Theo Härder
| Theo Härder | |
|---|---|
| Born |
August 28, 1945 Bad Neustadt an der Saale, Germany |
| Nationality | German |
| Occupation | Computer scientist |
| Employer | University of Kaiserslautern |
| Known for | Work on database, transaction processing systems and parallel and distributed computer systems |
| Awards | Konrad Zuse Medal |
Theo Härder (born August 28, 1945 in Bad Neustadt an der Saale, Germany) is a Computer Science Professor at Kaiserslautern University of Technology.
Life and career
Theo Härder studied Electrical Engineering at Technische Universität Darmstadt, earning his doctorate there in 1975. In 1976 he moved to the IBM Research - Almaden in San Jose. In 1977 he returned to TU-Darmstadt as professor. In 1980 he accepted an appointment at the University of Kaiserslauter in Computer Science.[1]
Accomplishments
Professor Härder has received numerous awards for outstanding scientific achievements in the field of databases. He participated in the development of System R, the first relational database management system.
In 1983, he and Andreas Reuter coined the acronym ACID to describe the essential characteristics of a distributed relational database (Atomicity, Consistency, Isolation, and Durability).[2]
Awards
Konrad Zuse Medal, 2001 Honorary doctorate from Universität Oldenburg, 2002
References
- ↑ http://www-is.informatik.uni-oldenburg.de/FestaktHaerder/Vortraege/HJA_Festakt1.pdf
- ↑ Haerder, T.; Reuter, A. (1983). "Principles of transaction-oriented database recovery". ACM Computing Surveys. 15 (4): 287. doi:10.1145/289.291. These four properties, atomicity, consistency, isolation, and durability (ACID), describe the major highlights of the transaction paradigm, which has influenced many aspects of development in database systems.