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Richard J. Mayer

リチャード・J・メイヤー　/　りちゃーど・J・めいやー

Computer scientist

January 1, 1952 (age 74)

computer scientist
engineer

My Take

Richard J. Mayer will never trend, and that is precisely why he interests me. As a lead figure behind the IDEF family of modeling languages, he helped give engineers a shared vocabulary for describing complex systems, the invisible scaffolding that real-world manufacturing and software quietly stand on. He earned his PhD, taught for years at Texas A&M, and built his own company on top of that expertise. I have a soft spot for the unglamorous architects of infrastructure, the people whose names you never hear but whose work everyone uses. Mayer is exactly that kind of builder, and I admire him.

Overview

Richard J. Mayer (born 1952) is an American engineer, President of Knowledge Based Systems, Inc., known as lead engineer and principal investigator on the projects of developing part of the IDEF family of modeling languages in the field of software and systems engineering. Mayer received a PhD and worked for years at the Texas A&M University, College Station, TX.

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1. Profile

Name (English): Richard J. Mayer
Name (Japanese): リチャード・J・メイヤー
Reading: りちゃーど・J・めいやー
Born: January 1, 1952 (age 74)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Capricorn / Dragon
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
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Occupation: computer scientist / engineer

2. Background

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6. Links

Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AA%E3%83%81%E3%83%A3%E3%83%BC%E3%83%89%E3%83%BBJ%E3%83%BB%E3%83%A1%E3%82%A4%E3%83%A4%E3%83%BC

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