Josh Fisher

Josh Fisher
Josh Fisher in 2014.
Born (1946-07-22) July 22, 1946
Bronx, NY, USA
Alma materCourant Institute of Mathematical Sciences (New York University)
Known forThe Invention of VLIW Architectures, Instruction-level Parallelism, Trace Scheduling, Co-Founder of Multiflow Computer
AwardsEckert-Mauchly Award, (IEEE/ACM 2003)
B. Ramakrishna Rau Award (IEEE-CS 2012)
Connecticut Entrepreneur of the Year (1987)
Presidential Young Investigator's Award (NSF 1984)
Scientific career
FieldsComputer Architecture, Compiling, Embedded Systems
InstitutionsYale University, Multiflow Computer, Hewlett-Packard Laboratories (retired)

Joseph A "Josh" Fisher (born July 22, 1946) is an American and Spanish computer scientist noted for his work on VLIW architectures, compiling, and instruction-level parallelism, and for the founding of Multiflow Computer. He is a Hewlett-Packard Senior Fellow (Emeritus).