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</ref> was a British physicist and computer scientist. | </ref> was a British physicist and computer scientist. | ||
He joined CERN (under the name B. Zacharov) in the early 1960s and continued throughout his career to alternate between CERN and other institutes. His first CERN-paper was | He joined CERN (under the name B. Zacharov) in the early 1960s and continued throughout his career to alternate between CERN and other institutes. His first CERN-paper was published in the renowned journal ''Rev. Sci. Instrum.'' on image intensifier with electron‐optical demagnification using combined electric and magnetic fields.<ref>B. Zacharov; Image Intensifier with Electron‐Optical Demagnification Using Combined Electric and Magnetic Fields. ''Rev. Sci. Instrum.'' 1 December 1961; 32 (12): 1392–1394. https://doi.org./10.1063/1.1717261.</ref> | ||
D.O. Caldwell, E. Bieuler, B. Eisner, L.W. Jones, and B. Zacharov, | Not long after, he presented with colleagues at the 11th International Conference on High-energy Physics, held at from 4 –11 Jul 1962, reporting on rom a short run at the [[Proton Synchrotron]] offering information about shortlived neutral particles which decay into a \pi<sup>+</sup>—\pi<sup>—</sup> possibly a K<sup>+</sup>—K<sup>—</sup> pair.<ref>Results on peripheral pion-nucleon interactions at 12 and 17 GeV/c, D.O. Caldwell, E. Bieuler, B. Eisner, L.W. Jones, and B. Zacharov, 1962, High-energy physics. Proceedings, 11th International Conference, ICHEP'62, Geneva, Switzerland, Jul 4-11, 1962, 610-612, https://inspirehep.net/literature/1341883.</ref> | ||
Zakharov was involved in the [[Proton Synchrotron|PS]] experiments, [[S1]], [[S2]],<ref>The high energy pion S1 and S2, E. Bleuler, D.O. Caldwell, B. Elsner, D. Harting, L. Jones, W.C. Middelkoop, and B. Zacharov, https://cds.cern.ch/record/1551728.</ref> and [[S42]].<ref>Experimental proposal [S42], Bernard David Hyams, U. Stierlin, and B. Zacharov, https://cds.cern.ch/record/939749.</ref> | |||
He lectured, then affiliated to Daresbury Nuclear Physics Laboratory, at the CERN Computing and Data-Processing School held in Varenna, Italy, 1970.<ref>Computer graphics, N. Zacharov, http://dx.doi.org/10.5170/CERN-1971-006.223.</ref> Two years later he was the director for the same school, then held in Pertisau, Austria in 1972.<ref>CERN Computing and Data-processing School, 10–24 Sep 1972, Pertisau, Austria, http://dx.doi.org/10.5170/CERN-1972-021.</ref> | |||
In 1982, having moved to the University of London Computer Centre, he published a paper on modern computer hardware and the role of central computing facilities in particle physics.<ref>Modern computer hardware and the role of central computing facilities in particle physics, V. Zacharov, Computer Physics Communications, 22 (1981) pp. 199–207, https://doi.org/10.1016/0010-4655(81)90049-7</ref> | |||
In 1983 Zakharov, then back at CERN, was commissioned by the University of Geneva to conduct a study on the computer infrastructure. The conclusions, of what came to be known as the “Zakharov Report”, recommended a considerable increase in computing resources and advocated for a pool of specialized machines, administered in a centralized manner. Furthermore, it appeared essential to enable, through a network, uniform access to the resources thus created. At the same time, it was recognized that individual workstations should not be regarded as isolated units, but rather as components of an overall structure.<ref>Dies academicus 1984, http://web.archive.org/web/20210116063421/https://www.unige.ch/archives/files/2815/4512/0999/Discours-recteur-1984.pdf.</ref><ref>Zakharov, Vasilii V, et Université de Genève Centre universitaire d’informatique. ''Recommandations pour l’avenir des services informatiques à l’Université de Genève : 12 avril 1983''. Genève: [Université de Genève], 1983, https://swisscovery.slsp.ch/permalink/41SLSP_NETWORK/1ufb5t2/alma991072935249705501</ref>[[File:VZpicture 4.jpg|thumb|Vasilii Zakharov on his olden days.]] | |||
CERN, | Towards the end of his career, Zakharov, was affiliated both the University of Geneva.<ref>Parallelism and array processing, Vasilii Zakharov, ''IEEE Transactions on Computers'', vol. C-33, no. 1, pp. 45–78, Jan. 1984 https://doi.org/10.1109/TC.1984.5009314.</ref> | ||
[[File:VZpicture 4.jpg|thumb|Vasilii Zakharov on his olden days.]] | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
Latest revision as of 19:19, 12 February 2026
Vasilii Zakharov (his legal name after the 1980s, before this he was also known as Basil or Vasili(i) with the surname Zacharof(f), Zacharov, or Zakharov) (2 January 1931, London—29 September 2018, Ferney-Voltaire)[1][2] was a British physicist and computer scientist.
