Richard Friedman

Current

Senior Staff Information Engineer at Sun Microsystems

Past

Instructor at University of California Berkeley, Extension
Programming Analyst at Applied Parallel Research
Programming Analyst at Pacific Sierra Research

Systems Programmer at Lawrence Berkeley Lab, U of California
Systems Programmer at Courant Institute, New York University

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Education

New York University
Polytechnic University

Connections

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Industry

Computer Software

Richard Friedman’s Summary

Information design, technical documentation.
High performance technical computing, scientific and technical computing since 1965.
Teaching programming and programming techniques.

Richard Friedman’s Specialties:

Software developer documentation, programming languages. High performance computing for scientific/engineering/industrial applications.

Richard Friedman’s Experience

Senior Staff Information Engineer

Sun Microsystems

(Public Company; JAVA; Information Technology and Services industry)

July 1995 — Present (14 years 5 months)

Lead technical writer for C/C++/Fortran compilers and tools, specializing in high performance technical computing for science and industry. Senior documentation specialist for programming languages at Sun Microsystems, Menlo Park CA.
Content development and delivery for online and print manuals, man pages, web-based technical articles, forums, and wikis, covering Sun Studio compilers and tools.
Instructor

University of California Berkeley, Extension

(Professional Training & Coaching industry)

1998 — 2000 (2 years )

Developed and taught "What Is Programming?", a course to explain how computers work and what programmers do to a lay audience. Offered as an elective in the Technical Writing department.
Programming Analyst

Applied Parallel Research

(Computer Software industry)

1993 — 1995 (2 years )

Helped develop FORGE, a Fortran interactive parallel programming tool for MPI and POSIX threads. Wrote user documentation. Gave workshops.
Programming Analyst

Pacific Sierra Research

(Computer Software industry)

1982 — 1992 (10 years )

Cray 1, X/MP, Y/MP and Cyber 205 consulting. Developed a Fortran-callable high-speed I/O library. Taught optimization workshops.
Systems Programmer

Lawrence Berkeley Lab, U of California

(Computer Software industry)

June 1968 — July 1982 (14 years 2 months)

CDC 6600/7600 compilers, libraries, and programming systems
Systems Programmer

Courant Institute, New York University

(Educational Institution; 11-50 employees; Research industry)

June 1965 — May 1968 (3 years )

Systems programmer, early supercomputer installation. Control Data 6600 (serial 4). Maintained compilers and libraries.

Richard Friedman’s Education

New York University

Applied Mathematics 1965 — 1966

Took graduate-level classes in applied math at the Courant Institute of Math Sciences, NYU
Polytechnic University

BS (1964) , Math/Physics , 1960 — 1965

Worked part-time in the computer center as a programmer:
1962-64 - IBM 650
1964-65 - IBM 7044

1964-65: Teaching fellowship in the computer center.

Activities and Societies:

(Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn)
Formed the Student Chapter, Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)

Additional Information

Richard Friedman’s Interests:

Interested in applications of technology to the arts, particularly music and photography. Weekly radio show on KALW 91.7 FM San Francisco - MUSIC FROM OTHER MINDS, http://rchrd.com/mfom/ Also, amateur radio operator, AG6RF