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Edsger W. Dijkstra

Edsger W. Dijkstra

Dutch computer scientist

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Is a
Academic
Academic
Person
Person
Author of
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A Discipline of Programming by Edsger W. Dijkstra
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Notes on structured programming
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Predicate calculus and program semantics
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A Primer Of Algol 60 Programming
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A primer of Algol 60 programming, together with Report on the algorithmic language Algol 60
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Notes on structural programming
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Awards Received
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1972 Turing Award
Citizenship
Kingdom of the Netherlands
Kingdom of the Netherlands
Creator of
Dijkstra's algorithm
Dijkstra's algorithm
Birthdate
May 11, 1930
Date of Death
August 6, 2002
Doctoral Advisor
Adriaan van Wijngaarden
Adriaan van Wijngaarden
Doctoral Students
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Nico Habermann
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Jan L. A. van de Snepscheut
Educated at
University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge
University of Amsterdam
University of Amsterdam
Gymnasium Erasmianum
Gymnasium Erasmianum
Leiden University
Leiden University
The University Of Texas At Austin
The University Of Texas At Austin
ISNI
000000011234890X
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Notable Work
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Banker's algorithm
Smoothsort
Smoothsort
Dijkstra's algorithm
Dijkstra's algorithm
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Shunting-yard algorithm
Occupation
Mathematician
Mathematician
Scientist
Scientist
Author
Author
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Writer
Writer
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Engineer
Engineer
Computer scientist
Computer scientist
Physicist
Physicist
Open Library ID
OL1004383A
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Birthplace
Rotterdam
Rotterdam
Place of Death
Nuenen
Nuenen
VIAF
17820452
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Wikidata ID
Q8556

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