Jay Forrester is a professor emeritus at MIT's Sloan School of Management, and is the inventor of both Random Access Memory (RAM) in computer systems as well as "system dynamics," the use of computer simulations to analyze social systems and predict the implications of different models.

Jay Forrester is a professor emeritus at MIT's Sloan School of Management, and is the inventor of both Random Access Memory (RAM) in computer systems as well as "system dynamics," the use of computer simulations to analyze social systems and predict the implications of different models. A pioneer in early digital computer development and a member of the National Inventors Hall of Fame, Jay Forrester invented random-access magnetic-core memory during the first wave of modern computers. He also pioneered the growing field of system dynamics. He has researched the behavior of economic systems, including the causes of business cycles and the major depressions; a new type of dynamics-based management education; and system dynamics as a unifying theme in pre-college education. Forrester has received numerous awards for his books and has been awarded nine honorary degrees from universities around the world.