Donald E. Knuth

Donald Ervin Knuth ([knuːθ][50], n. 10 ianuarie 1938, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, SUA) este profesor emerit la Universitatea Stanford.

Donald E. Knuth
Date personale
Născut	10 ianuarie 1938 (86 de ani)[1][2][3][4] Milwaukee, Wisconsin, SUA[2]
Număr de copii	2
Cetățenie	Statele Unite ale Americii
Religie	luteranism
Ocupație	matematician informatician istoric al matematicii[*]​ scriitor programator cadru didactic universitar[*]​ inginer universitar[*]​ creator de caractere tipografice[*]​
Locul desfășurării activității	Stanford, California[5]
Limbi vorbite	limba engleză[6][7]
Activitate
Domeniu	combinatorică informatică[5] analiza algoritmilor[*]​
Număr Erdős	2
Instituție	Universitatea Stanford[5] Burroughs Corporation[*][[Burroughs Corporation (company)|​]] Institute for Defense Analyses[*][[Institute for Defense Analyses (American national security analysis nonprofit)|​]] California Institute of Technology
Alma Mater	Case Western Reserve University[*][[Case Western Reserve University (private university in Ohio, United States)|​]][2] California Institute of Technology[8][2] Milwaukee Lutheran High School[*][[Milwaukee Lutheran High School (Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States)|​]][2]
Organizații	Academia Franceză de Științe[9] Det Norske Videnskaps-Akademi[*][[Det Norske Videnskaps-Akademi (academy of sciences)|​]][10] Academia Națională de Științe a Statelor Unite ale Americii[*]​[2][11] Academia Americană de Arte și Științe[*]​[2][12] Academia Rusă de Științe[13] Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften[*][[Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften (academy of sciences)|​]][14] National Academy of Engineering[*][[National Academy of Engineering (engineering branch of the United States National Academies)|​]][15] Association for Computing Machinery[16] Institutul Inginerilor Electrotehniști și Electroniști[17] American Philosophical Society[*][[American Philosophical Society (American scholarly organization and learned society)|​]] British Computer Society[*][[British Computer Society (professional body and learned society)|​]][18] London Mathematical Society[*]​[19] Societatea Regală din Londra[20] Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics[*][[Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (academic association dedicated to the use of mathematics in industry)|​]][21] American Mathematical Society[22][23]
Conducător de doctorat	Marshall Hall[*][[Marshall Hall (matematician american)|​]][8][24]
Doctoranzi	Leonidas Gkimpas[*][[Leonidas Gkimpas (American computer scientist)|​]] Michael Fredman[*][[Michael Fredman (American computer scientist)|​]] Scott Kim[*][[Scott Kim (American artist and writer)|​]] Vaughan Ronald Pratt[*][[Vaughan Ronald Pratt (Australian computer scientist)|​]] Robert Sedgewick[*][[Robert Sedgewick (American computer scientist)|​]] Jeffrey Vitter[*][[Jeffrey Vitter (American computer scientist)|​]] Andrei Broder[*]​ Bernard Marcel Mont-Reynaud[*][[Bernard Marcel Mont-Reynaud (Ph.D. Stanford University 1977)|​]][25] Luis Trabb Pardo[*][[Luis Trabb Pardo (Agentinian computer scientist)|​]][25] Gary Don Knott[*][[Gary Don Knott (Ph.D. Stanford University 1975)|​]][25] ...încă 22
Cunoscut pentru	TeX[2] METAFONT[2] Arta programării calculatoarelor[2] Computer Modern[*][[Computer Modern (family of typefaces)|​]] Web[*]​ CWEB[*]​ literate programming[*][[literate programming (Programming paradigm)|​]]
Premii	Bursă Guggenheim[*]​ (1972)[26] Premiul Turing (1974)[27][28] IEEE John von Neumann Medal[*][[IEEE John von Neumann Medal (award)|​]] (1995)[2] Premiul Harvey[*]​ (1995)[29] Medalia Națională pentru Știință a Statelor Unite[*]​ (1979)[2][30] Medalia Faraday[*]​ (2011)[31] Grace Murray Hopper Award[*][[Grace Murray Hopper Award (computer science award)|​]] (1971)[32] Josiah Willard Gibbs Lectureship[*][[Josiah Willard Gibbs Lectureship |​]] (1978) membru străin al Royal Society[*]​ (2003)[33] Turing Talk[*][[Turing Talk (annual award lecture delivered by a noted speaker on computer science)|​]] (2011)[34] Computer History Museum fellow[*][[Computer History Museum fellow (fellowship)|​]] (1998)[35] Franklin Medal[*][[Franklin Medal (science award by the Franklin Institute, Philadelphia)|​]] (1988)[36] Kyoto Prize in Advanced Technology[*][[Kyoto Prize in Advanced Technology (Japanese award in electronics, biotechnology and medical technology, materials science and engineering, or information science)|​]] (1996)[37] ACM Software System Award[*][[ACM Software System Award (award by the Association for Computing Machinery)|​]] (1986)[38] W. Wallace McDowell Award[*][[W. Wallace McDowell Award (the highest technical award made solely by the IEEE Computer Society where selection of the awardee is based on the "highest level of technical accomplishment and achievement")|​]] (1980)[39] Paul R. Halmos - Lester R. Ford Awards[*][[Paul R. Halmos - Lester R. Ford Awards (mathematics prize given by the MAA)|​]] (1975)[40] Premio Fundación BBVA Fronteras del Conocimiento[*][[Premio Fundación BBVA Fronteras del Conocimiento (Spanish science award)|​]] (2010)[41] Leroy P. Steele Prize[*][[Leroy P. Steele Prize (award conferred by the American Mathematical Society)|​]] (1986)[42] John von Neumann Prize[*][[John von Neumann Prize (prize)|​]] (2016)[43] Ehrendoktor der Eidgenössischen Technischen Hochschule Zürich[*][[Ehrendoktor der Eidgenössischen Technischen Hochschule Zürich |​]] (2005)[44] Ehrendoktor der Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen[*][[Ehrendoktor der Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen |​]] (2001) ACM Fellow[*][[ACM Fellow (award granted by the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM))|​]] (1994)[45] Fellow of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics[*][[Fellow of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics |​]] (2009)[46] Fellow of the British Computer Society[*][[Fellow of the British Computer Society |​]] (1980)[47] honorary doctorate of the University of Glasgow[*][[honorary doctorate of the University of Glasgow |​]] (2011)[18] honorary doctor of Harvard University[*][[honorary doctor of Harvard University |​]] (2003)[48] Čestný doktorát Masarykovy univerzity[*][[Čestný doktorát Masarykovy univerzity |​]] (1996)[49] Fellow of the American Mathematical Society[*][[Fellow of the American Mathematical Society (fellowship of the American Mathematical Society)|​]] (2013)[22][23]
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Este autorul cărții The Art of Computer Programming [Arta programării calculatoarelor], una dintre cele mai apreciate lucrări în domeniu, și creator al sistemelor TeX și METAFONT.

A primit numeroase premii, printre care: premiul Turing, Medalia națională în științe, medalia John von Neumann și premiul Kyoto.