Adriaan van Wijngaarden
Adriaan "Aad" van Wijngaarden (2 November 1916 – 7 February 1987) was a Dutch mathematician and computer scientist. Trained as a mechanical engineer, Van Wijngaarden emphasized and promoted the mathematical aspects of computing, first in numerical analysis, then in programming languages and finally in design principles of such languages.
Adriaan van Wijngaarden | |
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| Born | 2 November 1916 Rotterdam, Netherlands |
| Died | 7 February 1987 (aged 70) Amstelveen, Netherlands |
| Citizenship | Netherlands |
| Alma mater | Delft University of Technology (1939) |
| Known for | ALGOL CWI IFIP Van Wijngaarden grammar |
| Awards | IEEE Computer Pioneer Award (1986) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Numerical mathematics Computer science |
| Institutions | University of Amsterdam Mathematisch Centrum in Amsterdam |
| Doctoral advisor | Cornelis Benjamin Biezeno |
| Doctoral students | Edsger W. Dijkstra Peter van Emde Boas Jaco de Bakker Reinder van de Riet Guus Zoutendijk Maarten van Emden |
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