John W. Eaton
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John W. Eaton is an American computer scientist best known as the original author and lead developer of the GNU Octave numerical computation software.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| John W. Eaton canonical | 2 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
American person
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computer scientist ⓘ software developer ⓘ |
| advocates |
free software principles
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open-source software ⓘ |
| almaMater | University of Wisconsin–Madison ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Free Software Foundation
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GNU Project ⓘ |
| citizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| contributedTo | open-source software ⓘ |
| countryOfWork | United States of America ⓘ |
| developedFor |
numerical computations
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scientific computing ⓘ |
| developedSoftwareType |
MATLAB-compatible environment
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numerical computation software ⓘ |
| educatedIn |
applied mathematics
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chemical engineering ⓘ |
| employer |
University of California, Santa Barbara
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University of Texas at Austin ⓘ University of Wisconsin–Madison ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
computer science
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numerical analysis ⓘ scientific computing ⓘ |
| givenName | John ⓘ |
| hasAcademicSpecialization |
numerical methods for differential equations
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scientific software development ⓘ |
| hasRole |
core maintainer of GNU Octave
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project leader of GNU Octave ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | https://octave.org ⓘ |
| inspiredBy |
MATLAB
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surface form:
MATLAB (software)
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| knownFor |
being the lead developer of GNU Octave
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being the original author of GNU Octave ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| name | John W. Eaton self-link ⓘ |
| notableAchievement | creating a free software alternative to MATLAB ⓘ |
| notableWork | GNU Octave ⓘ |
| occupation |
computer scientist
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professor ⓘ |
| programmingLanguageDeveloped | GNU Octave ⓘ |
| roleInProject | maintainer of GNU Octave ⓘ |
| softwareDeveloped | GNU Octave ⓘ |
| softwareLicenseAdvocated | free software ⓘ |
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