As per our current Database, Danny Cohen has been died on 12 August, 2019 at Palo Alto, California, USA.
When Danny Cohen die, Danny Cohen was 82 years old.
| Popular As | Danny Cohen |
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| Age | 82 years old |
| Zodiac Sign | Sagittarius |
| Born | December 9, 1937 (Haifa, Israel) |
| Birthday | December 9 |
| Town/City | Haifa, Israel |
| Nationality | Israel |
Danny Cohen’s zodiac sign is Sagittarius. According to astrologers, Sagittarius is curious and energetic, it is one of the biggest travelers among all zodiac signs. Their open mind and philosophical view motivates them to wander around the world in search of the meaning of life. Sagittarius is extrovert, optimistic and enthusiastic, and likes changes. Sagittarius-born are able to transform their thoughts into concrete actions and they will do anything to achieve their goals.
Danny Cohen was born in the Year of the Ox. Another of the powerful Chinese Zodiac signs, the Ox is steadfast, solid, a goal-oriented leader, detail-oriented, hard-working, stubborn, serious and introverted but can feel lonely and insecure. Takes comfort in friends and family and is a reliable, protective and strong companion. Compatible with Snake or Rooster.
In 1967, Danny Cohen developed the first real-time visual flight simulator on a general purpose computer. He also developed the first real-time radar simulator. His flight simulator work led to the development of the Cohen-Sutherland computer graphics line clipping algorithms, created with Ivan Sutherland.
Then, in 1973, he was the first to implement "packet-video" and "packet voice" (Network Voice Protocol) when he adapted the visual flight simulator to run over the ARPANET. It was the first application of packet switching to real-time applications.
In the 1970s, as a researcher at the University of Southern California Information Sciences Institute (USC/ISI), he started and led several projects including FastXchange (e-commerce), digital library and ATOMIC.
Cohen and his research group under ARPA sponsorship developed the USC/ISI ATOMIC LAN, which was based on the Caltech Mosaic components. It was the research prototype for Myrinet, a high-performance system area network.
He would go on to co-found Myricom, which commercialized Myrinet. He also started the MOSIS project in 1980.Danny earned his BSc at the Technion and his PhD at Harvard University. Danny has been on the Computer Science faculty at Harvard, Technion and Caltech.
He was a member of the National Academy of Engineering, an IEEE Fellow and he received a USAF (United States Air Force) Meritorious Civilian Service Award.
