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   Edsger W. Dijkstra. Edsger Wybe Dijkstra ( / ˈdaɪkstrə / DYKE-strə; Dutch: [ˈɛtsxər ˈʋibə ˈdɛikstra] ⓘ; 11 May 1930 – 6 August 2002) was a Dutch computer scientist, programmer, software engineer, and science essayist. [1] [2] Born in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, Dijkstra studied mathematics and physics and then theoretical ...

   • Thesis: Communication with an Automatic Computer (1959)

   • Doctoral advisor: Adriaan van Wijngaarden

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

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   Mar 15, 2024 · August 6, 2002, Nuenen (aged 72) Edsger Dijkstra (born May 11, 1930, Rotterdam, Netherlands—died August 6, 2002, Nuenen) Dutch computer scientist who developed the paradigm of structured programming for writing computer programs. Dijkstra received a Ph.D. from the University of Amsterdam in 1959 while working at Amsterdam’s Mathematical ...

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

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   Learn about the life and achievements of Edsger W. Dijkstra, the Dutch computer scientist who won the A.M. Turing Award in 1972 for his fundamental contributions to programming and operating systems. Discover his research on network algorithms, recursion, compiler design, and programming languages, and his influential papers and books.

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   Who is Edsger Dijkstra?

   • Edsger Dijkstra (born May 11, 1930, Rotterdam, Netherlands—died August 6, 2002, Nuenen) Dutch computer scientist who developed the paradigm of structured programming for writing computer programs. Dijkstra received a Ph.D. from the University of Amsterdam in 1959 while working at Amsterdam’s Mathematical Center (1952–62).

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   What is the Dijkstra Prize?

   • This annual award was renamed the Dijkstra Prize ( Edsger W. Dijkstra Prize in Distributed Computing) the following year, in his honor. The Dijkstra Award for Outstanding Academic Achievement in Computer Science ( Loyola University Chicago, Department of Computer Science) is named for Edsger W. Dijkstra.

   Edsger W. Dijkstra - Wikipedia

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   When did Dijkstra die?

   • Returning to The Netherlands in February 2002, Dijkstra died in Nuenen on 6 August 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;

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   How did Dijkstra contribute to computing science?

   • During his forty-plus years as a computing scientist, which included positions in both academia and industry, Dijkstra’s contributions brought him many prizes and awards, including computing science’s highest honor, the ACM Turing Award.

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

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   Mar 30, 2021 · The Edsger W. Dijkstra Prize in Distributed Computing honors Dijkstra’s “foundational work on concurrency primitives (such as the semaphore), concurrency problems (such as mutual exclusion and deadlock), reasoning about concurrent systems, and self-stabilization [, which] comprises one of the most important supports upon which the field of ...

7. www.cwi.nl › en › aboutEdsger W. Dijkstra: Brilliant, colourful, and opinionated

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   Learn about the life and work of Edsger W. Dijkstra, one of the most influential researchers in mathematics and computing science. Discover his contributions to algorithms, programming languages, concurrent programming, and more at CWI.

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

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   Learn about the life and achievements of Edsger W. Dijkstra, the leading critic of programming without a mathematical proof of correctness and the inventor of guarded commands and predicate transformers. Find out how he influenced the field of programming with his style, his publications, and his awards.

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

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    2022. 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.