Bio

Donald Ervin Knuth is an American computer scientist, mathematician, and Professor Emeritus at Stanford University.

He is the author of the multi-volume work The Art of Computer Programming and has been called the "father" of the analysis of algorithms. He contributed to the development of the rigorous analysis of the computational complexity of algorithms and systematized formal mathematical techniques for it. In the process he also popularized the asymptotic notation. In addition to fundamental contributions in several branches of theoretical computer science, Knuth is the creator of the TeX computer typesetting system, the related METAFONT font definition language and rendering system, and the Computer Modern family of typefaces.

As a writer and scholar,[4] Knuth created the WEB and CWEB computer programming systems designed to encourage and facilitate literate programming, and designed the MIX/MMIX instruction set architectures. As a member of the academic and scientific community, Knuth is strongly opposed to the policy of granting software patents. He has expressed his disagreement directly to the patent offices of the United States and Europe. (via Wikipedia)

Academic Appointments

Honors & Awards

  • Member, National Academy of Sciences
  • Member, National Academy of Engineering
  • Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • Grace Murray Hopper Award, ACM (1971)
  • Turing Award, ACM (1974)
  • National Medal of Science, National Science Foundation (1979)
  • Franklin Medal, Franklin Institute (1988)
  • John von Neumann Medal, IEEE (1995)
  • Harvey Prize, Technion (1995)
  • Kyoto Prize, Inamori Foundation (1996)
  • Fellow, Computer History Museum (1998)
  • Frontiers of Knowledge Award, BBVA Foundation (2010)
  • Hero Award, Stanford University School of Engineering (2011)

Professional Education

  • PhD, California Institute of Technology, Mathematics (1963)

Contact

    • Tel: (650) 723-4367

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