Linux Journal: Interview with Dr. Moshe Bar

“Behind openMosix technology, we can find the work of many
intelligent and hardworking people. Recently, I had the chance to
interview Dr. Moshe Bar, openMosix project leader, by e-mail. He
spoke about his educational background, his interest in computer
science and, of course, his work on the openMosix project. Here is
the text of our interview.

“Linux Journal: Please tell us your educational
history.

“Moshe Bar: My educational history is a B.Sc in
math and an M.Sc and Ph.D. in computer science. I also am teaching
at Tel Aviv University and the UN Atomic Agency. I am a permanent
researcher at the Italian National Institute for Physics of
Matter.

“LJ: Were you first interested in math or
computer science? How do you see the correlation between math and
computer science, especially when you develop software such as
openMosix?

“MB: Everything is about math. Math is a formal
language of symbols to describe our perception of reality and, by
extension, the world. Algorithms are pure math. Programming is
applied math…”

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