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   Jan van de Snepscheut. Edsger Wybe Dijkstra ( / ˈdaɪkstrə / DYKE-strə; Dutch: [ˈɛtsxər ˈʋibə ˈdɛikstra] ⓘ; 11 May 1930 – 6 August 2002) was a Dutch computer scientist, programmer, software engineer, mathematician, and science essayist. [1] [2] Born in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, Dijkstra studied mathematics and physics and then ...

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3. www.britannica.com › biography › Edsger-DijkstraEdsger Dijkstra | Biography, Algorithm, & Facts | Britannica

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   May 9, 2024 · Edsger Dijkstra, Dutch computer scientist who developed the paradigm for writing computer programs called structured programming, in which programs were built out of modular units. He is also known for his 1959 solution to the problem of the shortest path between two nodes of a network.

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4. amturing.acm.org › award_winners › dijkstra_1053701Edsger W. Dijkstra - A.M. Turing Award Laureate

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   Aug 6, 2002 · Learn about the life and achievements of Edsger W. Dijkstra, a pioneer of programming as a high, intellectual challenge and a founder of structured programming. He received the 1972 ACM Turing Award for his fundamental contributions to programming and program design.

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   Who is Edsger Dijkstra?

   • Edsger Dijkstra (born May 11, 1930, Rotterdam, Netherlands—died August 6, 2002, Nuenen) was a Dutch computer scientist who developed the paradigm of structured programming for writing computer programs. Dijkstra received a Ph.D. from the University of Amsterdam in 1959 while working at Amsterdam’s Mathematical Center (1952–62).

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   Who were Edsger Wybe Dijkstra parents?

   • Edsger Wybe Dijkstra was a Dutch mathematician and computer scientist best known for his shortest-path algorithm in graph theory. Edsger Dijkstra's parents were Douwe Wybe Dijkstra and Brechtje Cornelia Kluijver (or Kluyver); he was the third of their four children.

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   What did Dijkstra do for a living?

   • He developed much of his pioneering work at Mathematisch Centrum, the institute now named CWI. In honour of Dijkstra's work and legacy, CWI founded the Dijkstra Fellowships in 2019. During his life he shaped the field of computer science like no other scientist.

   Edsger W. Dijkstra: Brilliant, colourful, and opinionated

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   What is the Dijkstra Prize?

   • This annual award was renamed the Dijkstra Prize ( Edsger W. Dijkstra Prize in Distributed Computing) the following year, in his honor. The Dijkstra Award for Outstanding Academic Achievement in Computer Science ( Loyola University Chicago, Department of Computer Science) is named for Edsger W. Dijkstra.

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6. www.cwi.nl › en › aboutEdsger W. Dijkstra: Brilliant, colourful, and opinionated

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   Learn about the life and work of Edsger W. Dijkstra, one of the most influential researchers in mathematics and computing science. Discover his contributions to algorithms, programming languages, software engineering, and concurrent programming.

7. mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk › Biographies › DijkstraEdsger Dijkstra (1930 - 2002) - Biography - MacTutor History ...

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   Aug 6, 2002 · In 1951 Dijkstra's father saw an advertisement for a three-week course in computer programming to be given at the University of Cambridge in England in September of that year. Feeling that being able to programme a computer was a good skill for a theoretical physicist to have so he registered for the course [5]:-.

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9. www.cs.utexas.edu › ~EWDE.W.Dijkstra Archive: Home page - University of Texas at Austin

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   Mar 30, 2021 · Edsger Wybe Dijkstra was one of the most influential members of computing science’s founding generation. Among the domains in which his scientific contributions are fundamental are algorithm design

10. history.computer.org › pioneers › dijkstraComputer Pioneers - Edsger W. Dijkstra - IEEE Computer Society

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    Learn about the life and achievements of Edsger W. Dijkstra, the 1972 ACM Turing Award winner and a leading critic of programming without mathematical proofs. Explore his contributions to graph theory, Algol 60, operating systems, structured programming, and more.