John Cocke

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/John_Cocke
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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:computer_scientist
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:Duke_University
gptkbp:awardReceived gptkb:Computer_History_Museum_Fellow_Award
gptkb:IEEE_John_von_Neumann_Medal
gptkb:National_Medal_of_Science
gptkb:National_Medal_of_Technology
gptkb:Eckert–Mauchly_Award
Turing Award
gptkbp:birthDate 1925-05-30
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Charlotte,_North_Carolina,_United_States
gptkbp:deathDate 2002-07-16
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Valhalla,_New_York,_United_States
gptkbp:doctoralAdvisor gptkb:William_W._Haynes
gptkbp:employer gptkb:IBM
gptkbp:field computer science
electrical engineering
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label John Cocke
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:David_Patterson
gptkb:John_Hennessy
gptkbp:knownFor gptkb:microprocessor
gptkb:IBM_801
contributions to computer architecture
compiler optimization
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:American_Academy_of_Arts_and_Sciences
gptkb:National_Academy_of_Engineering
gptkb:National_Academy_of_Sciences
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:American
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Elizabeth_Cocke
gptkbp:thesisTitle gptkb:On_the_Numerical_Solution_of_Two-Point_Boundary_Value_Problems
gptkbp:thesisYear 1956
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Association_for_Computing_Machinery
gptkb:CSAIL
gptkb:Jack_Dennis
gptkb:MIT_Computer_Science_and_Artificial_Intelligence_Laboratory
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4