George Coulouris (computer scientist)

George Coulouris
Born(1937-11-15)15 November 1937
New York City, U.S.
Died18 November 2024(2024-11-18) (aged 87)
London, England
NationalityBritish
Known forContent Addressable File Store, Em Unix text editor, Distributed Systems textbook
Scientific career
InstitutionsQueen Mary, University of London
University of Cambridge
IBM
Imperial College London
Websitewww.coulouris.net
www.eecs.qmul.ac.uk/~gc

George F. Coulouris (15 November 1937 – 18 November 2024) was a British computer scientist and the son of actor George Coulouris. He was an emeritus professor of Queen Mary, University of London and formerly visiting professor in residence at University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory. He was co-author of a textbook on distributed systems. He was instrumental in the development of ICL's Content Addressable File Store (CAFS) and he developed em, the Unix editor, which inspired Bill Joy to write vi.