Neil J. Gunther
Neil Gunther (born 15 August 1950) is a computer information systems researcher best known internationally for developing the open-source performance modeling software Pretty Damn Quick and developing the Guerrilla approach to computer capacity planning and performance analysis. He has also been cited for his contributions to the theory of large transients in computer systems and packet networks, and his universal law of computational scalability.
Neil James Gunther | |
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Neil Gunther at Bletchley Park 2002 "A quantum leap is neither" | |
| Born | 15 August 1950 |
| Alma mater | La Trobe University University of Southampton |
| Known for | Performance analysis Capacity planning tools Theory of large transients Universal scalability law |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Computational information systems (classical and quantum) |
| Institutions | San Jose State University Syncal Corporation Xerox Palo Alto Research Center Performance Dynamics Company (Founder) École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) |
| Doctoral advisor | Tomas M. Kalotas (Honors) Christie J. Eliezer (Masters) David J. Wallace (Doctorate) |
Gunther is a Senior Member of both the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), as well as a member of the American Mathematical Society (AMS), American Physical Society (APS), Computer Measurement Group (CMG) and ACM SIGMETRICS.
He is currently focused on developing quantum information system technologies.