Edsger W. Dijkstra

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academic author computer scientist human

Edsger W. Dijkstra was a pioneering Dutch computer scientist known for fundamental contributions to algorithms, programming languages, and software engineering, including Dijkstra's algorithm for shortest paths.

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instanceOf	academic → author → computer scientist → human →
almaMater	Leiden University →
awardReceived	ACM Turing Award → AFIPS Harry Goode Memorial Award → Dijkstra Prize (named in his honor) → IEEE Computer Pioneer Award → Turing Award →
birthCountry	Netherlands →
birthDate	1930-05-11 →
birthPlace	Rotterdam →
countryOfCitizenship	Netherlands →
deathCountry	Netherlands →
deathDate	2002-08-06 →
educatedIn	mathematics → physics →
employer	Burroughs Corporation → Eindhoven University of Technology → University of Texas at Austin →
familyName	Dijkstra →
fieldOfWork	algorithms → computer science → formal methods → programming languages → software engineering →
fullName	Edsger Wybe Dijkstra →
givenName	Edsger → Wybe →
influenced	formal verification → programming methodology → software engineering →
knownFor	"Go To Statement Considered Harmful" → Banker's algorithm → Dijkstra's algorithm → EWD manuscripts → THE multiprogramming system → guarded commands → mutual exclusion problem → semaphores → shortest path algorithm → shunting-yard algorithm → structured programming → weakest precondition calculus →
languageSpoken	Dutch → English →
memberOf	Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences →
nationality	Dutch →
notableIdea	program correctness proofs → separation of concerns in programming → structured programming without goto →
occupation	computer scientist → university professor →
placeOfDeath	Nuenen →
positionHeld	Schlumberger Centennial Chair in Computer Sciences →
TuringAwardFor	fundamental contributions to operating systems → fundamental contributions to programming languages → fundamental contributions to programming methodology →
TuringAwardYear	1972 →
workLocation	Austin, Texas →

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Schlumberger Centennial Chair in Computer Sciences →	notableHolder
IEEE Computer Society Computer Pioneer Award →	notableRecipient