Edsger W. Dijkstra

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gptkbp:instanceOf computer scientist
gptkbp:awards gptkb:National_Medal_of_Science
Turing Award
gptkbp:born May 11, 1930
gptkbp:children three
gptkbp:contribution the development of the concept of software quality assurance
the development of the concept of software development methodologies
the development of the concept of structured programming
the development of the concept of artificial intelligence
the development of the concept of concurrent programming
the development of the concept of computer architecture
the development of the concept of formal verification
the development of the concept of programming paradigms
the development of the concept of distributed systems
the development of the concept of concurrent programming models
the development of the concept of software project management
the development of the concept of computer networks
the development of the concept of program correctness
the development of ALGOL programming language
the development of the concept of algorithms
the development of the concept of data structures
the development of the concept of machine learning
the development of the concept of software metrics
the development of the concept of software testing
the development of the concept of imperative programming
the development of the concept of software reliability
the development of the concept of logic programming
the development of the concept of functional programming
the development of the concept of computational complexity
the development of the concept of programming languages
the development of the concept of programming tools
the development of the concept of software documentation
the development of the concept of object-oriented programming
the development of the concept of software engineering principles
the development of the concept of declarative programming
the development of the concept of software lifecycle.
the development of the concept of operating systems
the development of the concept of software maintenance practices
the development of the concept of software maintenance
gptkbp:died August 6, 2002
gptkbp:education gptkb:University_of_Amsterdam
gptkbp:employs gptkb:University_of_Texas_at_Austin
gptkb:Eindhoven_University_of_Technology
gptkbp:field computer science
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Edsger W. Dijkstra
gptkbp:influenced algorithm design
computer programming
software engineering
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:John_von_Neumann
gptkb:Alan_Turing
Kurt Gödel
gptkbp:knownFor gptkb:Dijkstra's_algorithm
structured programming
the concept of a semaphore
gptkbp:nationality Dutch
gptkbp:notableAlumni the_Dijkstra's_algorithm_for_deadlock_detection
the_Dijkstra's_algorithm_for_resource_allocation
the_Dijkstra's_shortest_path_algorithm
gptkbp:residence gptkb:Amsterdam
gptkb:Austin,_Texas
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Frances_E._Dijkstra