Edsger Wybe Dijkstra

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Edsger_Wybe_Dijkstra

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Predicate	Object
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