Edsger Wybe Dijkstra
Schlumberger Centennial Chair in Computer Sciences
Professor of Mathematics
Kandidaatsexamen,
Mathematics and Physics (1951),
Doctoraal Examen,
Theoretical Physics (1956)
University of Leyden
Ph.D. (1959)
University of Amsterdam
Honors and Awards
- ACM Turing Award, 1972
- Foreign Honorary Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- Member, Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences
- Distinguished Fellow, British Computer Society
- AFIPS Harry Goode Memorial Award, 1974
- Doctor of Science Honoris Causa, The Queen's University of Belfast
Areas of Interest
Program correctness, algorithms, and systems
Summary of Research
My area of interest focuses on the streamlining of the mathematical
argument so as to increase our powers of reasoning, in particular, by
the use of formal techniques.
Professor Mohamed G. Gouda (L) congratulates Professor Edsger
W. Dijkstra (R) on the establishment of the Edsger W. Dijkstra
Scholarship at the Technical University of Eindhoven.
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