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  1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Edsger_WEdsger W. Dijkstra - Wikipedia

    Edsger Wybe Dijkstra (/ ˈ d aɪ k s t r ə / DYKE-strə; Dutch: [ˈɛtsxər ˈʋibə ˈdɛikstra] ⓘ; 11 May 1930 – 6 August 2002) was a Dutch computer scientist, programmer, software engineer, and science essayist. Born in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, Dijkstra studied mathematics and physics and then theoretical physics at the University of ...

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  3. www.britannica.com › biography › Edsger-DijkstraEdsger Dijkstra | Biography, Algorithm, & Facts | Britannica

    May 9, 2024 · Edsger Dijkstra, Dutch computer scientist who developed the paradigm for writing computer programs called structured programming, in which programs were built out of modular units. He is also known for his 1959 solution to the problem of the shortest path between two nodes of a network.

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  4. amturing.acm.org › award_winners › dijkstra_1053701Edsger W. Dijkstra - A.M. Turing Award Laureate

    Aug 6, 2002 · Dijkstra was famous for his wit and eloquence, such as in his remark: The question of whether computers can think is like the question of whether submarines can swim; or his advice to a promising researcher, who asked how to select a topic for research: Do only what only you can do; and his remark in his Turing Award acceptance speech:

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  6. www.cs.utexas.edu › users › EWDE.W.Dijkstra Archive: Home page - University of Texas at Austin

    Mar 30, 2021 · Edsger Wybe Dijkstra was one of the most influential members of computing science’s founding generation. Among the domains in which his scientific contributions are fundamental are. algorithm design. programming languages.

  7. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Dijkstra's_algorithmDijkstra's algorithm - Wikipedia

    Dijkstra's algorithm (/ ˈ d aɪ k s t r ə z / DYKE-strəz) is an algorithm for finding the shortest paths between nodes in a weighted graph, which may represent, for example, road networks. It was conceived by computer scientist Edsger W. Dijkstra in 1956 and published three years later.

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  9. history.computer.org › pioneers › dijkstraComputer Pioneers - Edsger W. Dijkstra - IEEE Computer Society

    Edsger W. Dijkstra. Born 1930, Rotterdam, The Netherlands; Leading critic of programming without a mathematical proof of correctness and condemner of the infamous GOTO; recipient of the 1972 ACM Turing Award. Education: MS, mathematics and theoretical physics, University of Leiden, 1956; PhD, computing science, Municipal University of Amsterdam ...

  10. dl.acm.org › doi › bookEdsger Wybe Dijkstra: His Life,Work, and Legacy | ACM Books ...

    Edsger Wybe Dijkstra (1930–2002) was one of the most influential researchers in the history of computer science, making fundamental contributions to both the theory and practice of computing. Early in his career, he proposed the single-source shortest path algorithm, now commonly referred to as Dijkstra’s algorithm.

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