Adriaan J. van Wijngaarden
Affiliations: | University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands |
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computer scienceWebsite:
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"Adriaan van Wijngaarden"Bio:
(1916 - 1987)
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Aad van Wijngaarden was the founder of computer science in the Netherlands. The programming language ALGOL 68 was his brainchild.
From 1961 to 1981 he was director of the national Center for mathematics and computer science in Amsterdam.
Cross-listing: Physics Tree
Parents
Sign in to add mentor| Johannes Martinus Burgers | research assistant | 1945 | Delft University of Technology (Physics Tree) | |
| Cornelis Benjamin Biezeno | grad student | 1945 | Delft University of Technology | |
| (Enige toepassingen van fourierintegralen op elastische problemen) | ||||
Children
Sign in to add trainee| Edsger Wybe Dijkstra | grad student | 1956-1959 | Amsterdam (Physics Tree) |
| Guus Zoutendijk | grad student | 1960 | Amsterdam |
| Jaco W. de Bakker | grad student | 1967 | Amsterdam |
| Hugo Brandt Corstius | grad student | 1970 | Amsterdam (LinguisTree) |