Edsger Wybe Dijkstra

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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:computer_scientist
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:Leiden_University
gptkbp:awardReceived gptkb:ACM_Fellow
gptkb:Computer_Pioneer_Award
gptkb:Harry_H._Goode_Memorial_Award
gptkb:IEEE_Computer_Society_Pioneer_Award
gptkb:Prix_d'Excellence
Turing Award
gptkbp:birthDate 1930-05-11
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Rotterdam,_Netherlands
gptkbp:deathDate 2002-08-06
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Nuenen,_Netherlands
gptkbp:doctoralAdvisor gptkb:Adriaan_van_Wijngaarden
gptkbp:employer gptkb:Eindhoven_University_of_Technology
gptkb:University_of_Texas_at_Austin
gptkb:Burroughs_Corporation
gptkbp:fieldOfWork gptkb:mathematics
computer science
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Edsger Wybe Dijkstra
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Donald_Knuth
gptkb:Leslie_Lamport
gptkb:Niklaus_Wirth
gptkb:Tony_Hoare
gptkb:C._A._R._Hoare
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
self-stabilization
semaphores
shortest path algorithm
structured programming
mutual exclusion
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:Royal_Netherlands_Academy_of_Arts_and_Sciences
gptkbp:nationality Dutch
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:A_Discipline_of_Programming
gptkb:EWD_reports
gptkb:Notes_on_Structured_Programming
gptkb:GOTO_Statement_Considered_Harmful
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:computer_scientist
gptkb:mathematician
gptkb:software_engineer
gptkbp:restingPlace gptkb:Nuenen,_Netherlands
gptkbp:signature Edsger_Wybe_Dijkstra_signature.svg
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Ria_Debets
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Edsger_Dijkstra
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4