He joined CERN (under the name B. Zacharov) in the early 1960s and continued throughout his career to alternate between CERN and other institutes. His first CERN-paper was published in the renowned journal Rev. Sci. Instrum. on image intensifier with electron‐optical demagnification using combined electric and magnetic fields.[3]
Not long after, he presented with colleagues at the 11th International Conference on High-energy Physics, held at from 4 –11 Jul 1962, reporting on rom a short run at the Proton Synchrotron offering information about shortlived neutral particles which decay into a \pi+—\pi— possibly a K+—K— pair.[4]
Zakharov was involved in the PS experiments, S1, S2,[5] and S42.[6]
He lectured, then affiliated to Daresbury Nuclear Physics Laboratory, at the CERN Computing and Data-Processing School held in Varenna, Italy, 1970.[7] Two years later he was the director for the same school, then held in Pertisau, Austria in 1972.[8]
In 1982, having moved to the University of London Computer Centre, he published a paper on modern computer hardware and the role of central computing facilities in particle physics.[9]
In 1983 Zakharov, then back at CERN, was commissioned by the University of Geneva to conduct a study on the computer infrastructure. The conclusions, of what came to be known as the “Zakharov Report”, recommended a considerable increase in computing resources and advocated for a pool of specialized machines, administered in a centralized manner. Furthermore, it appeared essential to enable, through a network, uniform access to the resources thus created. At the same time, it was recognized that individual workstations should not be regarded as isolated units, but rather as components of an overall structure.[10][11]
Towards the end of his career, Zakharov, was affiliated both the University of Geneva.[12]
References
- ↑ https://avis-deces.linternaute.com/ferney-voltaire/ville-01160?q=Zakharov
- ↑ https://www.hommages.ch/fr/avis-de-deces/vasilii-zakharov
- ↑ B. Zacharov; Image Intensifier with Electron‐Optical Demagnification Using Combined Electric and Magnetic Fields. Rev. Sci. Instrum. 1 December 1961; 32 (12): 1392–1394. https://doi.org./10.1063/1.1717261.
- ↑ Results on peripheral pion-nucleon interactions at 12 and 17 GeV/c, D.O. Caldwell, E. Bieuler, B. Eisner, L.W. Jones, and B. Zacharov, 1962, High-energy physics. Proceedings, 11th International Conference, ICHEP'62, Geneva, Switzerland, Jul 4-11, 1962, 610-612, https://inspirehep.net/literature/1341883.
- ↑ The high energy pion S1 and S2, E. Bleuler, D.O. Caldwell, B. Elsner, D. Harting, L. Jones, W.C. Middelkoop, and B. Zacharov, https://cds.cern.ch/record/1551728.
- ↑ Experimental proposal [S42], Bernard David Hyams, U. Stierlin, and B. Zacharov, https://cds.cern.ch/record/939749.
- ↑ Computer graphics, N. Zacharov, http://dx.doi.org/10.5170/CERN-1971-006.223.
- ↑ CERN Computing and Data-processing School, 10–24 Sep 1972, Pertisau, Austria, http://dx.doi.org/10.5170/CERN-1972-021.
- ↑ Modern computer hardware and the role of central computing facilities in particle physics, V. Zacharov, Computer Physics Communications, 22 (1981) pp. 199–207, https://doi.org/10.1016/0010-4655(81)90049-7
- ↑ Dies academicus 1984, http://web.archive.org/web/20210116063421/https://www.unige.ch/archives/files/2815/4512/0999/Discours-recteur-1984.pdf.
- ↑ Zakharov, Vasilii V, et Université de Genève Centre universitaire d’informatique. Recommandations pour l’avenir des services informatiques à l’Université de Genève : 12 avril 1983. Genève: [Université de Genève], 1983, https://swisscovery.slsp.ch/permalink/41SLSP_NETWORK/1ufb5t2/alma991072935249705501
- ↑ Parallelism and array processing, Vasilii Zakharov, IEEE Transactions on Computers, vol. C-33, no. 1, pp. 45–78, Jan. 1984 https://doi.org/10.1109/TC.1984.5009314.