Edgar Dijkstra

GPTKB entity

Statements (52)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:human
gptkbp:awardReceived gptkb:ACM_Fellow
gptkb:Computer_Pioneer_Award
gptkb:Harry_H._Goode_Memorial_Award
gptkb:IEEE_Computer_Society's_Pioneer_Award
Turing Award
gptkbp:birthDate 1930-05-11
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Rotterdam,_Netherlands
gptkbp:children 2
gptkbp:deathDate 2002-08-06
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Nuenen,_Netherlands
gptkbp:doctoralAdvisor gptkb:Adriaan_van_Wijngaarden
gptkbp:education gptkb:Leiden_University
gptkbp:employer gptkb:Eindhoven_University_of_Technology
gptkb:University_of_Texas_at_Austin
gptkb:Burroughs_Corporation
gptkbp:fieldOfWork gptkb:mathematics
computer science
software engineering
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:Edsger_Wybe_Dijkstra
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Edgar Dijkstra
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:programming_language
formal methods
software engineering
algorithm design
concurrent programming
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Adriaan_van_Wijngaarden
gptkb:Alan_Turing
gptkbp:knownFor gptkb:Dijkstra's_algorithm
gptkb:Banker's_algorithm
gptkb:Dining_philosophers_problem
gptkb:GOTO_considered_harmful
THE multiprogramming system
semaphores
shortest path algorithm
structured programming
mutex
gptkbp:language Dutch
English
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:Royal_Netherlands_Academy_of_Arts_and_Sciences
gptkbp:nationality Dutch
gptkbp:notableStudent gptkb:Leslie_Lamport
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:A_Discipline_of_Programming
gptkb:Notes_on_Structured_Programming
EWD manuscripts
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:computer_scientist
gptkbp:restingPlace gptkb:Nuenen,_Netherlands
gptkbp:signature Edgar_Dijkstra_signature.svg
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Ria_Debets
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Adriaan_van_Wijngaarden
gptkb:Mathematisch_Centrum
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5