Alfred Spector

Alfred Z. Spector
Alfred Z. Spector
Born	October 14, 1954
Alma mater	Harvard University ; Stanford University
Known for	Opportunities and Perils in Data Science ; Google's Hybrid Approach to Research ; CS+X ; Research on Reliable Distributed Computing ; Andrew File System (AFS)
Awards	ΦBK Scholar (2018-19); ACM Software Systems Award (2016); American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2009); National Academy of Engineering (2004); IEEE Kanai Award for Distributed Computing (2001); Hertz Fellow (1977)
	Scientific career
Institutions	MIT ; Two Sigma Investments ; Google ; IBM ; Transarc Corporation ; Carnegie Mellon University
Thesis	Multiprocessing Architectures for Local Area Networks (1981)
Website	www.azs-services.com

Alfred Zalmon Spector is an American computer scientist and research manager. He is a visiting scholar in the MIT EECS Department and was previously CTO of Two Sigma Investments. Before that, he was Vice President of Research and Special Initiatives at Google.

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