| Joel S. Birnbaum | |
| Nationality: | American |
| Thesis Title: | Studies of Nuclear Transfer Reactions at High Energy |
| Thesis Url: | https://search.proquest.com/docview/302195167/ |
| Thesis Year: | 1966 |
| Doctoral Advisor: | D. Allan Bromley |
| Awards: | IEEE Ernst Weber Engineering Leadership Recognition |
Joel Samuel Birnbaum (born December 20, 1937) is a technology executive who served as senior vice president of Hewlett-Packard.
Birnbaum earned a bachelor's degree in engineering physics from Cornell University, and a doctorate in nuclear physics from Yale University in 1966.[1] He worked at the IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center from 1965 to 1980, eventually becoming director of computer sciences there. From 1980 until his retirement he worked for Hewlett-Packard, where he directed the Computer Research Center of HP Labs. In 1984 he was promoted to vice president at HP and director of HP Labs. He became a senior vice president in 1991.[2]
Birnbaum was elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 1989 for scientific and management contributions to advanced computer architectures.[3]
He won the IEEE Ernst Weber Engineering Leadership Recognition Award in 2000 "for leadership in integrating, extending and shaping industrial research and development in measurement, computing and communications".[4]
In 2001 he became a Fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery.[5] He is also a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the Royal Academy of Engineering, and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.[6]