Douglas E. Comer

Primary Address:

Computer Science Department
Purdue University
250 N. University Street
West Lafayette, IN 47907-2066

Titles:

Distinguished Professor of Computer Science
author, lecturer, and consultant

Status:

Currently on leave from Purdue, serving as VP of Research Collaboration at Cisco Systems.

Information is available about:

• Books Comer has written on the topics:
  Networks and Internets (TCP/IP Protocols)
  Computer Architecture and Operating Systems (Xinu)
  
• Foreign language editions of books
  
• Professional seminars and tutorials Comer teaches at conferences and on-site
• Consulting
• Courses taught at Purdue University
• Research projects and software systems

A few essays about Computer Science

• For anyone considering a Ph.D. in Computer Science
• How to write a Ph.D. dissertation
• Ways to obtain tenure in a university
• How to escape during a Ph.D. Final Exam
• An explanation of language used in CS Departments
• How to generate a CS research topic
• How to insult a Computer Scientist
• How to stump students on an oral qualifier
• How to measure research
• How the 7-layer reference model was invented

Organizations with which Comer is affiliated

• Purdue University Computer Science Department
• Cisco Systems, Inc.
• Prentice Hall (book publisher)