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  1. Barbara Liskov. Barbara Liskov (born November 7, 1939, as Barbara Jane Huberman) is an American computer scientist who has made pioneering contributions to programming languages and distributed computing. Her notable work includes the introduction of abstract data types and the accompanying principle of data abstraction, along with the Liskov ...

    • Barbara Jane Huberman, November 7, 1939 (age 83), Los Angeles, California, US
  2. www.csail.mit.edu › person › barbara-liskovBarbara Liskov | MIT CSAIL

    Jul 16, 2021 · Barbara Liskov is an Institute Professor and head of the Programming Methodology Group at MIT CSAIL. She is a leading expert in programming methodology, programming languages and systems, and distributed computing, and has won many awards and honors for her research.

  3. Barbara Liskov (born November 7, 1939, Los Angeles, California, U.S.) American computer scientist who won the 2008 A.M. Turing Award, the highest honour in computer science, for her “pioneering work in the design of computer programming languages.”

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  4. Barbara Liskov is a renowned computer scientist and professor at MIT, who received the Turing Award in 2008 for her contributions to programming language and system design. She pioneered the concepts of data abstraction, fault tolerance, and distributed computing, and influenced many modern languages and applications.

  5. Cambridge, MA 02139. (617) 253-5886. fax: (617) 253-8460. email: liskov at csail.mit.edu. Programming Methodology Group. In the news: ACM: A.M. Turing Award. ACM SIGSOFT Impact Paper Award for "Abstraction mechanisms in CLU". ACM SIGPLAN Programming Languages Lifetime Achievement Award.

  6. computerhistory.org › profile › barbara-liskovBarbara Liskov - CHM

    Apr 2, 2024 · Barbara Liskov is an American computer scientist and MIT Institute Professor who pioneered the modern approach to writing code. She developed key concepts in programming languages, such as data abstraction, polymorphism, and modularity. She also created CLU, the first programming language that supported these ideas.

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  8. Learn about the life and achievements of Barbara Liskov, a CSAIL Professor and Turing Award winner who pioneered data abstraction, programming languages, and programming systems. Discover how she discovered her interest in programming, wrote her thesis on chess, and created CLU and Argus, the first languages to support data abstraction and distributed programs.

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