Donald Knuth Computer science
Donald Knuth is a 86 years old Computer science from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He was born on January 10, 1938 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
About
Yes, Donald Knuth is still alive Last check: 4 years ago
Awards (28)
Awarded Turing Award in 1973 , awarded John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship in 1971 , awarded Paul R. Halmos - Lester R. Ford Awards in 1974 , awarded W. Wallace McDowell Award in 1979 , awarded IEEE John von Neumann Medal in 1994 ,
Education
He graduated from California Institute Of Technology, Milwaukee Lutheran High School and Case Western Reserve University
What is Donald's zodiac sign?Donald Knuth zodiac sign is capricorn.
When is Knuth's next birthday?
Donald Knuth was born on the , which was a Monday. He will be turning 87 in only 19 days from today (22 December, 2024).
Other facts about Donald Knuth
| AlmaMater | California Institute of Technology, Case Western Reserve University |
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| Award | Turing Award, National Medal of Science, Kyoto Prize, IEEE John von Neumann Medal, Harvey Prize |
| KnownFor | MMIX, TeX, The Art of Computer Programming, Metafont, Knuth–Morris–Pratt algorithm, Robinson–Schensted–Knuth correspondence, Knuth–Bendix completion algorithm |
| Employer | California Institute Of Technology |
| Doctoral student | Leonidas J. Guibas |
| Member of | London Mathematical Society , point in time: 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z |
| Official website | Donald Knuth official website , language of work or name: English |
| Academic degree | Doctor Of Philosophy , point in time: 1963-01-01T00:00:00Z , educated at: California Institute of Technology |
| Given name | Ervin , series ordinal: 2 |
| Doctoral thesis | Finite Semifields And Projective Planes , point in time: 1963-01-01T00:00:00Z |
| Professorship | Fletcher Jones Professorship In Computer Science |
| Work location | Stanford |
| Part of | Stanford University Computer Science Department |
| Position held | Professor |
| Number of children | 2 |
| Erdős number | 2 |
| Notable work | CWEB |
| Field of work | Computer Science |
| Libris-URI | Dbqst3dx1fdpnvl |
| ACM Classification Code (2012) | 10011385 |
| Languages spoken, written or signed | English |
| Archives at | Computer History Museum |
| Present in work | Applied Math |
| Religion | Lutheranism |
| Country of citizenship | United States Of America |
| Doctoral advisor | Marshall Hall |
| Instrument | Organ |
| Medical condition | Prostate Cancer |
| Family name | Knuth. Show people with the surname Knuth |
| Name in native language | Donald Ervin Knuth |
