Donald Knuth

Donald Knuth
BornDonald Ervin Knuth
(1938-01-10) 10 Januar 1938 (age 86)
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S.
NaitionalityAmerican
Ither namessimplifeed Cheenese: 高德纳; traditeeonal Cheenese: 高德納; pinyin: Gāo dé nà
Alma materCase Institute of Technology
(B.S., M.S.)
Californie Institute o Technology
(Ph.D.)
Kent forThe Art of Computer Programming
TeX, METAFONT
Knuth–Morris–Pratt algorithm
Knuth–Bendix completion algorithm
MMIX
Robinson–Schensted–Knuth correspondence
Awairds
  • Grace Murray Hopper Awaird (1971)
  • Turing Awaird (1974)
  • Naitional Medal o Science (1979)
  • John von Neumann Medal (1995)
  • Harvey Prize (1995)
  • Kyoto Prize (1996)
  • Computer History Museum Fellae (1998)[1]
  • ForMemRS (2003)[2]
  • Faraday Medal (2011)
  • BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award (2010)
  • Turing Lecture (2011)
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics
Computer science
InstitutionsStanford Varsity
ThesisFinite Semifields and Projective Planes (1963)
Doctoral advisorMarshall Hall, Jr.[3]
Doctoral students
  • Leonidas J. Guibas
  • Michael Fredman
  • Scott Kim
  • Vaughan Pratt
  • Robert Sedgewick
  • Jeffrey Vitter
  • Andrei Broder[3]
Wabsteid
cs.stanford.edu/~uno

Donald Ervin Knuth (/kəˈnuːθ/[4] kə-NOOTH; born Januar 10, 1938) is an American computer scientist, mathematician, an professor emeritus at Stanford Varsity.

References

  1. ↑ "Donald Knuth: 1998 Fellow". Computer History Museum. 2015. Archived frae the original on 3 Apryle 2015. Retrieved 30 Mairch 2015.
  2. ↑ "Professor Donald Knuth ForMemRS". London: Royal Society. Archived frae the original on 17 November 2015.
  3. ↑ a b Donald Knuth at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
  4. ↑ Knuth, Donald Ervin. "Frequently Asked Questions". Home page. Stanford University. Archived frae the original on 22 Februar 2014. Retrieved 2 November 2010.