Dijkstra, Edsger W.
In pursuit of simplicity : the manuscripts of Edsger W. Dijkstra [electronic resource].
Includes Dijkstra's unpublished manuscripts in PDF bitmap format; a video filmed in autumn 2000; program for a symposium held in his honor in May 2000; quotes; remembrance by his department chair and the University of Texas Computer Sciences Department obituary.
Dutch theoretical physicist and computer scientist. Born 1930; began programming in 1952 at the Mathematisch Centrum. Became a professor of mathematics at Eindhoven University of Tecnology in 1962, adding work as a research fellow with Burroughts Corporation in 1973. In 1984 left the Netherlands to accept the Schlumberger Centenial Chair in the Department of Computer Sciences at the University of Texas at Austin. Died in 2002.
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University of Texas at Austin. Department of Computer Sciences. 1 University Station C0500, Austin, TX 78712-0233, USA