Alfred V. Aho

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Canadian person academic author computer scientist

Alfred V. Aho is a Canadian computer scientist renowned for his foundational contributions to algorithms, programming languages, and compiler design, and as a co-creator of the AWK programming language.

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Alfred V. Aho canonical 6
Alfred Aho 2
Alfred Vaino Aho 1

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instanceOf Canadian person ⓘ
academic ⓘ
author ⓘ
computer scientist ⓘ
academicDegree Bachelor of Applied Science in Engineering Physics ⓘ
PhD in Electrical Engineering ⓘ
almaMater Princeton University ⓘ
University of Toronto ⓘ
awardReceived ACM Fellows Award ⓘ
IEEE John von Neumann Medal ⓘ
Turing Award ⓘ
coAuthorOf Compilers: Principles, Techniques, and Tools ⓘ
Data Structures and Algorithms ⓘ
Compilers: Principles, Techniques, and Tools ⓘ
surface form: Principles of Compiler Design

The AWK Programming Language ⓘ
The Design and Analysis of Computer Algorithms ⓘ
coAuthorWith Brian Kernighan ⓘ
surface form: Brian W. Kernighan

Jeffrey D. Ullman ⓘ
John E. Hopcroft ⓘ
Monica S. Lam ⓘ
Peter J. Weinberger ⓘ
Ravi Sethi ⓘ
coCreatorOf GNU Awk ⓘ
surface form: AWK programming language
coDeveloperOf grep ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Canada ⓘ
developedFor Unix tools and languages ⓘ
doctoralAdvisor John W. Tukey ⓘ
surface form: John Tukey
employer Bell Telephone Laboratories ⓘ
surface form: Bell Labs

Columbia University ⓘ
familyName Aho ⓘ
fieldOfWork algorithms ⓘ
compiler design ⓘ
computer science ⓘ
programming languages ⓘ
fullName Alfred V. Aho self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Alfred Vaino Aho
givenName Alfred ⓘ
influenced design of programming languages ⓘ
modern compiler construction ⓘ
knownFor GNU Awk ⓘ
surface form: AWK programming language

compiler construction ⓘ
formal language theory ⓘ
theory of algorithms ⓘ
memberOf American Academy of Arts and Sciences ⓘ
National Academy of Engineering ⓘ
notableConcept Aho–Corasick algorithm ⓘ
Aho–Ullman algorithms for parsing ⓘ
notableWork Dragon Book ⓘ
occupation professor ⓘ
positionHeld Lawrence Gussman Professor of Computer Science at Columbia University ⓘ
workInstitution Department of Computer Science, Columbia University ⓘ

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Compilers: Principles, Techniques, and Tools → author → Alfred V. Aho ⓘ
Jeffrey D. Ullman → coauthor → Alfred V. Aho ⓘ
Brian Kernighan → coAuthor → Alfred V. Aho ⓘ
this entity surface form: Alfred Aho
Ravi Sethi → coAuthorWith → Alfred V. Aho ⓘ
Alfred V. Aho → fullName → Alfred V. Aho self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Alfred Vaino Aho
Dragon Book → hasAuthor → Alfred V. Aho ⓘ
Dragon Book → hasCoauthorOfOtherWorks → Alfred V. Aho ⓘ
Monica S. Lam → coAuthor → Alfred V. Aho ⓘ
IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center → employer → Alfred V. Aho ⓘ
this entity surface form: Alfred Aho