Edsger Dijkstra

GPTKB entity
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:person
gptkbp:awardReceived gptkb:ACM_Fellow
gptkb:Computer_Pioneer_Award
gptkb:Harry_H._Goode_Memorial_Award
gptkb:IEEE_Computer_Society_Hall_of_Fame
Turing Award
gptkbp:birthDate 1930-05-11
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Rotterdam,_Netherlands
gptkbp:children 3
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:Mathematisch_Centrum
gptkb:University_of_Texas_at_Austin
gptkbp:field gptkb:mathematics
computer science
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:Edsger_Wybe_Dijkstra
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Edsger Dijkstra
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:programming_language
concurrent computing
formal methods
software engineering
gptkbp:knownFor gptkb:Dijkstra's_algorithm
gptkb:Dining_Philosophers_problem
gptkb:EWD_reports
THE multiprogramming system
contributions to structured programming
mutual exclusion problem
predicate transformer semantics
self-stabilization
semaphores
shortest path algorithm
gptkbp:language Dutch
English
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:Royal_Netherlands_Academy_of_Arts_and_Sciences
gptkbp:nationality Dutch
gptkbp:notablePublication gptkb:A_Discipline_of_Programming
gptkb:EWD_reports
gptkb:Go_To_Statement_Considered_Harmful
gptkb:Notes_on_Structured_Programming
gptkbp:notableStudent gptkb:Lambert_Meertens
gptkb:Leslie_Lamport
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:computer_scientist
gptkbp:signature Edsger Dijkstra signature.svg
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Ria_Debets
gptkbp:thesisTitle gptkb:Communication_with_an_Automatic_Computer
gptkbp:thesisYear 1959
gptkbp:TuringAwardYear fundamental contributions to programming as a high, intellectual challenge
1972
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Turing_Award
gptkbp:bfsLayer 3