Roy T. Fielding
Senior Principal Scientist,AdobeCo-founder,Apache HTTP Server Project
Director,The Apache Software Foundation
Ph.D.,Information and Computer Science,UC Irvine
| Roy T. FieldingSenior Principal Scientist,AdobeCo-founder,Apache HTTP Server Project Director,The Apache Software Foundation Ph.D.,Information and Computer Science,UC Irvine |
Research ProjectsI finished my doctorate within theSoftwareResearch Group atUCI.Much of my work was done under the auspices of the Hyperware projectand collaborations with industry as part of theInstitute for Software Researchand its focus onSoftwareArchitecture.My research interests include software design, software architecturefor network-based applications, application-level protocol design, open-source software development, andglobal software engineering environments.Richard N. Taylor was my advisor and dissertationcommittee chair. I have been actively involved in the World Wide Web project since1993. I set up the originalUCI-ICSWWW server, created severalWWW softwarepackages,and in early 1994 became involved in the effort to specify and improve the WWWinfrastructure through theIETF workinggroups onURI,HTTP,andHTML(the set of protocols that were used to retrieve and view this document). I also cofounded theApacheHTTP Server Project and am a member and former Board Chair of the nonprofitApache Software Foundation.We created the Apache HTTP server that currently dominates thesurvey ofpublic Internet websites. Apache is my favorite example ofthe power of global collaboration for the creation of software. My dissertation,Architectural Styles andthe Design of Network-based Software Architectures, focused onthe rationale behind the design of the modern Web architecture and how itdiffers from other architectural styles. | Papers, Talks, and Specs
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What, you're still reading this? According to most hypertext research,you should have become bored by now and moved on to to another page.Well, this is for those who are extra curious (or just have nothing betterto do).
My background is a bit odd: I was conceived inNew Zealand and born inLaguna Beach,California. Although most of my schooling has been in the U.S., I was taught howto read during a school term inAuckland.Myfather is an emeritus professor inSocial Sciences at UC Irvine,which is why I have been raised a Yank. I was born in September 1965,during the first week of classes of the year UCI was established, so youmight say that the two of us grew up together (except for the three yearsI spent studying Physics and International Politics atReed College). I am partMaori,Kiwi,Yank, Irish, Scot, Brit, andCalifornia beach bum.Like I said, a bit odd.
Most of the rest can be seen in myvita.
I was a Visiting Scholar at MIT/LCS during the summer of 1995, working withTim Berners-Lee and theWorld Wide WebConsortium (W3C). You can see my oldW3C Home.
I was named byMIT Technology Reviewas one of theTR100: The top 100 young innovators for 1999."The 100 young visionaries who our editors and a distinguishedPanel of Judges feel have the greatest potential for technological innovationin the 21st century."
TheAssociation of Computing Machineryrecently awarded the1999ACM Software System Award to The Apache Group for the Apache HTTP Server.I talked a bit about that honor inaninterview with LinuxWorld.
On a more local note, I was named by the UCI Alumni Association as theOutstanding Graduate Student of 2000.
I like playing games -- especially non-betting card games (Bridge,Hearts, etc.) and obscure board games (british rails, naval war, etc.).I also like playing basketball, softball, football and going fishing.Mind you, I haven't had time to do any of these things since I startedmessing with the Web.
What is life? It is the flash of a firefly in the night. It is the breath of a buffalo in the wintertime. It is the little shadow which runs across the grass and loses itself in the sunset.
--- Crowfoot's last words (1890), Blackfoot warrior and orator.
To most readers it will be easy, after reading this tale, to accept Rover's theory that Man is set up deliberately as the antithesis of everything the Dogs stand for, a sort of mythical straw-man, a sociological fable.This is underlined by the recurring evidence of Man's aimlessness, his constant running hither and yon, his grasping at a way of life which constantly eludes him, possibly because he never knows exactly what he wants.
--- Clifford D. Simak, "City" [Notes on the Fifth Tale], 1952.
Life is a distributed object system. However, communication among humans is a distributed hypermedia system, where the mind's intellect, voice+gestures, eyes+ears, and imagination are all components.
--- Roy T. Fielding, 1998.