Edsger W. Dijkstra Dutch mathematician
Edsger W. Dijkstra is a 72 years old Dutch mathematician from Rotterdam, South Holland. Edsger W. Dijkstra was born on May 11, 1930 (died on August 06, 2002, he was 72 years old) in Rotterdam, South Holland. His nickname was Dijkstra Edsger Wybe (full name); EWD.
About
No, he died on 08/06/2002, 21 years ago. He was 72 years old when he died. Cause of death: colorectal cancer. He died in Nuenen
Awards (5)
Awarded Fellow of the British Computer Society , awarded Turing Award in 1971 , awarded Dijkstra Prize in 2001 , awarded ACM Fellow in 1993 , awarded Harry H. Goode Memorial Award in 1973 and
Education
He graduated from University Of Texas At Austin, University Of Amsterdam, Gymnasium Erasmianum and Leiden University
What was Edsger's zodiac sign?Edsger W. Dijkstra zodiac sign was taurus.
Other facts about Edsger W. Dijkstra
| Alias | Dijkstra Edsger Wybe (full name); EWD |
|---|---|
| Award | Association for Computing Machinery, Turing Award |
| Place of death | Nuenen |
| KnownFor | Structured programming, Dijkstra's algorithm, Semaphore (programming), THE multiprogramming system |
| Employer | Burroughs Corporation , start time: 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z , end time: 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z |
| Country of citizenship | Kingdom Of The Netherlands |
| Family name | Dijkstra. Show people with the surname Dijkstra |
| Name in native language | Edsger Wybe Dijkstra |
| Date of death | 2002-08-05T00:00:00Z |
| Erdős number | 6 |
| IPA transcription | ˈɛtsxər ˈwibə ˈdɛɪkstra |
| Manner of death | Natural Causes |
| Member of | Association For Computing Machinery |
| Pronunciation audio | |
| Languages spoken, written or signed | English |
| Native language | Dutch |
| Libris-URI | Ljx00xc42pszvt1 |
| CiNii author ID (books) | DA00645414 |
| Given name | Edsger |
| Cause of death | Colorectal Cancer |
| Field of work | Informatics |
| Doctoral advisor | Adriaan Van Wijngaarden , point in time: 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z |
