Haruhisa Ishida (Japanese: 石田晴久) (30 October 1936 – 9 March 2009) was a Japanese Internet pioneer, information scientist, and university teacher. He was the head of Japan Network Information Center and the Japanese chapter of the Internet Society.[1] Ishida also served as the director of the computer center at the University of Tokyo.[2]
Haruhisa Ishida | |
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| Japanese: 石田晴久 | |
 Haruhisa Ishida in 1980 | |
| Born | 30 October 1936 |
| Died | 9 March 2009 (aged 72) |
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Alma mater | University of Tokyo |
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| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Internet |
He has authored and translated books and authored and co-authored a number of scientific publications.[3]
Biography
editHaruhisa Ishida was born in Taiwan in 1936.[4]
He graduated from the University of Iowa in 1964, where he received his PhD. His dissertation was titled Generalized learning network using adaptive threshold elements.[5]
Ishida is credited with introducing the Internet to Japan, elucidating its vast potential for online work and facilitating accessibility to UNIX computing.[4][1]
Ishida died on 9 March 2009. A prominent figure in the history of the Japanese Internet, he was named by Toru Takahashi and Jun Murai.[6]
He was posthumously inducted into the Internet Hall of Fame in 2013.[1]
See also
editSelected publications
edit- 『UNIX』共立出版、1983
- 『FORTRAN77システムの使い方』石田晴久編、東京大学出版会、1984
- 『MS-DOS』産業図書、1986
- 『プログラミング言語C』共立出版、1981(translated from The C Programming Language)
- 『Cプログラミング入門』共立出版、1988
- 『OS/2』鷹野澄との共著、共立出版、1990
- 『UNIX最前線』共立出版、1993
- 『入門ANSI-C』石田晴久ほか著、実教出版、1993
- 『実戦Windows 98入門』岩波書店、1998
- 『Windowsパソコン入門』岩波書店、1999
- 『PC-UNIX』石田晴久ほか著、実教出版、2001
References
edit- ^ a b c d "Haruhisa Ishida". Internet Hall of Fame. Retrieved 12 February 2024.
- ^ "The view from Japan". InfoWorld. 2 (11). InfoWorld Media Group, Inc.: 20 7 July 1980.
- ^ "Hiroshi Ishida". scholar.google.com. Retrieved 12 February 2024.
- ^ a b Lowry, Kelsey (23 January 2024). "Internet History: 1990-1999 Timeline (Part 4)". FirstSiteGuide. Retrieved 12 February 2024.
- ^ Ishida, Haruhisa. "Generalized learning network using adaptive threshold elements". ResearchGate. Retrieved 12 February 2024.
- ^ "Tributes flow after passing of Japanese Internet pioneer, Prof. Haruhisa Ishida, 9 March 2009". Internet Society. Retrieved 12 February 2024.