Dijkstra

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academic computer scientist human software engineer

Dijkstra is a renowned Dutch computer scientist best known for his pioneering work in algorithms, including Dijkstra's shortest path algorithm, and for his influential contributions to programming methodology and software engineering.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	academic → computer scientist → human → software engineer →
academicAdvisor	Adriaan van Wijngaarden →
awardReceived	ACM PODC Influential Paper Award (named in his honor) → ACM Turing Award → AFIPS Harry Goode Memorial Award → IEEE Computer Pioneer Award → Turing Award →
birthCountry	Netherlands →
birthDate	1930-05-11 →
birthPlace	Rotterdam NERFINISHED →
burialPlace	Netherlands →
citizenship	Netherlands →
deathDate	2002-08-06 →
educatedAt	Leiden University NERFINISHED →
employer	Burroughs Corporation → Eindhoven University of Technology → University of Texas at Austin →
familyName	Dijkstra →
fieldOfWork	algorithms → computer science → concurrent computing → formal methods → programming methodology → software engineering →
givenName	Edsger →
hasAbbreviation	EWD (for his manuscript series) →
influenced	concurrent programming → formal verification → programming methodology → software engineering →
knownFor	Dijkstra's shortest path algorithm → EWD manuscripts → THE multiprogramming system → discipline of programming → mutual exclusion algorithms → semaphores → structured programming → weakest precondition calculus →
language	Dutch → English →
name	Edsger Wybe Dijkstra →
nationality	Dutch →
notableConcept	banker's algorithm → guarded commands → mutual exclusion → semaphore (programming) → shunting-yard algorithm → structured programming → weakest precondition →
notableWork	A Discipline of Programming → Notes on Structured Programming →
positionHeld	Burroughs research fellow → Schlumberger Centennial Chair in Computer Sciences → professor of mathematics →
TuringAwardFor	design of operating systems → fundamental contributions to programming languages → programming methodology →
TuringAwardYear	1972 →
workLocation	Austin, Texas NERFINISHED → Eindhoven NERFINISHED →

Referenced by (6)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Dijkstra → Edsger W. Dijkstra →	familyName
Dijkstra ("Dijkstra's shortest path algorithm") → Edsger W. Dijkstra ("Dijkstra's algorithm") →	knownFor
IS-IS for IPv6 ("Dijkstra shortest path first algorithm") → OSPFv3 ("Dijkstra shortest path first algorithm") →	uses