Carver Andress Mead (born May 1, 1934) is an American scientist and engineer. He currently holds the position of Gordon and Betty Moore Professor Emeritus of Engineering and Applied Science at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), having taught there for over 40 years.
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- Carver Andress Mead, May 1, 1934 (age 88), Bakersfield, California, U.S.
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For the past 50 years, Carver Mead has dedicated his research, teaching, and public presentation to the physics and technology of electron devices. This effort has been divided among basic physics, practical devices, and seeing the solid state as a medium for the realization of novel and enormously concurrent computing structures.
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Jul 21, 2020 · Carver Mead recounts how it all began. My fascination with the nervous systems of animals as computing systems started 40 years ago. I had spent over 10 years developing an understanding of the...
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Carver Mead. Gordon and Betty Moore Professor of Engineering and Applied Science, Emeritus. B.S., Caltech, 1956; M.S., 1957; Ph.D., 1960; D.Sc.h.c., University of Lund (Sweden); D.h.c., University of Southern California. Instructor in Electrical Engineering, Caltech, 1958-59; Assistant Professor, 1959-62; Associate Professor, 1962-67; Professor ...
Feb 9, 2023 · Carver Mead was born in Bakersfield, California, in 1934 and holds BS (1956), MS (1957), and PhD (1959) degrees in electrical engineering, all from Caltech. Mead has made many pioneering contributions to solid-state electronics and was one of the leading forces in Very Large Scale Integration (VLSI) design methodology.
Carver A. Mead was born on May 1, 1934 in Bakersfield, CA. He received the B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees from the California Institute of Technology in 1956, 1957, and 1960 respectively. Dr. Mead has spent his entire career at the California Institute of Technology, where he was Gordon and Betty Moore Professor of Engineering and Applied Science.