- Richard Rashid
Richard 'Rick' Rashid oversees
Microsoft Research 's worldwide operations. Previously, he was the director of Microsoft Research. He joined Microsoft Research in 1991, and was promoted to vice president in1994 . In 2000, he became senior vice president. He has authored a number of patents in areas such asdata compression , networking, andoperating system s, and was a major developer ofMicrosoft 'sinteractive TV system.Rashid graduated from
Stanford University in 1974 with degrees inmathematics andcomparative literature . He then received aMaster of Science and aPh.D. incomputer science from theUniversity of Rochester , finishing in 1980. While at Rochester, he wrote what is probably one of the earliest networked multiplayer computer games, "Alto Trek ", forXerox Alto computers.In 1979, he became a
professor ofcomputer science atCarnegie Mellon University . While a faculty member, he performed research and published numerous papers and articles on topics such as networking, operating systems,artificial intelligence , andprogramming language s fordistributed computing applications. His most notable work was on theMach kernel .In 2003, he was inducted into the
National Academy of Engineering .External links
* [http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/exec/rick/default.mspx Richard Rashid's biography at Microsoft Research]
* [http://itc.conversationsnetwork.org/shows/detail1906.html IT Conversations: Rick Rashid]
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