Andrew S.Tanenbaum 拥有美国麻省理工学院的理学学士学位和加州大学伯克利分校的哲学博士学位，目前是荷兰阿姆斯特丹Vrije大学的计算机科学系教授，并领导着一个计算机系统的研究小组。多年来，他在操作系统、编译技术、网络及局域分布式系统方面进行了大量的研究工作，并在各种学术杂志及会议上发表了多篇论文，同时还是5本计算机专著的作者。Tanenbaurn是ACM会员、IEEE资深会员、荷兰皇家艺术和科学学院院士，多次获得计算机教育杰出贡献奖。他还入选了《世界名人录》。

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