request for Proposal for theARPANET , he joined the group that wrote the winning proposal. He was responsible for the design of the communication interfaces and other special hardware for theInterface Message Processor . In 1972 he headed the first delegation of U.S. computer scientists to thePeople's Republic of China .[ 2]
In 1976, he joinedXerox PARC where he implemented a computer interface to an earlylaser printer . Later he co-led (withEd McCreight ) the team that built the Dorado computer.[ 3] [ 4]
In 1980 he was instrumental in startingComputer Professionals for Social Responsibility (CPSR). He wrote an autobiography describing his experiences in computer science, published in 2002.[ 5]
^ Ornstein, S.M.; Stucki, M.J.; Clark, W.A. (1967), "A functional description of macromodules",Proceedings of the April 18-20, 1967, spring joint computer conference on - AFIPS '67 (Spring) 337– 355,doi :10.1145/1465482.1465537 ,ISBN 9781450378956 S2CID 17430862 , retrievedAugust 26, 2010 {{citation }}: CS1 maint: date and year (link )^ "Chinese computer progress surprises Harvard expert".Christian Science Monitor ^ Ken A Pier (1983),"A retrospective on the Dorado, a high-performance personal computer" (PDF) ,Proceedings of the 10th Annual International Symposium on Computer Architecture : 269, archived fromthe original (PDF) on February 18, 2011, retrievedAugust 26, 2010 ^ Roads, C. (Autumn 1981). "A Note on Music Printing by Computer".Computer Music Journal .5 (3). The MIT Press:57– 59.doi :10.2307/3679986 .JSTOR 3679986 . ^ Severo Ornstein (2002).Computing in the Middle Ages: A View from the Trenches 1955-1983 . Lexington, KY: 1st Books.ISBN 978-1-4033-1517-5 Oral history interview with Severo Ornstein ,Charles Babbage Institute , University of Minnesota. Ornstein describes his experience at Lincoln Laboratory which included work on theSAGE ,TX-2 andLINC computers. He discusses his move to Washington University, and the later work there on DARPA/IPTO sponsoredmacromodule project. As the principal hardware designer of theInterface Message Processor (IMP) for theARPANET , Ornstein describes the IMP design work atBolt Beranek and Newman (BBN), the working environment of the group at BBN, his relationship withLawrence Roberts , his interactions with Honeywell, and his work on the Pluribus multi-processor IMP. Ornstein also discusses the contributions ofWesley Clark andNorman Abramson , his involvement with theComputer Professionals for Social Responsibility , and his views on artificial intelligence and time-sharing.Oral history interview with Severo Ornstein and Laura Gould ,Charles Babbage Institute , University of Minnesota. Oral history interview by Bruce Bruemmer, November 17, 1994, Woodside, California, discussing the formation and activities ofComputer Professionals for Social Responsibility .A Brief History of ARPANET, mentioning Ornstein Severo's website on the composer Leo Ornstein, his father
