Michael Dertouzos

Michael L Dertouzos (1936 - 2001) was a Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Director of the M.I.T. Laboratory for Computer Science (LCS) from 1974 to 2001.

During Dertouzos s term, LCS innovated in a variety of areas, including RSA Encryption, the spreadsheet, the NuBus, the X Window System, and the Internet. Dertouzos was instrumental in defining the World Wide Web Consortium and bringing it to MIT.

In 1968, he founded Computek, Inc., a manufacturer of graphics and intelligent terminals.

Dertouzos was a graduate of Athens College and attended the University of Arkansas on a Fulbright Scholarship. He received his Ph.D. from M.I.T. in 1964 and joined the M.I.T. faculty.

=External links=

[http://www.lcs.mit.edu/news/dertouzos.html Michael Dertouzos: In Memoriam], from the MIT LCS page.

[http://www.kurzweilai.net/bios/frame.htmlmain=/bios/bio0018.html Biography on KurzweilAI.net]

=Bibliography=

*Dertouzos, The Unfinished Revolution: Human-Centered Computers and What They Can Do For Us , 2001, ISBN 0066620678. *Dertouzos, What Will Be: How the New World of Information Will Change Our Lives , 1997, ISBN 0062514792. *(co-author), Made in America: Regaining the Productive Edge , 1989, ISBN 0262041006.