Eric Brewer (scientist)

Eric Brewer is an American computer scientist known for his contributions to the fields of distributed systems, cloud computing, and computer networking. He is particularly recognized for his work on the "CAP Theorem" (Consistency, Availability, Partition Tolerance), which describes the trade-offs that must be made in distributed data store systems. Brewer proposed this theorem in 2000 during a keynote address at the Symposium on Principles of Distributed Computing.