Viktors Berstis, IBM Master Inventor and Software Engineer
"World Community Grid"
A native of Nürnberg, Germany, Viktors Berstis has worked for the IBM Corporation for the past thirty years. He pioneered the process of converting software programs into silicon hardware, and is one of the original architects of the highly successful IBM System/38.
Recently named an IBM Master Inventor, he is working on the “World Community Grid,” a philanthropic project using extra space on PCs worldwide to accelerate research toward solving global human and health issues.
Mr. Berstis earned his Master of Science degree from the University of Michigan. He took eight years of piano lessons during grade school and continued studies on his own. He has competed in three prior Cliburn amateur competitions and lists 3D photography, radio controlled airplanes, electronics, and woodworking among his many hobbies.
How you can help:
Donate the time your computer is turned on, but is idle, to projects that benefit humanity! World Community Grid provides the secure software that does it all for free, and you become part of a community that is helping to change the world!
