Background
Goos, Gerhard was born on August 6, 1937 in Nuremburg, Germany. Son of Friedrich and Else Goos.
Goos, Gerhard was born on August 6, 1937 in Nuremburg, Germany. Son of Friedrich and Else Goos.
Diploma in mathematics, University Erlangen, Federal Republic Germany, 1962. Doctor in Natural Science, University Erlangen, Federal Republic Germany, 1965. Honorary Doctor, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, 2005.
Scientific assistant University Erlangen, 1962-1965. Senior research assistant Technology University Munich, 1965-1970. Director Institute System Technology GMD, Karlsruhe and Bonn, Germany, 1983-1986, board directors Germany, 1986—1991.
Professor informatics University Karlsruhe, Germany, 1970—1983, Germany, 1991—2005, professor emeritus Germany, since 2005. Trustee International Computer Science Institute, Berkeley, California.
Member Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, International Computer Science Institute (trustee since 1986), International Federation Information Processing (chairman working group 1977-1979), Gesellschaft Informatik, Association for Computing Mach.
Married Gisela Holland, March 29, 1964. Children: Klaus, Jürgen, Astrid.