Geneva G. Belford
Computer scientist
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Geneva Grosz Belford (born May 18, 1932) was a computer scientist who worked at the University of Illinois.[1] She worked at the University of Illinois for over 40 years and advised over 140 graduate students[2] including Thomas M. Siebel and Charles E. Roberts.[3]
Geneva G. Belford | |
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| Born | May 18, 1932 |
| Died | March 4, 2014 (aged 81) |
Belford was an contributor for Britannica and worked on their article on computer science.[4] She also co-authored a textbook on the Pascal programming language.[5] Her papers are located at the University of Illinois Archives.[6]
Early life
Belford was born on May 18, 1932 in Washington, D.C.[1] She attended the University of Pennsylvania and received her bachelor's degree in Mathematics. She then attended the University of Illinois and graduated in 1960 with a PhD in mathematics.[3] Her research originally focused on chemistry and mathematics. Later on, she focused on computer science.[7]
Career
After graduating with her PhD, Belford was hired as a research associate at the University of Illinois Chemistry Department. She continued working there until she was became an assistant professor of Mathematics in 1964.[3] Belford later became a research assistant professor with the Center for Advanced Computation in 1972. In 1976, she was promoted to a research associate professor and in 1977, she joined the Department of Computer Science. Belford was promoted to full professor in 1982 [3] Her research involved database and distributed systems and the ILLIAC computer.[8]
She was Professor Emerita of Computer Science and officially retired from the University of Illinois in 2000.[3]
Awards and recognition
List of publications
- Alsberg, P. A, et al.. Networking Research In Front Ending And Intelligent Terminals: H6000 Software Specifications[10]
- Belford, Geneva G, and D. E. (Daniel E.) Putnam Networking research in front ending and intelligent terminals: Experimental network front end experiment plan[11]
- Belford, Geneva G. An algorithm for fitting related sets of straight-line data[12]
- Belford, Geneva G. Investigation of one-step methods for integro-differential equations[13]
- Belford, Geneva G. Optimization problems in distributed data management[14]
- Belford, Geneva G. Research In Network Data Management And Resource Sharing: Initial Mathematical Model Report[15]
- Liu, C. L. and Belford, Geneva G. Pascal[5]
- Putnam, D. E. (Daniel E.), David C Healy, Geneva G Belford Networking research in front ending and intelligent terminals : UNIX/ENFE experimental performance report [16]
- Schwartz, P. M., Grapa, E., Day, J. D., Belford, G. G., Research in network data management and resource sharing: network file allocation[17]
- Yan, Y. L., Smet, A. D., Moon, A., Manolas, A. P., Leo, J., Kim, C. K., Kaufman, K. A., Hwund, S. C., Goldstein, J. D., England, S., Cotten, P., Cho, D., Liu, J. W. S., Belford, G. G. Mutual consistency maintenance in a prototype data traffic management system[18]