James Gosling

James Gosling

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James Gosling; OC
Born	James Arthur Gosling; May 19, 1955; Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Alma mater	University of Calgary (BSc, 1977); Carnegie Mellon University (MA; PhD, 1983); ;
Known for	Java (programming language)
Children	2
Awards	Officer of the Order of Canada IEEE John von Neumann Medal The Economist Innovation Award NAE Foreign Member Fellow Computer History Museum
	Scientific career
Institutions	Sun Microsystems; Oracle Corporation; Google; Liquid Robotics; Amazon Web Services;
Thesis	Algebraic Constraints (1983)
Doctoral advisor	Bob Sproull and Raj Reddy

James Gosling OC (born 19 May 1955) is a Canadian computer scientist, best known as the founder and lead designer behind the Java programming language.

Gosling was elected a member of the National Academy of Engineering in 2004 for the conception and development of the architecture for the Java programming language and for contributions to window systems.

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